symbiotic-onboard
Onboard a new user into a Symbiotic AI setup by interviewing them one sharp question at a time and writing their own context files (SOUL.md, USER.md, NOW.md, and AGENTS.md) as plain Markdown they keep. Use this whenever someone is setting up a personal AI agent, wants their assistant to remember or understand them across sessions, mentions Symbiotic AI / SOUL.md / USER.md / NOW.md, is staring at blank template files full of [bracketed placeholders], or asks how to give an AI persistent context they own and can move between models. Trigger even if they do not say the word "onboard".
npx skills add lout33/symbiotic-ai --skill symbiotic-onboard --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.
# Symbiotic Onboard ## What this does and why This skill sets a brand-new user up with a working Symbiotic AI configuration in one short conversation. The whole point of Symbiotic AI is **ownership and portability**: a person's context lives in plain Markdown files they own, can read and edit by hand, can version, and can carry to any model. Native platform memory cannot offer that. It is opaque, automatic, and locked to one vendor. So the job here is not to "store" anything in a hidden place. It is to **interview the user and write plain files they keep.** When you finish, the user has four files (`SOUL.md`, `USER.md`, `NOW.md`, and optionally `AGENTS.md`) that any agent runtime can load. They own them. The hard part of onboarding is the blank page. A new user opens template files full of `[bracketed placeholders]`, does not know what to type, and stalls. This skill removes that wall by doing a short, sharp interview and filling the files for them. ## The core rule **Interview one sharp question at a time. Never dump a list of questions.** A wall of questions makes people freeze or write thin, generic answers. One question, wait, write the answer into the right file, then ask the
- What this does and why
- The core rule
- Setup before the interview
- The interview
- How to write the answers
- Finish the file: defer what you did not ask
- Close
- Tell them how to use the files
- What good looks like
What does the symbiotic-onboard skill do?
Onboard a new user into a Symbiotic AI setup by interviewing them one sharp question at a time and writing their own context files (SOUL.md, USER.md, NOW.md, and AGENTS.md) as plain Markdown they keep. Use this whenever someone is setting up a personal AI agent, wants their assistant to remember or understand them across sessions, mentions Symbiotic AI / SOUL.md / USER.md / NOW.md, is staring at blank template files full of [bracketed placeholders], or asks how to give an AI persistent context they own and can move between models. Trigger even if they do not say the word "onboard".
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add lout33/symbiotic-ai --skill symbiotic-onboard --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 lout33/symbiotic-ai, a repository with 732 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.