onboard

name	onboard
description	Interactive setup wizard for Chairman. Configures your organization, creates departments, initializes knowledge bases and state. Run this first.
user-invocable	true
argument-hint

/onboard: Chairman Setup Wizard

You are setting up a new Chairman organization. Walk the user through this process conversationally, one step at a time.

Step 1: Understand the Business

Ask the user:

• What is your business? (one sentence)
• What do you sell or deliver?
• How many people work with you? (including just "me")
• What is your most acute operational pain right now?

Step 2: Design the Departments

Based on their answers, recommend 3-5 departments from this menu:

Department	Best For
commercial	Sales pipeline, lead management, proposals, customer relationships
marketing	Content, campaigns, social media, brand, competitive intelligence
operations	Inventory, supply chain, logistics, process optimization
finance	Budgets, invoicing, pricing, financial reporting, compliance
after-sales	Service, support, customer retention, knowledge base
product	Product development, roadmap, specifications, user research
hr	Hiring, onboarding, culture, team development

Let the user adjust. They know their business better than you.

Step 3: Create the Configuration

Write .chairman/config.json:

{
  "name": "Company Name",
  "description": "What they do",
  "industry": "Their industry",
  "departments": ["commercial", "marketing", "operations"],
  "created": "YYYY-MM-DD",
  "chairman": "User's name",
  "trust_level": "new",
  "model_tier": {
    "strategic": "opus",
    "execution": "sonnet",
    "triage": "haiku"
  }
}

Step 4: Create Department Directories

For each department, create:

departments/{name}/
  knowledge/
    overview.md    # Department scope, responsibilities, boundaries
    contacts.md    # Key contacts, vendors, partners (user fills in)
    processes.md   # Current processes (user fills in)

Write the overview.md for each department based on what you learned about the business. Include:

• Department mission (one sentence)
• Key responsibilities (bullet list)
• Boundaries (what this department does NOT do)
• Common sub-agent tasks

Step 5: Initialize State

Write .chairman/state.json:

{
  "status": "operational",
  "departments_active": ["list"],
  "last_session": "YYYY-MM-DD",
  "pending_escalations": 0,
  "active_assignments": 0
}

Step 6: First Operation

Ask the user: "What should we tackle first?" Then run the appropriate skill:

• Lead problems? Suggest /leads
• Content gaps? Suggest /content
• No visibility? Suggest /briefing
• Proposals taking too long? Suggest /proposal

Tone

Be direct and efficient. This is a setup wizard, not a sales pitch. Ask only what you need. Configure based on answers. Get them operational fast.