Developer onboarding

New engineers ship in their first week.

Onboarding stalls when the knowledge lives in people's heads. Osco gives every new hire a reading path, a first task that carries its own context, and answers they can find without interrupting anyone.

The problem

What gets in the way today

  • New hires spend their first weeks asking where things are and why they work that way.
  • The setup guide is out of date and nobody knows who owns it.
  • Starter tasks are two-line tickets that need a meeting to understand.

How Osco helps

Context that travels with the work

A reading path, not a wiki dump

Keep an ordered set of docs in a project folder: product overview, architecture, decisions and the API area they will work on.

First tasks that teach

Each task carries its why, acceptance criteria and links to the docs and endpoints involved, so a new hire can start without a call.

Access that fits the role

Invite with a role and limit them to the projects they need. Widen access as they ramp up.

Docs that get better with every hire

Ask each new engineer to fix the pages that confused them. The next person benefits immediately.

How it works

From setup to everyday use

  1. 1

    Invite

    Add the new engineer with a role and project access, or create their account directly.

  2. 2

    Read

    They follow the onboarding folder: overview, architecture, decision log, API reference.

  3. 3

    Build

    They pick up a starter task linked to the right docs and endpoints, with a checklist of what done means.

  4. 4

    Improve

    They update the docs that were unclear, so onboarding gets faster each time.

Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to set up onboarding in Osco?

Most teams start by dropping their existing Markdown files into a project and ordering them into a folder. That usually takes an afternoon.

Can we limit what a new hire can see?

Yes. Members can be restricted to specific projects, and roles decide what they can edit, delete or share.

Do new hires need a separate account per workspace?

No. One Osco account can belong to many workspaces, each with its own role.

Give every task the context to finish it.

Start free with your team. Bring your Markdown, connect your coding agents and invite people when you are ready.