---\nname: \"onboard\"\ndescription: \"/cs:onboard — Founder interview that populates ~/.claude/company-context.md using the canonical 7-dimension cs-onboard schema. The first command to run when starting with c-level-agents. Use when setting up the virtual C-suite for a new company, or when advisors lack company context — e.g. before a first /cs:boardroom or after a fundraise changes the numbers.\"\n---\n\n# /cs:onboard — Founder Interview\n\n**Command:** `/cs:onboard`\n\nThe 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.\n\n## What This Produces\n\n`~/.claude/company-context.md` — a single file with the durable facts about the company. Read by:\n- `cs-chief-of-staff` (routing decisions)\n- Every cs-* advisor (context for any question)\n- `/cs:brief` (assumptions in any new decision)\n\n## The Interview (12 Questions)\n\n### Company Basics\n1. **Company name and one-sentence pitch.**\n2. **Stage:** pre-seed / seed / Series A / Series B / Series C+ / public\n3. **Headcount:** total, by function (eng / product / GTM / ops / G&A)\n4. **Geographic distribution:** HQ + remote split, key countries\n\n### Business Model\n5. **Revenue model:** SaaS subscription / usage / transaction / marketplace / hardware / services\n6. **ICP:** name one real customer and describe what they have in common with others\n7. **ACV:** median and range; deal count last 12 months\n8. **Growth rate:** ARR YoY; if pre-revenue, leading metric (users, MAU, etc.)\n\n### Financial Posture\n9. **Runway:** months of cash at current burn; bear-case months\n10. **Last raise:** amount, valuation, lead investor, date\n\n### Strategic Context\n11. **Top 3 priorities for the current quarter** (in plain language)\n12. **Top 3 risks the founder loses sleep over** (be specific)\n\n## Output Format\n\n**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.\n\nThe intake summary captured by the 12 questions:\n\n```markdown\n# Company Context\n**Generated:** YYYY-MM-DD\n**Last updated:** YYYY-MM-DD\n\n## Identity\n- **Company:** <name>\n- **Pitch:** <one sentence>\n- **Stage:** <stage>\n- **HQ + remote:** <distribution>\n\n## Business\n- **Model:** <type>\n- **ICP:** <description + named customer>\n- **ACV:** $<median> (range $<low> - $<high>)\n- **Deal count (LTM):** N\n- **ARR growth (YoY):** X%\n\n## Financial\n- **Cash on hand:** $<amount>\n- **Net burn (monthly):** $<amount>\n- **Runway base:** N months\n- **Runway bear:** N months\n- **Last raise:** $<amount> at $<post> in <month YYYY>, led by <investor>\n\n## Team\n- **Total headcount:** N\n- **Eng:** N | Product: N | GTM: N | Ops: N | G&A: N\n\n## Quarter\n- **Top priorities (Q<X> YYYY):**\n  1. <priority>\n  2. <priority>\n  3. <priority>\n\n- **Top risks:**\n  1. <risk>\n  2. <risk>\n  3. <risk>\n\n## Routing Hints\n[Optional: any role the founder wants to use sparingly or rely on heavily]\n```\n\n## Workflow\n\n1. Walk the founder through all 12 questions\n2. Quote founder\'s own words wherever possible (don\'t paraphrase the ICP)\n3. Save to `~/.claude/company-context.md`\n4. (Optional) If llm-wiki bridge is configured: symlink to vault\n   ```bash\n   ln -sf ~/company-vault/00-meta/company-context.md ~/.claude/company-context.md\n   ```\n5. Confirm with founder: read the file back, ask \"anything missing?\"\n\n## When to Re-Run\n\n- After a fundraise (numbers change)\n- After a major pivot or product launch\n- After 6+ months (most facts have drifted)\n- After a major hire (team distribution changes)\n- Always before a `/cs:boardroom` for a high-stakes decision\n\n## Persistence\n\nBy default, `~/.claude/company-context.md` is local to the founder\'s machine. To make it persistent across machines / shareable:\n\n- **Markdown vault (recommended):** see [`../../references/llm-wiki-bridge.md`](../../references/llm-wiki-bridge.md)\n- **Encrypted dotfile sync:** age + git\n- **Shared team:** keep in a private repo, symlink from `~/.claude/`\n\n## Related\n\n- Skill: [`cs-onboard`](../../../skills/cs-onboard/SKILL.md) — the underlying interview protocol\n- Skill: [`context-engine`](../../../skills/context-engine/SKILL.md) — reads this file\n- Reference: [`../../references/llm-wiki-bridge.md`](../../references/llm-wiki-bridge.md)\n\n---\n\n**Version:** 1.0.0\n