feat: Add Codebase Onboarding Engineer#388
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What does this PR do?
Agent Information (adding a new agent)
Agent Name: Codebase Onboarding Engineer
Category: engineering
Specialty: Helps new developers understand unfamiliar codebases quickly by reading source code, tracing code paths, and stating only facts grounded in the code.
Motivation
Onboarding into an unfamiliar codebase is a common developer pain point.
Traditional LLM behavior is often useful, but it is not constrained enough for fast, factual codebase onboarding. It can mix explanation with assumptions, suggestions, or redesign ideas when the developer's immediate need is simply to understand what the code actually does.
This agent is designed to fill that gap. It is onboarding-first, read-only, and grounded in source code. Its job is to help new developers build a trustworthy mental model of a repository by tracing real code paths and explaining structure without drifting into recommendations.
Testing
./scripts/lint-agents.sh engineering/engineering-codebase-onboarding-engineer.mdChecklist