Field notes for faster onboarding

Onboard engineers from the repo itself.

Workflow

From cold repo to first commit.

New engineers need a map of the code in front of them, the commands that actually matter, and a place to ask follow-up questions without interrupting the whole team.

01

Upload the repository

Gitex reads the repo title, description, topics, languages, branches, README, dependency files, package managers, and CI hints through the GitHub API.

02

Generate the field guide

The repo becomes a practical onboarding sheet: stack, setup commands, entry points, important files, conventions, and a sane first-week path.

03

Ask Gemini the follow-ups

New engineers can ask about architecture, tests, auth, request flow, safe first changes, and weird repo-specific context without interrupting the team.

Repo brief

A field guide, not a folder dump.

Gitex keeps the onboarding artifact readable. The GitHub API supplies the facts; the product turns them into an opinionated first-read map and a question layer powered by Gemini.

GitHub API extract

payments-core

indexed
Repository
acme/payments-core
Detected stack
Go, Next.js, Postgres, Clerk
Local setup
pnpm install, docker compose up, go test ./...
Start here
README.md, app/api/webhooks, ledger/schema.go
Team habits
Feature flags, GitHub Actions, small PRs
File tree

Gemini notebook

Ask the repo

Where should a new engineer start?
Start with README.md for setup, then trace app/api/webhooks into ledger writes. That path explains the repo faster than scanning folders alphabetically.

Ask about setup, request flow, tests, auth, ownership, or first PRs.

Pricing

Pricing.

Monthly

Pro

$19

/ month

For individual developers.

5 connected repos
300 AI repo questions/month
Public + private repos
Basic repo indexing
Saved repo chats
1 seat

Monthly

Pro Plus

$49

/ month

For serious builders and small projects.

20 connected repos
1,500 AI repo questions/month
100 onboarding guides/month
Public + private repos
Deeper repo indexing
Saved repo chats

Monthly

Pro Max

$99

/ month

For teams and heavy repo usage.

75 connected repos
5,000 AI repo questions/month
300 onboarding guides/month
Public + private repos
Deep repo indexing

Gitex

Give every new engineer a repo-native first week.

How it works