Agent skill

Technical Doc Creator

by mhattingpete in mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace

Create HTML technical documentation with code blocks, API workflows, system architecture diagrams, and syntax highlighting.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedDevelopment

Install Technical Doc Creator

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace --skill technical-doc-creator -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace technical-doc-creator --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/mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/visual-documentation-plugin/skills/technical-doc-creator .claude/skills/technical-doc-creator && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "technical-doc-creator" agent skill from https://github.com/mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace/tree/main/visual-documentation-plugin/skills/technical-doc-creator into .claude/skills/technical-doc-creator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "technical-doc-creator", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace/tree/main/visual-documentation-plugin/skills/technical-doc-creator

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace --skill technical-doc-creator -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace technical-doc-creator --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/visual-documentation-plugin/skills/technical-doc-creator .agents/skills/technical-doc-creator && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "technical-doc-creator" agent skill from https://github.com/mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace/tree/main/visual-documentation-plugin/skills/technical-doc-creator into .agents/skills/technical-doc-creator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "technical-doc-creator", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace --skill technical-doc-creator -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace technical-doc-creator --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/visual-documentation-plugin/skills/technical-doc-creator .cursor/skills/technical-doc-creator && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "technical-doc-creator" agent skill from https://github.com/mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace/tree/main/visual-documentation-plugin/skills/technical-doc-creator into .cursor/skills/technical-doc-creator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "technical-doc-creator", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace.git --path visual-documentation-plugin/skills/technical-doc-creator

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace --skill technical-doc-creator -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace technical-doc-creator --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/visual-documentation-plugin/skills/technical-doc-creator .gemini/skills/technical-doc-creator && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "technical-doc-creator" agent skill from https://github.com/mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace/tree/main/visual-documentation-plugin/skills/technical-doc-creator into .gemini/skills/technical-doc-creator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "technical-doc-creator", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace technical-doc-creator

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace --skill technical-doc-creator -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/visual-documentation-plugin/skills/technical-doc-creator .github/skills/technical-doc-creator && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "technical-doc-creator" agent skill from https://github.com/mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace/tree/main/visual-documentation-plugin/skills/technical-doc-creator into .github/skills/technical-doc-creator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "technical-doc-creator", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace --skill technical-doc-creator -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace technical-doc-creator --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/visual-documentation-plugin/skills/technical-doc-creator .opencode/skills/technical-doc-creator && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "technical-doc-creator" agent skill from https://github.com/mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace/tree/main/visual-documentation-plugin/skills/technical-doc-creator into .opencode/skills/technical-doc-creator/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "technical-doc-creator", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: technical-doc-creator
GitHub stars: 680
Token cost: ~604 tokens
SKILL.md length: 127 words
Files: 4 (incl. references, assets)
Skills in repo: 16
Repo updated: Jul 25, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Apache-2.0

At a glance

Create HTML technical documentation with code blocks, API workflows, system architecture diagrams, and syntax highlighting.

Works in 6 steps: Overview: purpose, key features, tech… → Getting Started: installation, setup,… → API Reference: endpoints with… → …
Users request technical documentation
SKILL.md covers When to Use, Components, HTML Structure and API Endpoint Pattern, plus 2 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Technical Doc Creator is an agent skill from mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace. Create HTML technical documentation with code blocks, API workflows, system architecture diagrams, and syntax highlighting. Use when users request technical documentation, API docs, API references, code examples, or developer documentation.

Its SKILL.md is about 600 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 6 other files, including reference files and assets (for example `references/design_patterns.md` and `references/svg_library.md`).

It sits in Development, covering Technical documentation and Diagrams. The repository describes itself as: Claude Code Skills for software engineering workflows - Git automation, testing, and code review. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

Users request technical documentation
Developer documentation

Example prompts

“/technical-doc-creator”

Requirements

Node.js

Workflow steps

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

Overview: purpose, key features, tech stack
Getting Started: installation, setup, quick start
API Reference: endpoints with request/response examples
Code Examples: syntax-highlighted code blocks
Architecture: system diagram (SVG)
Workflows: step-by-step processes

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b5b34bc. 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 (its code samples are html).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
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

Technical Doc Creator loads about 604 tokens when it runs, and up to ~7.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 66 tokens; SKILL.md has 127 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~66
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~604
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them: ~7.7k

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 mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace at commit b5b34bc, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© mhattingpete). 127 words, ~604 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/technical-doc-creator/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 3 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: technical-doc-creator
description: Create HTML technical documentation with code blocks, API workflows, system architecture diagrams, and syntax highlighting. Use when users request technical documentation, API docs, API references, code examples, or developer documentation.

