Onboarding Existing Repositories

MultiModel Dev OS provides a safe, step-by-step onboarding protocol to configure coding agents in any existing codebase without modifying application source files.

Onboarding Commands

To onboard an existing repository, run the following commands:

# 1. Analyze the project structure, language, framework, and security signals
npx multimodel-dev-os onboard analyze --target .

# 2. Output template recommendations and suggested next steps
npx multimodel-dev-os onboard recommend --target .

# 3. Generate a structured onboarding plan and markdown report
npx multimodel-dev-os onboard plan --target .

# 4. Safely apply the onboarding plan to generate AI Dev OS scaffolding
npx multimodel-dev-os onboard apply --target . --approved

Security & Safety Guarantees

• Read-only Commands: analyze, recommend, and plan are read-only and make no modifications.
• No Source Code Mutation: apply only creates/updates MultiModel Dev OS configuration files (.ai/, AGENTS.md, MEMORY.md, etc.). It never touches your application source code.
• Backup Support: If a file already exists, the onboard engine skips it. To overwrite, use --force, which creates a .bak backup file first.