Onboard

# /cs:onboard — Founder Interview **Command:** `/cs:onboard` The first command to run when adopting c-level-agents. A structured founder interview that produces `~/.claude/company-context.md` — the file every cs-* advisor reads before responding. Without this, the advisors are guessing. ## What This Produces `~/.claude/company-context.md` — a single file with the durable facts about the company. Read by: - `cs-chief-of-staff` (routing decisions) - Every cs-* advisor (context for any question) - `/cs:brief` (assumptions in any new decision) ## The Interview (12 Questions) ### Company Basics 1. **Company name and one-sentence pitch.** 2. **Stage:** pre-seed / seed / Series A / Series B / Series C+ / public 3. **Headcount:** total, by function (eng / product / GTM / ops / G&A) 4. **Geographic distribution:** HQ + remote split, key countries ### Business Model 5. **Revenue model:** SaaS subscription / usage / transaction / marketplace / hardware / services 6. **ICP:** name one real customer and describe what they have in common with others 7. **ACV:** median and range; deal count last 12 months 8. **Growth rate:** ARR YoY; if pre-revenue, leading metric (users, MAU, etc.) ### Financial Posture 9. **Runway:** months of cash at current burn; bear-case months 10. **Last raise:** amount, valuation, lead investor, date ### Strategic Context 11. **Top 3 priorities for the current quarter** (in plain language) 12. **Top 3 risks the founder loses sleep over** (be specific) ## Output Format **Canonical schema:** `~/.claude/company-context.md` is owned by the [`cs-onboard`](../../../skills/cs-onboard/SKILL.md) skill and follows its 7-dimension schema (`../../../skills/cs-onboard/templates/company-context-template.md`): Company Identity, Stage & Scale, Founder Profile, Team & Culture, Market & Competition, Current Challenges, Goals & Ambition. The 12 questions above are a faster structured intake that populates that same file — Identity/Business/Financial → Stage & Scale, Team → Team & Culture, Quarter priorities/risks → Current Challenges + Goals & Ambition. Write `[not captured]` for dimensions the quick intake doesn't reach (Founder Profile, Market & Competition); run the full `cs-onboard` interview to fill them. Never create a second context file or a divergent layout. The intake summary captured by the 12 questions: ```markdown # Company Context **Generated:** YYYY-MM-DD **Last updated:** YYYY-MM-DD ## Identity - **Company:** <name> - **Pitch:** <one sentence> - **Stage:** <stage> - **HQ + remote:** <distribution> ## Business - **Model:** <type> - **ICP:** <description + named customer> - **ACV:** $<median> (range $<low> - $<high>) - **Deal count (LTM):** N - **ARR growth (YoY):** X% ## Financial - **Cash on hand:** $<amount> - **Net burn (monthly):** $<amount> - **Runway base:** N months - **Runway bear:** N months - **Last raise:** $<amount> at $<post> in <month YYYY>, led by <investor> ## Team - **Total headcount:** N - **Eng:** N | Product: N | GTM: N | Ops: N | G&A: N ## Quarter - **Top priorities (Q<X> YYYY):** 1. <priority> 2. <priority> 3. <priority> - **Top risks:** 1. <risk> 2. <risk> 3. <risk> ## Routing Hints [Optional: any role the founder wants to use sparingly or rely on heavily] ``` ## Workflow 1. Walk the founder through all 12 questions 2. Quote founder's own words wherever possible (don't paraphrase the ICP) 3. Save to `~/.claude/company-context.md` 4. (Optional) If llm-wiki bridge is configured: symlink to vault ```bash ln -sf ~/company-vault/00-meta/company-context.md ~/.claude/company-context.md ``` 5. Confirm with founder: read the file back, ask "anything missing?" ## When to Re-Run - After a fundraise (numbers change) - After a major pivot or product launch - After 6+ months (most facts have drifted) - After a major hire (team distribution changes) - Always before a `/cs:boardroom` for a high-stakes decision ## Persistence By default, `~/.claude/company-context.md` is local to the founder's machine. To make it persistent across machines / shareable: - **Markdown vault (recommended):** see [`../../references/llm-wiki-bridge.md`](../../references/llm-wiki-bridge.md) - **Encrypted dotfile sync:** age + git - **Shared team:** keep in a private repo, symlink from `~/.claude/` ## Related - Skill: [`cs-onboard`](../../../skills/cs-onboard/SKILL.md) — the underlying interview protocol - Skill: [`context-engine`](../../../skills/context-engine/SKILL.md) — reads this file - Reference: [`../../references/llm-wiki-bridge.md`](../../references/llm-wiki-bridge.md) --- **Version:** 1.0.0