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Add and review C XML documentation comments for SkiaSharp public APIs.
Install API Docs
$ npx skills add mono/SkiaSharp --skill api-docs -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install mono/SkiaSharp api-docs --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mono/SkiaSharp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/api-docs .claude/skills/api-docs && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "api-docs" agent skill from https://github.com/mono/SkiaSharp/tree/main/.agents/skills/api-docs into .claude/skills/api-docs/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "api-docs", 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 install https://github.com/mono/SkiaSharp/tree/main/.agents/skills/api-docsType 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.
$ npx skills add mono/SkiaSharp --skill api-docs -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install mono/SkiaSharp api-docs --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mono/SkiaSharp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/api-docs .agents/skills/api-docs && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "api-docs" agent skill from https://github.com/mono/SkiaSharp/tree/main/.agents/skills/api-docs into .agents/skills/api-docs/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "api-docs", 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.
$ npx skills add mono/SkiaSharp --skill api-docs -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install mono/SkiaSharp api-docs --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mono/SkiaSharp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/api-docs .cursor/skills/api-docs && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "api-docs" agent skill from https://github.com/mono/SkiaSharp/tree/main/.agents/skills/api-docs into .cursor/skills/api-docs/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "api-docs", 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 https://github.com/mono/SkiaSharp.git --path .agents/skills/api-docs--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add mono/SkiaSharp --skill api-docs -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install mono/SkiaSharp api-docs --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mono/SkiaSharp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/api-docs .gemini/skills/api-docs && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "api-docs" agent skill from https://github.com/mono/SkiaSharp/tree/main/.agents/skills/api-docs into .gemini/skills/api-docs/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "api-docs", 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.
$ gh skill install mono/SkiaSharp api-docsInstalls 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).
$ npx skills add mono/SkiaSharp --skill api-docs -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mono/SkiaSharp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/api-docs .github/skills/api-docs && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "api-docs" agent skill from https://github.com/mono/SkiaSharp/tree/main/.agents/skills/api-docs into .github/skills/api-docs/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "api-docs", 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.
$ npx skills add mono/SkiaSharp --skill api-docs -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install mono/SkiaSharp api-docs --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mono/SkiaSharp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/api-docs .opencode/skills/api-docs && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "api-docs" agent skill from https://github.com/mono/SkiaSharp/tree/main/.agents/skills/api-docs into .opencode/skills/api-docs/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "api-docs", 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
api-docs- GitHub stars
- 5.6k
- Token cost
- ~1.1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 440 words
- Files
- 8 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 23
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Add and review C XML documentation comments for SkiaSharp public APIs.
- Works in 7 steps: Resolve the consumer-visible public… → Add or correct accurate /// comments… → Generated bindings are… → …
- Documenting a class
- SKILL.md covers Scope and procedure, API-documentation contract, References and Boundaries
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
API Docs is an agent skill from mono/SkiaSharp. Add and review C XML documentation comments for SkiaSharp public APIs. Use for documenting a class or member, filling missing API docs, reviewing public API documentation, or correcting inaccurate API examples.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 8 other files, including reference files (for example `references/adding.md`, `references/checklist.md` and `references/obsolete-api-map.md`).
It sits in Development, covering Technical documentation. It works with C#. The repository describes itself as: SkiaSharp is a cross-platform 2D graphics API for .NET platforms based on Google's Skia Graphics Library. It provides a comprehensive 2D API that can be used across mobile… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Documenting a class
- Filling missing API docs
- Reviewing public API documentation
- Correcting inaccurate API examples
Example prompts
- “/api-docs”
Workflow steps
7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Resolve the consumer-visible public types and members in scope. Read their
- Add or correct accurate /// comments immediately above public
- Generated bindings are source-controlled. Edit only their /// comment
- Follow references/adding.md for source-first
- Refresh documentation-convention knowledge from the first-party sources
- Verify SkiaSharp and HarfBuzzSharp facts in
- Classify findings with references/checklist.md
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a74f7f9. 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
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
API Docs loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~13k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 55 tokens; SKILL.md has 440 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 mono/SkiaSharp at commit a74f7f9, republished under its MIT licence (© mono). 440 words, ~1,128 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/api-docs/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 7 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- api-docs
- description
- Add and review C# XML documentation comments for SkiaSharp public APIs. Use for documenting a class or member, filling missing API docs, reviewing public API documentation, or correcting inaccurate API examples.
- metadata.layer
- router
API Documentation
Write and review the public API prose that mono/SkiaSharp owns. C# ///
comments on public declarations are authoritative. Managed builds generate
compiler XML from those comments and package it beside the managed assemblies.