Technical Documentation Creator

Create comprehensive HTML technical documentation with code examples and API workflows.

When to Use

"Create API documentation for [endpoints]"
"Generate technical docs for [system]"
"Document API reference"
"Create developer documentation"

Components

Overview: purpose, key features, tech stack
Getting Started: installation, setup, quick start
API Reference: endpoints with request/response examples
Code Examples: syntax-highlighted code blocks
Architecture: system diagram (SVG)
Workflows: step-by-step processes

HTML Structure

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>[API/System] Documentation</title>
  <style>
    body { font-family: system-ui; max-width: 1000px; margin: 0 auto; }
    pre { background: #1e1e1e; color: #d4d4d4; padding: 15px; border-radius: 4px; overflow-x: auto; }
    .endpoint { background: #f7fafc; padding: 15px; margin: 10px 0; border-left: 4px solid #4299e1; }
    code { background: #e2e8f0; padding: 2px 6px; border-radius: 3px; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>[System] Documentation</h1>
  <!-- Overview, Getting Started, API Reference, Examples -->
</body>
</html>

API Endpoint Pattern

html

<div class="endpoint">
  <h3><span style="color: #48bb78;">GET</span> /api/users/{id}</h3>
  <p>Retrieve user by ID</p>

  <h4>Request</h4>
  <pre><code>curl -X GET https://api.example.com/users/123</code></pre>

  <h4>Response</h4>
  <pre><code>{
  "id": 123,
  "name": "John Doe",
  "email": "john@example.com"
}</code></pre>
</div>

Code Block Pattern

html

<pre><code>// Installation
npm install package-name

// Usage
import { feature } from 'package-name';
const result = feature.doSomething();</code></pre>

Workflow

Extract API endpoints, methods, parameters
Create overview and getting started sections
Document each endpoint with examples
Add code snippets for common operations
Include architecture diagram if relevant
Write to [system]-docs.html

Use semantic colors for HTTP methods: GET (green), POST (blue), DELETE (red).

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files (references, assets) in visual-documentation-plugin/skills/technical-doc-creator of mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace.

SKILL.md
assets/templates/base_template.html
references/design_patterns.md
references/svg_library.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b5b34bc

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Questions about Technical Doc Creator

What does Technical Doc Creator do?

Create HTML technical documentation with code blocks, API workflows, system architecture diagrams, and syntax highlighting. Technical Doc Creator is an agent skill from mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace. Create HTML technical documentation with code blocks, API workflows, system architecture diagrams, and syntax highlighting.

When should I use Technical Doc Creator?

Technical Doc Creator fits situations like: users request technical documentation; developer documentation.

How do I install Technical Doc Creator in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace --skill technical-doc-creator -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (visual-documentation-plugin/skills/technical-doc-creator in mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace) into .claude/skills/technical-doc-creator in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Technical Doc Creator in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace --skill technical-doc-creator -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (visual-documentation-plugin/skills/technical-doc-creator in mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace) into .agents/skills/technical-doc-creator in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Technical Doc Creator 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 mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace --skill technical-doc-creator -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/technical-doc-creator, .gemini/skills/technical-doc-creator, .github/skills/technical-doc-creator and .opencode/skills/technical-doc-creator in your project.

What does Technical Doc Creator need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Technical Doc Creator is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Technical Doc Creator access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Technical Doc Creator 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 Technical Doc Creator use?

Technical Doc Creator is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Technical Doc Creator use?

About 604 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 7.1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Technical Doc Creator?

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Who maintains Technical Doc Creator?

mhattingpete (a GitHub user) maintains it in mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace, which has 680 GitHub stars. The repository holds 16 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 25, 2026.

Source: mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Technical Doc Creator

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Technical Documentation Creator

When to Use

Components

HTML Structure

API Endpoint Pattern

Code Block Pattern

Workflow

Files

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