
Onboarding Program
Design comprehensive onboarding programs with 30/60/90 day goals and role-specific training
What You Can Do
You can generate fully customized onboarding programs tailored to specific roles, departments, and team structures. Claude produces pre-start task sequences, immersion schedules for week one, 30/60/90-day goal frameworks aligned to business outcomes, and role-specific training curricula covering tools, processes, compliance, and domain knowledge. The skill adapts cadences and content for different functions—engineering, sales, operations, support—ensuring each new hire receives role-appropriate integration.
Features
Generates background checks, IT provisioning, paperwork workflows, and equipment preparation timelines
Creates role-specific meeting calendars, team introductions, and culture exposure activities
Builds competency milestones and business outcome targets aligned to role expectations
Produces tool tutorials, process documentation, compliance training, and domain knowledge modules
Adapts onboarding cadences and content for engineering, sales, operations, support, and other functions
Outlines manager responsibilities, buddy assignments, and cross-functional touchpoints
Defines retention indicators, engagement surveys, and milestone assessment criteria
Example Output
Engineering Onboarding Program (90-Day)
Pre-Start (Days -14 to 0)
- Background check initiated
- Equipment order: MacBook Pro, monitors, peripherals
- Github/Jira account creation
- Codebase access provisioned
Week 1: Foundation
- Mon 9am: CEO company overview
- Tue 10am: Engineering team standup walkthrough
- Wed 2pm: Code review process training
- Thu 11am: Infrastructure & deployment pipeline
- Fri 3pm: First PR review with buddy
30-Day Goal: Infrastructure Competency
- Deploy 3 changes to staging environment
- Complete 5 code reviews with feedback
- Understand CI/CD pipeline end-to-end
60-Day Goal: Feature Ownership
- Lead bug fixes on assigned component
- Contribute to sprint planning
- Mentor on code quality
90-Day Goal: Independent Contributor
- Ship 2+ features independently
- Own on-call rotation
- Review and improve onboarding for next hire
What's Included
- SKILL.md instruction file with onboarding design methodology:
- Pre-start task template: checkbox list for IT, HR, and manager preparation
- First-week immersion schedule: role-specific calendar with meeting descriptions and facilitators
- 30/60/90-day goal framework: competency matrix aligned to business outcomes
- Department-specific training curriculum template: tools, processes, and compliance modules by function
- New hire success checklist: manager and buddy responsibilities with weekly milestones
Who It's For
- HR Business Partners — Design role-specific onboarding programs aligned to business strategy
- Talent Acquisition Leads — Create compelling first-hire experiences to improve offer acceptance and retention
- Onboarding Coordinators — Standardize multi-department workflows and reduce hiring-to-productivity time
- People Operations Managers — Scale onboarding across growing organizations and multiple functions
- Department Heads — Customize onboarding for your team's tools, culture, and competency requirements
Best For
- Creating new hire onboarding from scratch or redesigning existing programs
- Developing role-specific onboarding cadences for engineering, sales, operations, support, or other functions
- Building 30/60/90-day milestone frameworks tied to business outcomes and role competencies
- Standardizing onboarding across multiple departments or locations
- Improving first-90-day retention and new hire time-to-productivity







