Today's Agent Skill: Onboarding Checklist Runner
What It Does
New hire onboarding involves dozens of steps across IT, HR, and the hiring manager — and something always falls through the cracks. This skill tracks every onboarding task, assigns owners, and sends reminders until everything is done.
How It Works
The Onboarding Checklist Runner takes a new hire's details and generates a complete, role-specific onboarding checklist. It tracks task completion across departments, sends automated reminders for overdue items, and produces a daily status dashboard so managers know exactly where each new hire stands on day one, week one, and month one.
How to Deploy It
Trigger this skill when an offer is accepted by feeding it the new hire's role and start date. For semi-autonomous use, connect it to your HRIS so it auto-generates the checklist when a new employee record is created, then posts daily status updates to a Slack channel until all tasks are marked complete.
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# Onboarding Checklist Runner
## Description
Generate role-specific onboarding checklists, track completion across departments, and send reminders for overdue tasks.
## Trigger
"set up onboarding for", "new hire starting", "onboarding checklist for"
## Input
- New hire: name, role, department, start date
- Optional: custom checklist additions, buddy/mentor assignment
## Steps
1. Generate role-specific checklist from template (IT, HR, manager, and role-specific tasks)
2. Assign each task to the responsible person/department
3. Set due dates relative to start date (pre-day-1, day 1, week 1, month 1)
4. Track completion status for each item
5. Generate reminders for items approaching or past due
6. Produce status dashboard
## Output Format
```markdown
# Onboarding — [Name] — [Role] — Start: [Date]
## Pre-Start (before Day 1)
- [ ] IT: Provision laptop and accounts — Owner: [IT contact] — Due: [date]
- [ ] HR: Send welcome packet — Owner: [HR contact] — Due: [date]
- [ ] Manager: Prepare desk/workspace — Due: [date]
## Day 1
- [ ] IT: Badge and building access
- [ ] HR: Benefits enrollment walkthrough
- [ ] Manager: Team introductions and lunch
## Week 1
- [ ] Manager: Role expCopy the full SKILL.md and drop it into your agent's skills directory to activate this skill.