This repository has no API-reference ECMA/mdoc source, mdoc engine, docs
submodule, XML-editing workflow, or placeholder-writing workflow.
mono/SkiaSharp-API-docs independently consumes package/compiler XML and
_DocsMedia, produces ECMA/mdoc, preserves deferred Uno output, validates,
and publishes Learn. Do not edit that repository or generated output here.
Scope and procedure
- Resolve the consumer-visible public types and members in scope. Read their
declarations and implementations in
binding/orsource/before writing any prose. Implementation-assembly XML does not make an API public. - Add or correct accurate
///comments immediately above public declarations. Work from the source declaration, never from compiler XML. - Generated bindings are source-controlled. Edit only their
///comment trivia directly, then runpwsh -NoLogo -NoProfile -File ./utils/generate.ps1and verify it preserves the intended comments. Never manually change generated declarations, interop code, or implementation. - Follow
references/adding.mdfor source-first authoring orreferences/reviewing.mdfor a source-first review. Apply the detailed syntax and prose rules inreferences/patterns.md. - Refresh documentation-convention knowledge from the first-party sources
listed in
references/patterns.mdbefore a broad authoring or review pass. Reconcile a changed official convention with existing source forms and external rendering before applying it; do not mechanically rewrite source comments merely to match a style rule. - Verify SkiaSharp and HarfBuzzSharp facts in
references/skia-patterns.md, and ensure examples avoid error-obsolete APIs withreferences/obsolete-api-map.md. - Classify findings with
references/checklist.mdand perform the build, compiler-XML, and package checks inreferences/validation.md.
Show full SKILL.md (180 more words)Show less
API-documentation contract
- The compiler XML generated from public
///comments is packaged beside the corresponding managed assemblies in bothlib/<tfm>andref/<tfm>. - The XML beside the reference assembly is the consumer-visible documentation
contract. The copy beside
libis intentional but implementation-only XML entries do not expand the public API surface. _DocsMediais versioned source in this repository and a nonshipping transport artifact. The external API-docs repository retrieves matching package and media inputs and owns downstream ECMA/mdoc generation, validation, and publication.
References
| Need | Read |
|---|---|
| Adding or updating source comments | references/adding.md |
| Reviewing documentation and examples | references/reviewing.md |
| C# XML-comment syntax and conventions | references/patterns.md |
| Severity bar and reporting | references/checklist.md |
| Build, compiler-XML, and package validation | references/validation.md |
| SkiaSharp/HarfBuzzSharp factual sources | references/skia-patterns.md |
| Error-obsolete API replacements | references/obsolete-api-map.md |
Boundaries
- Do not manually edit compiler-generated XML or ECMA/mdoc files. In generated
bindings, edit only source-controlled
///comment trivia and verify a generator round trip preserves it. - Do not remove valid public source comments to defer documentation elsewhere. Missing or inaccurate public documentation blocks API review.
- Do not claim defaults, validation, ownership, threading, native layout, or standards behavior without verifying the relevant source.
© mono, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 7 other files (references) in .agents/skills/api-docs of mono/SkiaSharp.
- SKILL.md
- references/adding.md
- references/checklist.md
- references/obsolete-api-map.md
- references/patterns.md
- references/reviewing.md
- references/skia-patterns.md
- references/validation.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit a74f7f9
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Questions about API Docs
What does API Docs do?
Add and review C XML documentation comments for SkiaSharp public APIs. API Docs is an agent skill from mono/SkiaSharp. Add and review C XML documentation comments for SkiaSharp public APIs.
When should I use API Docs?
API Docs fits situations like: documenting a class; filling missing API docs; reviewing public API documentation; correcting inaccurate API examples.
How do I install API Docs in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add mono/SkiaSharp --skill api-docs -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/api-docs in mono/SkiaSharp) into .claude/skills/api-docs in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install API Docs in Codex?
Run `npx skills add mono/SkiaSharp --skill api-docs -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/api-docs in mono/SkiaSharp) into .agents/skills/api-docs in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use API Docs 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 mono/SkiaSharp --skill api-docs -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/api-docs, .gemini/skills/api-docs, .github/skills/api-docs and .opencode/skills/api-docs in your project.
What does API Docs need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: API Docs is instructions for the agent only.
Does API Docs 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 API Docs 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 API Docs use?
API Docs 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 API Docs use?
About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.5k 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 12k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to API Docs?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with API Docs: Create Skill Sample (pnp/copilot-prompts, 891 stars), ScottPlot Cookbook Recipe (ScottPlot/ScottPlot, 6.8k stars), Maintain DisCatSharp (Aiko-IT-Systems/DisCatSharp, 140 stars) and API Docs (WildGums/Orc.LicenseManager, 108 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains API Docs?
mono (a GitHub organization) maintains it in mono/SkiaSharp, which has 5,585 GitHub stars. The repository holds 23 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.
Source: mono/SkiaSharp on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.