Agent skill

Tracedocs

by davepoon in davepoon/buildwithclaude

Turn any codebase into evidence-grounded Markdown docs plus a machine-readable index.json.

MITAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Tracedocs

skills CLI
$ npx skills add davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill tracedocs -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install davepoon/buildwithclaude tracedocs --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/davepoon/buildwithclaude.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/all-skills/skills/tracedocs .claude/skills/tracedocs && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
tracedocs
GitHub stars
3.6k
Token cost
~491 tokens
SKILL.md length
208 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
245
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Turn any codebase into evidence-grounded Markdown docs plus a machine-readable index.json.

  • Works in 4 steps: Analyzes the codebase (stack, scripts,… → Builds an evidence map (source map,… → Writes the Markdown manuals and an… → …
  • Tasks that involve Deployment
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use This Skill, What This Skill Does, How to Use and Example
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Tracedocs is an agent skill from davepoon/buildwithclaude. Turn any codebase into evidence-grounded Markdown docs plus a machine-readable index.json. Every claim cites its source; never invents deployment steps.

Its SKILL.md is about 490 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Deployment. The repository describes itself as: A single hub to find Claude Skills, Agents, Commands, Hooks, Plugins, and Marketplace collections to extend Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Agent SDK and OpenClaw. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Deployment

Example prompts

  • “/tracedocs”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Analyzes the codebase (stack, scripts, entry points, env-var names, deploy
  2. Builds an evidence map (source map, assumptions, generation log) with
  3. Writes the Markdown manuals and an index.json manifest; never invents
  4. Runs a quality check (paths exist, commands sourced, no secret values, gaps

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 10bfc43. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • github.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Tracedocs loads about 491 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 41 tokens; SKILL.md has 208 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~41
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~491

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from davepoon/buildwithclaude at commit 10bfc43, republished under its MIT licence (© davepoon). 208 words, ~491 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/tracedocs/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
tracedocs
description
Turn any codebase into evidence-grounded Markdown docs plus a machine-readable index.json. Every claim cites its source; never invents deployment steps.
category
development-code

tracedocs

Turn any codebase into an evidence-grounded documentation package (overview, operation, deployment, learning, architecture, API/data, troubleshooting, maintenance) plus a machine-readable index.json for AI agents. Every operational/deployment claim cites a source file and a confidence label (Verified / Inferred / Unknown / Needs confirmation); it never invents deployment steps and records gaps instead.

Full skill, references, templates, and a validated sample output: https://github.com/wxggzz/tracedocs (MIT).

When to Use This Skill

  • Onboarding to, or documenting, an unfamiliar codebase
  • Producing durable, in-repo docs for operation, deployment, and maintenance
  • Preparing an AI-agent-ready knowledge handoff (with index.json)
  • Turning a repo into a study guide whose claims are traceable to source

What This Skill Does

  1. Analyzes the codebase (stack, scripts, entry points, env-var names, deploy signals, tests).
  2. Builds an evidence map (source map, assumptions, generation log) with confidence labels.
  3. Writes the Markdown manuals and an index.json manifest; never invents deployment steps.
  4. Runs a quality check (paths exist, commands sourced, no secret values, gaps documented).

How to Use

Basic Usage
Use tracedocs to generate evidence-grounded study docs for this repository. Write the output to study-docs/.

Example

User: "Document ./my-app with tracedocs"

The skill scans the repo and writes a study-docs/ package (00-10 manuals + index.json + _evidence/), citing each operational claim's source and labelling its confidence - and explicitly noting anything it cannot verify (for example, "no deployment configuration found in the repo").

© davepoon, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in plugins/all-skills/skills/tracedocs of davepoon/buildwithclaude.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 10bfc43

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Questions about Tracedocs

What does Tracedocs do?

Turn any codebase into evidence-grounded Markdown docs plus a machine-readable index.json. Tracedocs is an agent skill from davepoon/buildwithclaude.json.

When should I use Tracedocs?

Tracedocs fits situations like: tasks that involve Deployment.

How do I install Tracedocs in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill tracedocs -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/all-skills/skills/tracedocs in davepoon/buildwithclaude) into .claude/skills/tracedocs in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Tracedocs in Codex?

Run `npx skills add davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill tracedocs -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/all-skills/skills/tracedocs in davepoon/buildwithclaude) into .agents/skills/tracedocs in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Tracedocs in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill tracedocs -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/tracedocs, .gemini/skills/tracedocs, .github/skills/tracedocs and .opencode/skills/tracedocs in your project.

What does Tracedocs need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Tracedocs is instructions for the agent only.

Does Tracedocs access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Tracedocs safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Tracedocs use?

Tracedocs is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Tracedocs use?

About 491 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Tracedocs?

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Who maintains Tracedocs?

davepoon (a GitHub user) maintains it in davepoon/buildwithclaude, which has 3,604 GitHub stars. The repository holds 245 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: davepoon/buildwithclaude on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.