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Developer Onboarding Guide Creator

Generate a comprehensive onboarding document so new developers can get productive in their first week.

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# 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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