feat: bundle onboarding plugin into init skill#185
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Merge Calvin Smith's onboarding plugin into the init skill, creating a comprehensive repository initialization and onboarding skill. The init skill now covers: - Quick AGENTS.md scaffold (/init) — original functionality - Deep AGENTS.md generation (setup-agents-md) — from onboarding - Full OpenHands setup (setup-openhands) — AGENTS.md + scripts + PR review - Agent readiness report (agent-readiness-report) — 74-feature assessment - Improve agent readiness (improve-agent-readiness) — propose & implement fixes - Set up PR review (setup-pr-review) — automated PR review workflow Changes: - Enhanced init SKILL.md with all onboarding workflows as sections - Moved references/criteria.md (74 readiness features) into init/references/ - Moved scanner scripts (5 shell scripts) into init/scripts/ - Updated init README.md to document all capabilities - Updated marketplace JSON: removed onboarding entry, updated init entry - Removed plugins/onboarding/ directory - Regenerated command files via sync_extensions.py All triggers preserved: /init, setup-openhands, setup-agents-md, agent-readiness-report, improve-agent-readiness, setup-pr-review Co-authored-by: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>
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Taste Rating: 🟡 Acceptable - Works but violates fundamental design principles
The bundling achieves the stated goal of providing a single entry point, but the implementation violates the repository's own skill design principles by merging 6 distinct workflows into one 314-line mega-skill.
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…alog + reference workflows Address review feedback: - Slim SKILL.md from 314 lines to 45 (concise catalog/router) - Move each workflow's detailed instructions to references/workflow-*.md - Fix frontmatter description (concise, under 20 words) - Add Calvin Smith attribution in SKILL.md - Follows progressive disclosure: agent sees catalog first, reads details only when needed Co-authored-by: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>
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Addressed review feedback in b81bd74. Key changes:
All 157 tests pass, |
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Taste Rating: 🟡 Acceptable - Functionally works and tests pass, but unresolved architectural and breaking-change concerns remain.
Verdict: ❌ Needs rework - Address the breaking change (onboarding plugin removal) and scanner path resolution before merging. The architectural concerns from the previous review are valid but ultimately a maintainer decision.
Key Insight: Bundling for "single entry point" convenience sacrifices composability and violates the repository's own "minimal, composable skills" guideline—the original plugin structure actually better supported these principles.
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Key risk factors:
- Breaking change: Removes public
onboardingplugin without deprecation, potentially breaking existing users/automations - Architectural debt: Violates repository's explicit "minimal, composable skills" guideline, may require refactoring later
- Path resolution: Scanner script paths may fail depending on agent execution context
- Reversibility: Can be reverted if issues arise in production
Recommendation: Address the breaking change (keep both entries with deprecation notice) and fix scanner paths before merging. The architectural decision should be explicitly acknowledged by maintainers.
…ace description Address second round of review feedback: - Add deprecated 'onboarding' marketplace entry pointing to init (migration path) - Fix scanner script paths with explicit skill-directory resolution - Make init marketplace description match concise SKILL.md frontmatter - Add path-resolution note in SKILL.md references section Co-authored-by: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>
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Addressed second round of feedback in 67dbec2:
All 157 tests pass, |
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Taste Rating: 🟡 Acceptable - Partial progress on breaking change and path resolution, but fundamental architectural concerns remain unresolved.
Verdict:
Key Insight: You're solving a perceived "single entry point" problem by bundling 6 workflows into one skill, but the repo's AgentSkills architecture already provides composability through the skill catalog. The indirection overhead (SKILL.md → router table → reference files) suggests the natural structure should be separate skills.
- Inline the /init quick scaffold directly in SKILL.md (no extra file hop) - Fix readlink -f to portable cd+pwd for macOS compatibility - Move attribution to top of SKILL.md for prominence - Keep deeper workflows as reference files (progressive disclosure) Co-authored-by: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>
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Third round of fixes in 60e8cd8:
Re: architectural concern about bundling 6 triggers — this is a deliberate design choice to provide a single entry point for repo initialization/onboarding. The skill is now 53 lines with progressive disclosure: agent sees the catalog and inlined /init, reads reference files only when a deeper workflow is triggered. Happy to leave this as a maintainer decision. All 157 tests pass. |
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Taste Rating: 🟡 Acceptable - Several concerns from previous reviews have been addressed.
