Set up or update your myClaude creator profile. Builds creator.yaml with expertise, goals, technical level, and preferences. Use on first run, 'set up profile', 'who am I', 'my profile', 'get started', or 'configure'.
Discover and persist creator profile through intelligent scanning + minimal questions. Build creator.yaml — the Master Input that defines the quality ceiling for every product this creator builds.
When to use: First time using the Creator Engine, or when profile needs update (/onboard update).
Full protocol (phases, question scripts, schema, edge cases): Read ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/onboard-protocol.md before executing any phase.
RULE: Every question to the creator MUST use the AskUserQuestion tool. Never ask questions via plain text.
RULE: Scan first, ask second. Auto-detect everything possible. Only ask what cannot be inferred.
RULE: Optimize for the happy path. If the scan is rich enough, the entire onboarding should be 1 click.
references/quality/activation-preamble.md — context assembly, persona adaptation, deterministic routing rules.creator.yaml in project rootschema_version:
schema_version < 3 → run Phase 2.5d Schema v2→v3 Silent Migration (protocol → Phase 2.5d) BEFORE any other action. Migration is atomic + reversible via creator.yaml.bak.v2. After migration succeeds, continue with step 2 against the new v3 file.schema_version == 3 → load it, display summary, AskUserQuestion: "Is this still accurate?"
Load ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/onboard-protocol.md for full details on every phase.
| Phase | What Happens | Detail Location |
|---|---|---|
| 0 — Platform Detection | Detect OS + shell + resolve {home} path | protocol → Platform Detection |
| 1 — Silent Deep Scan | Run 5 scans in parallel: git identity, .claude/ root, project breadth, workspace, locale | protocol → Phase 1 |
| 2 — Inference Engine | Build draft profile: name, language, technical_level, profile.type, expertise. Weighted scoring (skills 3x, CLAUDE.md 3x, projects 2x, MCP 1x, rules 1x). Route to Express/Standard/Full path | protocol → Phase 2 |
| 2.5 — Disambiguation | If expert score (≥19) on Express/Standard path → one question: first time user? | protocol → Phase 2.5 |
| 2.5b — Intent Profile Inference | Derive 5 of 7 intent_profile fields from scan outputs (domain_depth, working_rhythm, maintenance_appetite, target_audience, external_dependency_tolerance). Mark _inferred: true. Defer licensing_tolerance to /create minds --genius. usage_frequency_expectation is asked in Phase 3 Call 2. Mandatory for schema v3. | protocol → Phase 2.5b |
| 2.5c — Language Confirmation Gate | Classify language detection as high|low|fallback. Silent announcement if high; one-question confirm if low; forced question if fallback. Persist language_confidence + language_detection_sources. Mandatory for schema v3. | protocol → Phase 2.5c |
| 2.5d — Schema v2→v3 Migration | Triggered only when an existing creator.yaml has schema_version < 3. Atomic + backed up to creator.yaml.bak.v2. Preserves all v2 fields. | protocol → Phase 2.5d |
| 3 — Adaptive Questioning | Express (2 calls) / Standard (2 calls) / Full (3 calls). Call 2 of all three paths now includes a 4th question on usage_frequency_expectation (schema v3). | protocol → Phase 3 |
| 4 — Profile Type | Infer type from all signals. Never ask directly | protocol → Phase 4 |
| 5 — Generate creator.yaml | Write schema v3 file (includes intent_profile, language_confidence, language_detection_sources). Validate YAML. Read back to verify. | protocol → Phase 5 |
| 5b — Seed creator-memory.yaml | After creator.yaml is written and parses, seed the sibling creator-memory.yaml with a first_onboard event. Idempotent: silently skipped if a first_onboard event already exists. Validator: scripts/creator-memory-validate.py. Silent infrastructure — Phase 6 speaks, 5b prepares the ground. | protocol → Phase 5b |
| 6 — Closing + Intelligence Report | Persona-adaptive next step + setup health + gap analysis + product recommendation. Load UX stack: references/quality/engine-voice-core.md (loaded at activation start), references/ux-experience-system.md (§2.3 first scaffold moment = "first onboard" for brand), references/quality/engine-voice.md (full Brand DNA substrate loaded here because this is a peak moment: the FIRST myClaude Studio impression). Use brand frame: ┌─ MyClaude Studio ─┐. Personalize with the name just captured. This is the moment the creator enters the myClaude universe — make it feel like arriving, not registering. After Phase 5 writes creator.yaml, Phase 5b appends the first_onboard event to creator-memory.yaml (create-if-absent with full schema shell per scripts/creator-memory-validate.py). This seeds the Ritual of Return Layer 2 for future sessions. | protocol → Phase 6, 6b, 6c |
Scan failure protocol: See protocol → Scan Failure Protocol. Never crash. Never show raw errors.
i18n: Detect language (CLAUDE.md → locale → en). All AskUserQuestion text in detected language.
/onboard → Full onboard (FULL ONBOARDING if no creator.yaml)
/onboard update → Refresh profile (UPDATE MODE if creator.yaml exists)
Must pass before writing creator.yaml:
schema_version: 3name, language, language_confidence, profile.type, profile.technical_level, preferences.default_license, preferences.default_category, preferences.quality_target, preferences.workflow_styleintent_profile.domain_depth, intent_profile.working_rhythm, intent_profile.usage_frequency_expectation, intent_profile.maintenance_appetite, intent_profile.target_audience, intent_profile.external_dependency_toleranceintent_profile._inferred block present with one entry per intent_profile fieldlanguage_confidence ∈ {high, low, fallback, migrated}workflow_style ∈ {guided, autonomous}. Default: guided for beginner/intermediate, autonomous for advanced/experttoken_efficiency ∈ {eco, balanced, unlimited}. Default: balanced. Eco minimizes context reads; unlimited loads full UX stack every timeprofile.type ∈ {developer, prompt-engineer, domain-expert, marketer, operator, agency, hybrid}technical_level ∈ {beginner, intermediate, advanced, expert}license ∈ CE-D40 list: MIT, Apache-2.0, GPL-3.0, BSD-3-Clause, ISC, CC-BY-4.0, CC-BY-SA-4.0, CC0-1.0, Proprietary, Customscan_path ∈ {express, standard, full}platform ∈ {macOS, Linux, Windows, WSL, Docker, unknown}technical_score consistent with technical_level (score in threshold range)git_handle set only if actually detected (not fabricated)onboarded_at = today's date in YYYY-MM-DDlanguage = valid IETF tag (e.g., pt-BR, en, es){name}, {domain 1}, etc.) in the final filePost-write: Read creator.yaml back and verify YAML parsing succeeds. Guards against encoding issues.
AskUserQuestion~/ — Always resolve {home} dynamically per platformpreview + multiSelect in one call — Causes silent answer loss; never do thiscreator.name without asking — When name_type = handle, always offer name choicewhoami, profile sync, stripe status, setup-mcp) follow references/cli-contract.md unified error handling. All are warning severity — no CLI failure prevents onboarding from completing. Phase 6c details are in references/onboard-protocol.md → Phase 6c.When context is compressed, preserve:
name_type and name_confidence from Phase 1 scanrecommended_default inferred from Phase 2