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Overview

Packmind automatically generates coding standards and commands from your project. Instead of manually creating standards from scratch, your AI agent analyzes your existing code and practices to create a foundation you can refine.

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Skill-Based Onboarding

The /packmind-onboard skill provides automated batch analysis of your codebase, generating both standards and commands.

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Prerequisites

  • Packmind CLI installed
  • Logged in with packmind-cli login
  • Packmind skills installed with packmind-cli init
  • A Git repository in your project

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Quick Start

In your AI agent (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), invoke the onboarding skill: 
/packmind-onboard
The skill guides you through an interactive process:
  1. Create or select a package — Where your standards and commands will be stored
  2. Analyze your codebase — Read-only scan for patterns and conventions
  3. Review generated drafts — Preview before creating anything
  4. Create standards and commands — Publish to Packmind and deploy locally

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What Gets Generated

Based on your project’s patterns, you’ll get up to: Standards (max 5 per run)
  • Role taxonomy drift patterns
  • Test data construction patterns
Commands (max 5 per run)
  • File template workflows
  • CI/local development parity scripts
All items are created as drafts first, giving you a chance to review and edit before publishing.

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The Onboarding Flow

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Step 1: Package Selection

The skill checks for existing packages:
  • No packages exist: Automatically creates {repo-name}-standards
  • One package exists: Asks if you want to use it or create a new one
  • Multiple packages: Lists all options for you to choose

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Step 2: Codebase Analysis

The skill performs a read-only scan of your project, detecting your tech stack, frameworks, and coding patterns.

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Step 3: Draft Review

After analysis, you see a summary of what will be created (e.g., “3 standards, 2 commands”). You can then choose:
  • Create all now — Publish everything to Packmind
  • Let me review drafts first — Edit the drafts before publishing
  • Cancel — Exit without creating anything

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Step 4: Publishing

When you confirm, the skill publishes everything to Packmind and deploys to your local AI agent automatically.

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After Skill-Based Onboarding

Once complete, your standards and commands are:
  • Published to Packmind — Available in your organization
  • Added to your package — Ready for team distribution
  • Deployed locally — Active in your AI agent (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, etc.)

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Re-running Skill-Based Onboarding

Run the skill again anytime to generate additional standards and commands. The skill never overwrites existing items.

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Troubleshooting

Q: Skill says I’m not logged in Run packmind-cli login first, then retry the skill. Q: Package creation fails Check your network connection and that you have permissions to create packages in your organization. Q: No patterns discovered Very new or small codebases may not have enough patterns to detect. Try running the skill again after adding more code to your project. Q: Generated standards don’t match my project Onboarding generates a starting point. Edit draft files before confirming to customize them to your needs.