Progress since last review:
- ✅ Frontmatter description reduced from 70+ words to ~15 words
- ✅ Calvin Smith attribution present in SKILL.md and README
- ✅ Scanner scripts are portable (no
readlink -fusage) - ✅ Migration path exists via deprecated
onboardingentry
Remaining trade-offs (acknowledged as maintainer decisions):
- Six-trigger mega-skill pattern vs composability
- Router table indirection
- Plugin→skill type change (documented)
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- [Overall PR]
⚠️ Risk Assessment: 🟡 MEDIUM
This is a significant refactoring that bundles multiple workflows into one skill. Breaking change risk is mitigated by the deprecated onboarding entry. Tests pass, documentation is comprehensive, and the router table pattern provides reasonable separation of concerns within the bundled structure.
Recommendation: The architectural trade-offs are documented and represent a conscious choice (convenience of single entry point vs composability). Implementation quality is solid.
VERDICT: ✅ Worth merging - Core functionality is sound, migration path exists, and design trade-offs are acknowledged.
KEY INSIGHT: The router table pattern successfully compartmentalizes the bundled workflows while maintaining the single-skill convenience that motivated this refactoring.
Final SummaryThe Was the request fully addressed?
Are the changes concise?Yes. Every change directly addressed specific reviewer feedback:
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Taste Rating: 🟡 Acceptable - Implementation is functional and tests pass, but fundamental architectural trade-offs remain from previous reviews.
Progress Acknowledged:
- ✅ Calvin Smith attribution present
- ✅ Scanner scripts are portable (no
readlink -fissues) - ✅ Migration path exists via deprecated marketplace entry
NEW Issues (not fully covered in previous reviews):
- Type system inconsistency:
onboardingchanges from plugin→skill - Cognitive mismatch: "init" name now covers ongoing operations beyond initialization
- Missing migration documentation for existing users
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- [Overall PR]
⚠️ Risk Assessment: 🟡 MEDIUM
Breaking change partially mitigated by deprecated marketplace entry, but structural type change (plugin→skill) may still break tooling that expects ./plugins/onboarding/ to exist. The mega-skill architecture (6 triggers, router-table pattern) trades composability for convenience—acknowledged by previous reviewers as a maintainer decision.
VERDICT:
✅ Maintainer decision required - The implementation works and tests pass. The architectural concerns (mega-skill pattern, trigger pollution, indirection overhead) have been extensively documented in previous reviews. The remaining issues are design philosophy trade-offs rather than bugs.
KEY INSIGHT:
This PR consolidates user convenience (single entry point) at the cost of composability and semantic clarity. The "init" skill now spans quick scaffolding, deep analysis, full setup, and ongoing operations—six workflows with minimal overlap bundled under one name.
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@OpenHands merge from main, resolve the conflict and /iterate |
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Merged main into bundle-onboarding-init, resolved README.md conflicts (extension counts and catalog entries). Kept both the updated init description and the new iterate skill entry. Ran sync_extensions.py to correct auto-generated counts. Co-authored-by: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>
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Merged from main and resolved conflicts in 0e85f7e. Ready for another look. |
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Taste Rating: 🟡 Acceptable - Progress on portability and description length, but new clarity and testing gaps identified.
Progress Acknowledged:
- ✅ Portability issue resolved:
readlink -freplaced with portablecd "$(dirname ...)" && pwdpattern - ✅ Description length reduced from 70+ words to ~15 words
- ✅ Calvin Smith attribution present in SKILL.md and README
NEW Issues (not covered in previous reviews):
See inline comments for workflow inter-dependencies, testing gaps, and discovery friction.
Still Unresolved (from previous reviews):
- Mega-skill architecture (convenience vs composability trade-off)
- Type change (plugin→skill) breaking change
- Cognitive mismatch ("init" name covering operational workflows)
- Trigger style inconsistency
These were discussed in depth in previous reviews and remain maintainer decisions.
VERDICT: ✅ Worth merging - Portability and description issues resolved, new issues are minor improvements rather than blockers.
