Front door for all Ping Identity work. Detects the user's platform, identifies what they are trying to accomplish, and routes them to the correct skill.
What this skill does for you: Orientation and routing only — it determines your platform and goal and hands off to the skill that does the work. It does not itself generate configuration or walk through product docs.
Invocation
Invoke this skill explicitly with /ping-quickstart or by saying "use ping-quickstart to...".
When to use this skill
Trigger on ANY of the following — including questions, evaluation discussions, and advisory requests:
- "Where do I start with Ping Identity?" / "I'm new to Ping — what should I set up first?"
- "Which Ping product do I need?"
- "Help me choose between PingOne, PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud, and PingFederate"
- "I inherited a Ping deployment and don't know where to begin"
- "We're evaluating Ping Identity — what should we be asking?"
- "Pros and cons of PingOne vs PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud vs PingFederate; cloud or on-prem?"
- "Advise me on which Ping platform fits our use case"
- "We're migrating from ForgeRock to Ping — what does the migration path look like?"
- "Where do we start with adding [feature] to our app?" (any feature, when the platform is unspecified)
- "We want to add identity verification / KYC — where do we start?"
- "What's the recommended starting point for Ping employee identity?"
- "What license do I need for DaVinci / Protect / Verify?"
- "Test this end to end / validate my Ping setup / how do I prove the path works before going live"
Catch-all rule: Trigger this skill whenever the user's platform or starting point is unknown or unclear, when they use "where do we start", "what should we set up first", "what's the recommended starting point", or "not sure whether to use [product A] or [product B]" framing. Trigger on migration intents (ForgeRock → Ping, Okta → Ping, Auth0 → Ping). Trigger when platform is not yet specified and the user is in evaluation or orientation mode.
When NOT to use this skill
- User asks to configure a PingOne OIDC application → use
ping-foundation - User asks to build a registration journey or DaVinci flow in PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud → use
ping-orchestration - User asks to integrate the Ping iOS or Android SDK → use
ping-app-integration - User asks about PingOne Protect risk scoring, PingOne Verify, or PingOne MFA policy → use
ping-universal-services - User asks about Verified Trust, AI agent identity, or securing AI agents with Ping → use
ping-identity-for-ai - User asks to configure PingFederate adapters or PingAccess policies on an existing deployment → use
ping-foundation - User already knows their platform (PingOne, PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud, or Ping Software) and knows their task → skip this skill and use the relevant skill directly
Multi-skill use cases
Ping Identity platforms are deeply layered — a complete, production-ready solution almost always requires more than one skill. This is by design, not a gap.
A single end-to-end use case typically spans:
| Layer | Skill |
|---|---|
| Platform setup and app registration | ping-foundation |
| Authentication flow or journey design | ping-orchestration |
| MFA, risk, verification, or governance | ping-universal-services |
| App or SDK integration | ping-app-integration |
| AI agent or trusted identity patterns | ping-identity-for-ai |
Example — Customer registration with identity verification:
ping-foundation— provision the environment, register the app, configure the directoryping-orchestration— design the DaVinci flow or PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud journey for registrationping-universal-services— invoke PingOne Verify for document/liveness check within the flowping-app-integration— wire the SDK into the mobile or web app
Skills are designed to be composed. Load them in sequence as the task progresses — do not try to satisfy all layers from a single skill. Use ping-quickstart (this skill) to orient, then hand off to the appropriate skill for each layer.
Routing — Step 1: What is the user trying to do?
| Intent | Route to |
|---|---|
| Set up or configure a platform, tenant, or app | Platform Detection → ping-foundation |
| Build or design flows, journeys, or orchestration | Platform Detection → ping-orchestration |
| Use a shared service (Protect, Verify, IGA, Credentials) | ping-universal-services |
| Integrate Ping into an app, mobile, or web SDK | ping-app-integration |
| AI agent identity, Verified Trust, or agent security | ping-identity-for-ai |
| Still unclear — ask one clarifying question | Stay in this skill; use clarifying questions below |
Step 2 — Detect the platform
Ask or infer from context. Match the MOST SPECIFIC signal first — "PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud" starts with "PingOne", so check for the longer form before treating bare "PingOne" as the multi-tenant cloud.
| Signal | Platform family | Next skill |
|---|---|---|
| "PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud", "AIC", "identity cloud", "PingAM", "IDM", "ForgeRock", "forgeblocks" | PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud (AIC) | ping-foundation → AIC branch |
| "PingOne" (bare, without "Advanced Identity Cloud"), "apps.pingone.com", "auth.pingone.com", "PingOne environment", "PingOne admin console" | PingOne (multi-tenant cloud) | ping-foundation → PingOne branch |
| "PingFederate", "PingAccess", "PingDirectory", "on-prem", "self-managed" | Ping Software Suite | ping-foundation → ping-software branch |
| Platform unknown | Ask: "Are you working in PingOne, PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud (AIC), or on-premises software?" | — |
Step 3 — Clarifying questions (use only if intent and platform are both unclear)
Ask at most one question at a time:
- "Are you setting something up for the first time, or do you have an existing deployment?"
- "Are you working in PingOne, PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud (AIC), or on-premises software?" Mandatory clarification — bare user-management commands: if the prompt is "Add a user to Ping", "Create a user in Ping", or any equivalent with no platform named, you MUST ask which platform before answering — Ping has separate user populations in PingOne, PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud (AIC), PingFederate, and PingDirectory. Do not assume PingOne.
Orientation references
Load 1–2 of these matching the user's question. Stop when orientation is sufficient.
references/curated/getting-started-overview.mdreferences/curated/choose-the-right-ping-platform.mdreferences/curated/common-starting-patterns.mdreferences/curated/pingone-licensing-and-packaging.mdreferences/curated/migration-overview.mdreferences/curated/inherited-deployment-orientation.mdreferences/curated/end-to-end-validation.md— load when the user is past the build phase and asking "test what I just built"