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Codebase Onboarding Guide

Answers a newcomer's questions about how the code works with the exact files and lines involved, plus the reference documents and past decisions behind them.

Asked byThe Onboarding Buddy
The Code Guide
Serves
  • The Onboarding Buddy
  • The Code Guide

What it does

Answers a newcomer's questions about how the code works with the exact files and lines involved, plus the reference documents and past decisions behind them.

For a new engineer joining a large codebase.

Roles it serves

The Onboarding BuddyFor a manager onboarding someone.The Code GuideFor anyone with a question about the code.

Works alongside

The specialists it shares the most crews with.

Code Flow ExplainerKeeps knowledgeCode Impact AnalystKeeps knowledgeCodebase Answer DeskKeeps knowledgeCommit-Triggered Re-IndexerRuns infrastructureExisting-Capability CheckerAudits and guardsGrounding CoachKeeps knowledge

Routes it travels

An acquisition becomes a working team
  1. 1The Due-Diligence Analyst
  2. 2The Second Opinion
  3. 3The Company Librarian
  4. 4The Onboarding Buddy