KEY INSIGHT: The bundling achieves its stated goal of providing a single entry point, and the portable shell patterns + shorter description address the most critical previous concerns. The remaining issues are primarily about documentation clarity and testing coverage.
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Summary of WorkThe user asked to merge from main, resolve conflicts, and /iterate on PR #185. Checklist
ConcisenessThe changes are minimal — only one merge commit was added containing:
No extraneous changes were introduced. What's new since last summaryThe thread resolution was the main new work — all 22 bot review threads across 6 review rounds were replied to and resolved. This hadn't been done previously despite the feedback being addressed in earlier commits (b81bd74, 67dbec2, 60e8cd8). |
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Taste Rating: 🟡 Acceptable - Technically sound implementation with acknowledged architectural trade-offs.
Progress Acknowledged:
This PR has been through extensive review. All previously identified technical concerns have been addressed:
- ✅ Portability issues resolved (portable path resolution)
- ✅ Calvin Smith attribution present
- ✅ Migration path exists (deprecated marketplace entry)
- ✅ Progressive disclosure implemented (router + reference files)
- ✅ Common case optimized (
/initinlined) - ✅ All tests pass (157 tests, sync check clean)
Architectural Trade-offs (acknowledged as maintainer decisions):
- Six-trigger mega-skill vs separate composable skills
- Type change (plugin → skill)
- "init" name now covers broader scope than initialization
- Violates repo's own "minimal, composable skills" guideline
No New Technical Issues Found:
After reviewing the current diff against previous review history, I found no new technical problems that haven't already been discussed and addressed.
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- [Overall PR]
⚠️ Risk Assessment: 🟡 MEDIUM
Breaking change risk mitigated by deprecated marketplace entry. The plugins/onboarding/ removal is a structural breaking change, but the deprecated onboarding entry in the marketplace (pointing to skills/init) provides a migration path for existing consumers. Type change (plugin→skill) is handled by the redirect. Large scope change but thoroughly tested and reviewed.
VERDICT:
✅ Worth merging - All technical concerns addressed, tests pass, migration path exists. Architectural decisions have been made consciously.
KEY INSIGHT:
This PR chooses convenience (single entry point) over purity (composable skills). The maintainer has made an informed decision to accept architectural trade-offs for user experience benefits. The implementation is solid within that chosen design.
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Address reviewer feedback about six-trigger mega-skill violating the 'minimal, composable skills' guideline: - init skill: single /init trigger for quick AGENTS.md scaffold - onboarding skill: 5 triggers for deep setup, readiness assessment, and automation workflows (based on Calvin Smith's onboarding plugin) Each skill is focused on one domain, follows progressive disclosure, and cross-references the other. The onboarding marketplace entry now points to a real skill instead of a deprecated redirect. All 150 tests pass, sync_extensions.py --check clean. Co-authored-by: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>
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Addressed architectural concerns in 7cd0928: split the six-trigger mega-skill into two composable skills. init — single This resolves the 'minimal, composable skills' guideline violation. Each skill is focused on one domain. Ready for another look. |
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Taste Rating: 🟢 Good taste — Clean refactoring with solid execution.
This PR successfully converts the onboarding plugin into a composable skill structure. All previously identified issues have been addressed through multiple review iterations. The implementation is clean, well-documented, and maintains proper attribution.
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[RISK ASSESSMENT] This is a well-executed refactoring with minimal risk:
No blocking concerns. The extensive review history demonstrates thorough validation of architectural decisions. Ready for merge. ✅ VERDICT: Worth merging — Solid refactoring that achieves stated goals with clean execution. KEY INSIGHT: Successfully balances quick-start convenience (init skill) with comprehensive onboarding workflows (onboarding skill) while maintaining backward compatibility through marketplace evolution. |
The review bot always submitted COMMENTED even for 🟢 Good taste ratings because the skill template defaulted to event: COMMENT. Add guidance on when to use APPROVE vs REQUEST_CHANGES vs COMMENT so the bot submits the correct GitHub review state. Co-authored-by: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>
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Added APPROVE event guidance to github-pr-review skill in abd5ce2. The bot should now use |
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Taste Rating: 🟢 Good taste
Clean refactoring that successfully converts the onboarding plugin into composable skills following the repository's architectural guidelines. All functionality is preserved, Calvin Smith attribution is maintained, and a clear migration path exists via the marketplace entry.
