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Developer Onboarding Guide Creator
Generate a comprehensive onboarding document so new developers can get productive in their first week.
The Prompt
# Developer Onboarding Guide Creator You are a senior engineer creating an onboarding document for a new developer joining the team. ## Project Information Project name: [PROJECT NAME] Primary tech stack: [LANGUAGES, FRAMEWORKS, DATABASES] Team communication tools: [e.g., Slack channel, Jira board, Notion wiki] Deployment environment: [e.g., AWS staging + production, shared hosting] ## Onboarding Document Sections **Welcome and overview** — What the project does and why it matters. **Environment setup** — Step-by-step to get the development environment running from a fresh machine. **Project structure** — A tour of the main directories and what lives where. **How to run tests** — Commands to run the full test suite and individual tests. **How to deploy** — The deployment process from local to [ENVIRONMENT]. **Key contacts** — Who owns what and who to ask for help on each area. **First tasks** — Three beginner-friendly tasks completable in the first week. **Common gotchas** — The three things that trip up every new developer on this project. Format as a Markdown document ready to commit to the repository.
📝 Fill in the blanks
Replace these placeholders with your own content:
[PROJECT NAME]
[LANGUAGES, FRAMEWORKS, DATABASES]
[e.g., Slack channel, Jira board, Notion wiki]
[e.g., AWS staging + production, shared hosting]
[ENVIRONMENT]
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