developer-onboarding
Get developers to "Hello World" fast with optimized quickstarts, tutorials, and sample apps. Trigger phrases: developer onboarding, time to first value, quickstart guide, hello world tutorial, developer activation, onboarding checklist, sample apps, getting started experience, reduce...
Profile →npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill developer-onboarding --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Developer Onboarding ## When to Use Use this skill when you need get developers to "Hello World" fast with optimized quickstarts, tutorials, and sample apps. Trigger phrases: developer onboarding, time to first value, quickstart guide, hello world tutorial, developer activation, onboarding checklist, sample apps, getting started experience, reduce... Get developers from signup to working code as fast as possible, then guide them to deeper engagement. ## Overview Developer onboarding is the critical window between "I signed up" and "I understand how to use this." You have about 10 minutes of developer attention. Every second of confusion, every error message without guidance, every "it should work but doesn't" moment costs you users. Great onboarding feels like pair programming with someone who anticipated every question. Bad onboarding feels like being dropped in a foreign city without a map. ## Before You Start Review the `/devmarketing-skills/skills/developer-audience-context` skill to understand your target developers. A hobbyist building side projects needs different onboarding than an enterprise architect evaluating tools for production. Review `/devmarketing-skills/skills/d
- When to Use
- Overview
- Before You Start
- Time-to-First-Value Optimization
- Defining "First Value"
- Measuring Time to First Value (TTFV)
- Removing TTFV Obstacles
- Quickstart Checklist Design
- The Ideal Quickstart Structure
- Checklist Patterns That Work
- Common Quickstart Failures
- Interactive vs Static Tutorials
- When to Use Interactive Tutorials
- When Static Documentation Wins
What does the developer-onboarding skill do?
Get developers to "Hello World" fast with optimized quickstarts, tutorials, and sample apps. Trigger phrases: developer onboarding, time to first value, quickstart guide, hello world tutorial, developer activation, onboarding checklist, sample apps, getting started experience, reduce...
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill developer-onboarding --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, a repository with 44,414 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.