--- name: community-pioneers-ai-lab-onboarding description: Use when onboarding a new member to the Pioneers AI Lab community — the lawyer-builder network connected to the HAQQ Legal AI ecosystem. Covers the full welcome sequence including Slack access, resource packs, office-hour scheduling, mentorship matching, and showcase opportunities. Triggers on any message indicating a new member has joined, been invited, or requested onboarding materials. license: MIT metadata: id: community.pioneers-ai-lab-onboarding category: community priority: P1 intent: [__community__] related: [community-station-f-residency-applications, connector-hubspot-crm, connector-linear] source: Louis — HAQQ Legal AI (github.com/sboghossian/mini-claude-for-legal) version: "1.0" --- # Community — Pioneers AI Lab Onboarding ## Purpose The Pioneers AI Lab is a lawyer-builder community organized around HAQQ Legal AI. Its goal is to bring legal professionals, legal-tech founders, and AI practitioners together — with a particular focus on MENA-region practitioners who are underserved by mainstream legal-AI tooling. This skill governs the end-to-end onboarding flow for new members: from first contact through active participation. ## When to use this Reach for this skill when: - A new member has been admitted or invited to the Pioneers AI Lab. - A user asks "how do I join the community" or "what comes next after I signed up." - A community manager is coordinating a batch invite. - A member reports they haven't received their welcome materials. ## Onboarding sequence Run the steps in order. Each step has a clear owner and a completion signal. ### Step 1 — Welcome introduction Send a personalized welcome message within 24 hours of admission. Include: - Name and role acknowledgment ("Welcome, [Name] — great to have a [role] in the community.") - One-sentence statement of what Pioneers AI Lab is for: connecting lawyers and builders working at the intersection of law and AI, with a MENA-forward perspective. - A direct link to the community Slack workspace (invitation link, not a generic homepage). - The community Code of Conduct — short, plain-language, linked. The welcome message should be in the member's preferred language. If unknown, default to English with an Arabic postscript for MENA-based members. ### Step 2 — Resource pack delivery Deliver the standard resource pack automatically or via Slack DM within 48 hours. The pack contains: | Resource | What it is | Why it matters | |---|---|---| | HAQQ Skills Library | Curated index of Louis skills and their use cases | Lets builders understand what's already built | | Partner discounts | Promo codes for tools useful to legal builders (e.g., Notion, Firecrawl, hosting credits) | Reduces friction for early-stage projects | | Reading list | 5–7 curated articles/papers on legal AI, MENA legal systems, and LLM productization | Sets intellectual baseline | | Community FAQ | Answers to the 10 most common new-member questions | Reduces support load | Do not attach PDFs as email attachments. Use Notion pages or Slack pinned messages so materials stay current. ### Step 3 — Office-hour scheduling Offer the member a 30-minute office-hour slot with a Pioneers mentor or the HAQQ team within the first two weeks. Steps: 1. Present a Calendly (or equivalent) link with available slots. 2. Pre-fill the agenda: "Tell us about your practice / project, and we'll show you how Louis + the skills library can help." 3. After the call, log a brief summary in the member CRM (HubSpot, see [[connector-hubspot-crm]]) under "Pioneers member — first call." If the member doesn't book within 7 days, send one follow-up reminder. Do not send more than two scheduling nudges total. ### Step 4 — Mentorship matching (conditional) Mentorship matching applies to members who are: - Early-career lawyers (0–3 years PQE) building a legal-AI side project, or - Non-lawyer builders who need a legal-domain expert as an advisory match. Matching criteria: | Member type | Ideal mentor profile | |---|---| | MENA-based lawyer | Senior lawyer with MENA + tech cross-over | | French law background | Francophone legal-tech practitioner | | Common-law (DIFC/ADGM/UK) | Practitioner in the relevant free-zone or UK jurisdiction | | Non-lawyer builder | Lawyer with product experience | Once matched, introduce both parties via email (CC both) with a one-paragraph context note. The ongoing relationship is the members' own — the community does not schedule their calls. ### Step 5 — Showcase opportunity Every active member is eligible for a spotlight on the Pioneers website and in the monthly newsletter. Offer this proactively at the end of the onboarding sequence (around 30 days after admission): - "Would you like to share what you're building? We spotlight one member per month — it takes 15 minutes to complete a short written profile." - Collect: name, role, project/firm, one-sentence bio, optional headshot, optional project URL. - Do not publish without explicit written consent. ## Completion signal Onboarding is considered complete when: - Member has accessed Slack (delivery confirmed by join event). - Resource pack link opened at least once. - Office hour booked (or 14 days elapsed with two reminders sent). - Mentorship match offered (matched or declined logged). ## Tone and language - Warm and professional — not startup-generic ("Hey Fam!"). - Acknowledge the member's specific background if known. - For MENA lawyers: acknowledge the particular challenge of finding MENA-specific legal AI tooling and position Pioneers as the community that takes that seriously. - Avoid phrases that presuppose a US-centric legal world ("BigLaw," "Biglaw associate," "IRAC method"). ## Data handling - Member email and profile data stored in HubSpot under the Pioneers segment. - Do not share member details with third parties without consent. - Mentorship match introductions are conducted over email only — no third-party platforms receive PII without member opt-in. ## Failure modes | Problem | Response | |---|---| | Slack invite link expired | Generate a fresh single-use invite; do not reuse group links | | Member hasn't engaged after 30 days | Send one re-engagement note; if no response, mark "inactive" in CRM — do not spam | | Mentor match unavailable | Offer a peer-match from the same cohort instead; log shortage for capacity planning | | Member requests removal | Remove from Slack, CRM, and mailing list within 72 hours; confirm in writing | ## Related skills - [[community-station-f-residency-applications]] - [[connector-hubspot-crm]] - [[connector-linear]] - [[connector-gmail]]