Doc Sync
JetBrains/ideavim
Keeps IdeaVim documentation in sync with code changes. An agent skill from JetBrains/ideavim.
Keeps an agent-facing documentation set accurate against the implementation through small, diff-driven edits since a committed baseline.
Install Doc Sync for Agent Manuals
$ npx skills add onevcat/Prowl --skill sync-docs -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install onevcat/Prowl sync-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/onevcat/Prowl.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/sync-docs .claude/skills/sync-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 "sync-docs" agent skill from https://github.com/onevcat/Prowl/tree/main/.claude/skills/sync-docs into .claude/skills/sync-docs/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sync-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/onevcat/Prowl/tree/main/.claude/skills/sync-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 onevcat/Prowl --skill sync-docs -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install onevcat/Prowl sync-docs --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/onevcat/Prowl.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/sync-docs .agents/skills/sync-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 "sync-docs" agent skill from https://github.com/onevcat/Prowl/tree/main/.claude/skills/sync-docs into .agents/skills/sync-docs/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sync-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 onevcat/Prowl --skill sync-docs -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install onevcat/Prowl sync-docs --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/onevcat/Prowl.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/sync-docs .cursor/skills/sync-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 "sync-docs" agent skill from https://github.com/onevcat/Prowl/tree/main/.claude/skills/sync-docs into .cursor/skills/sync-docs/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sync-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/onevcat/Prowl.git --path .claude/skills/sync-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 onevcat/Prowl --skill sync-docs -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install onevcat/Prowl sync-docs --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/onevcat/Prowl.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/sync-docs .gemini/skills/sync-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 "sync-docs" agent skill from https://github.com/onevcat/Prowl/tree/main/.claude/skills/sync-docs into .gemini/skills/sync-docs/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sync-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 onevcat/Prowl sync-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 onevcat/Prowl --skill sync-docs -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/onevcat/Prowl.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/sync-docs .github/skills/sync-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 "sync-docs" agent skill from https://github.com/onevcat/Prowl/tree/main/.claude/skills/sync-docs into .github/skills/sync-docs/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sync-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 onevcat/Prowl --skill sync-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 onevcat/Prowl sync-docs --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/onevcat/Prowl.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/sync-docs .opencode/skills/sync-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 "sync-docs" agent skill from https://github.com/onevcat/Prowl/tree/main/.claude/skills/sync-docs into .opencode/skills/sync-docs/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sync-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
sync-docs- GitHub stars
- 631
- Token cost
- ~2k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 774 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 10
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Keeps an agent-facing documentation set accurate against the implementation through small, diff-driven edits since a committed baseline.
- Works in 7 steps: Read the baseline. Open… → Diff the implementation since the… → Map changed source → docs to re-check.… → …
- Checking whether agent-facing docs still match the implementation
- SKILL.md covers Guiding principle: be…, Steps and Committing
- Calls git
What it does
A committed baseline commit hash, read from a sync-meta file, anchors a git diff against the current source tree, and when nothing relevant changed the whole run just reports the docs as up to date and bumps the baseline. Internal refactors, renames, and wording differences are deliberately tolerated, and an edit is only made when a documented fact is now demonstrably wrong, a feature was removed, or a genuinely significant new feature appeared, always as the smallest possible fix to the exact wrong line or cell rather than a reflow or restyle.
When your agent uses it
- Checking whether agent-facing docs still match the implementation
- Running a conservative doc sync as part of release prep
- Updating one wrong fact in a doc without restyling the rest
Example prompts
- “Check whether the docs are still accurate since the last sync baseline.”
- “Sync the docs for this release without rewriting anything else.”
- “Fix the one wrong setting description in the docs and stop there.”
Requirements
- A git repository with a committed sync baseline (docs/.sync-meta.json)
Workflow steps
7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Read the baseline. Open docs/.sync-meta.json and read the
- Diff the implementation since the baseline. List source files that changed
- Map changed source → docs to re-check. Use this table; only open the docs
- Verify against the source of truth. For each doc identified, check its
- Check internal links if files moved. If you renamed/added/removed any doc
- Bump the baseline. Set last_synced_commit (and last_synced_date, note)
- Report. Output a short summary
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 386b8d0. 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
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
git
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
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
Doc Sync for Agent Manuals loads about 2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 67 tokens; SKILL.md has 774 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
Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 774 words (~1,964 tokens).
“Keep the agent-facing documentation under docs/ accurate as the implementation evolves. This skill is diff-driven (it only looks at source that changed since a committed baseline) and deliberately conservative (it makes the smallest edits needed to restore accuracy — it…”
- name
- sync-docs
Files
Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/sync-docs of onevcat/Prowl.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 386b8d0
Compare with similar skills
Doc Sync for Agent Manuals next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doc Sync for Agent Manuals this skillonevcat/Prowl | 631 | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Doc SyncJetBrains/ideavim | 10k | 2 repos | ~2.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Mermaid Diagramsjjmartres/opencode | 133 | 6 repos | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Acquire Codebase Knowledgegithub/awesome-copilot | 40k | 1 repos | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| NeMo Curator Docs MaintenanceNVIDIA-NeMo/Curator | 1.8k | — | ~4.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Releasejrswab/axe | 895 | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
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Questions about Doc Sync for Agent Manuals
What does Doc Sync for Agent Manuals do?
Keeps an agent-facing documentation set accurate against the implementation through small, diff-driven edits since a committed baseline. A committed baseline commit hash, read from a sync-meta file, anchors a git diff against the current source tree, and when nothing relevant changed the whole run just reports the docs as up to date and bumps the baseline. Internal refactors, renames, and wording differences are deliberately tolerated, and an edit is only made when a documented fact is now demonstrably wrong, a feature was removed, or a genuinely significant new feature appeared, always as the smallest possible fix to the exact wrong line or cell rather than a reflow or restyle.
When should I use Doc Sync for Agent Manuals?
Doc Sync for Agent Manuals fits situations like: checking whether agent-facing docs still match the implementation; running a conservative doc sync as part of release prep; updating one wrong fact in a doc without restyling the rest.
How do I install Doc Sync for Agent Manuals in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add onevcat/Prowl --skill sync-docs -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/sync-docs in onevcat/Prowl) into .claude/skills/sync-docs in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Doc Sync for Agent Manuals in Codex?
Run `npx skills add onevcat/Prowl --skill sync-docs -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/sync-docs in onevcat/Prowl) into .agents/skills/sync-docs in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Doc Sync for Agent Manuals 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 onevcat/Prowl --skill sync-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/sync-docs, .gemini/skills/sync-docs, .github/skills/sync-docs and .opencode/skills/sync-docs in your project.
What does Doc Sync for Agent Manuals need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Doc Sync for Agent Manuals needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git). Our summary lists: A git repository with a committed sync baseline (docs/.sync-meta.json).
Does Doc Sync for Agent Manuals access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Doc Sync for Agent Manuals 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 Doc Sync for Agent Manuals use?
Doc Sync for Agent Manuals has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.
How many tokens does Doc Sync for Agent Manuals use?
About 2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.9k 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 Doc Sync for Agent Manuals?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Doc Sync for Agent Manuals: Doc Sync (JetBrains/ideavim, 10k stars), Mermaid Diagrams (jjmartres/opencode, 133 stars), Acquire Codebase Knowledge (github/awesome-copilot, 40k stars) and NeMo Curator Docs Maintenance (NVIDIA-NeMo/Curator, 1.8k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Doc Sync for Agent Manuals?
onevcat (a GitHub user) maintains it in onevcat/Prowl, which has 631 GitHub stars. The repository holds 10 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.
Source: onevcat/Prowl on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.