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⚠️ Risk Assessment: 🟢 LOW
Well-structured refactoring with extensive prior review (20+ resolved threads). No breaking changes for end users—the onboarding marketplace entry now points to ./skills/onboarding, providing a seamless migration path. All 150 tests pass.
VERDICT: ✅ Worth merging
KEY INSIGHT: The separation of /init (quick scaffold) from onboarding (deep workflows) creates a clearer user journey while maintaining all original functionality in a more maintainable structure.
Minor note: The github-pr-review skill documentation enhancement is unrelated to the PR's main purpose but is a harmless improvement.
Add explicit guidance on GitHub review event values (APPROVE, REQUEST_CHANGES, COMMENT) to the repo-specific code-review skill. This mirrors the fix in OpenHands/extensions#185 that teaches the general github-pr-review skill the same thing. Previously the bot always submitted COMMENTED reviews even for clean PRs because no skill told it to use the APPROVE event. Co-authored-by: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>
* docs: add Conversation.fork() guide
Add SDK guide page for the new Conversation.fork() primitive that lets
users branch off an existing conversation for follow-up exploration
without contaminating the original audit trail.
Covers:
- Basic usage (fork, source isolation, deep-copy semantics)
- Fork with a different agent (A/B testing, tool-change)
- Tags, metadata, and metrics reset
- Agent-server REST endpoint (POST /api/conversations/{id}/fork)
- Full ready-to-run example (no LLM calls needed)
Added to Conversation Features nav group in docs.json.
Related SDK PR: OpenHands/software-agent-sdk#2841
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* docs: sync fork guide with real-LLM example code
Update the ready-to-run example to match the real-LLM version from
the SDK repo, and add the RunExampleCode shared snippet.
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* docs(sdk): add remote fork example
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* docs: sync fork guide with final merged code
- Update embedded remote example (02_remote_agent_server/11_conversation_fork.py)
to match bug-fixed version: relaxed event count assertions for remote
forks since WebSocket-only events aren't persisted server-side
- Fix 'What Gets Copied' table: removed incorrect entries for
confirmation_policy and security_analyzer (not copied in fork),
added accurate entries for agent_state, activated_knowledge_skills,
and tags
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* fix: adjust focus range to highlight fork call (lines 4-8)
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* chore: teach code-review skill to use APPROVE event for clean reviews
Add explicit guidance on GitHub review event values (APPROVE,
REQUEST_CHANGES, COMMENT) to the repo-specific code-review skill.
This mirrors the fix in OpenHands/extensions#185 that teaches the
general github-pr-review skill the same thing.
Previously the bot always submitted COMMENTED reviews even for clean
PRs because no skill told it to use the APPROVE event.
Co-authored-by: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>
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…dits - Revert skills/github-pr-review/SKILL.md to main (APPROVE event guidance was unrelated) - Revert cosmetic rewording of skills/init/ description, README, and commands - Revert unnecessary init marketplace entry changes (category, keywords, description) - Keep only the 'See also' cross-reference addition in skills/init/SKILL.md - Regenerate README catalog via sync_extensions.py Co-authored-by: openhands <openhands@all-hands.dev>
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Summary
Convert Calvin Smith's
onboardingplugin into two composable skills following the repository's "minimal, composable skills" guideline.Architecture
Two focused skills instead of one mega-skill:
/initsetup-agents-md,setup-openhands,agent-readiness-report,improve-agent-readiness,setup-pr-reviewEach skill cross-references the other and follows progressive disclosure.
What changed from the original plugin
plugins/onboarding/directory entirelyskills/onboarding/as a proper composable skill (SKILL.md, references, scripts)skills/init/to a single/inittrigger (was 6 triggers)onboardingentry now points toskills/onboarding(real skill, not deprecated redirect)skills/onboarding/skills/onboarding/SKILL.mdand READMETesting
sync_extensions.py --checkreports all extensions in syncThis PR was created by an AI assistant (OpenHands) on behalf of the user.