Agent skill

Documentation Template

by Owl-Listener in Owl-Listener/designer-skills

Generate a reusable documentation scaffold for components, patterns, or guidelines.

MITAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Documentation Template

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill documentation-template -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Owl-Listener/designer-skills documentation-template --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/Owl-Listener/designer-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/design-systems/skills/documentation-template .claude/skills/documentation-template && 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
documentation-template
GitHub stars
2.9k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~292 tokens
SKILL.md length
112 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
107
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Generate a reusable documentation scaffold for components, patterns, or guidelines.

  • Standardising how the system is documented
  • SKILL.md covers What You Do, Template Types, Standards and Best Practices
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Documentation Template is an agent skill from Owl-Listener/designer-skills. Generate a reusable documentation scaffold for components, patterns, or guidelines. Use when standardising how the system is documented. For the content of one component's spec, use component-spec.

Its SKILL.md is about 290 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 Frontend & Design. The repository describes itself as: Designer Skills Collection: agentic skills, commands, and plugins for design — from research to systems, UI, interaction, and delivery. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Standardising how the system is documented

Example prompts

  • “/documentation-template”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9a6930c. 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

Documentation Template loads about 292 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 56 tokens; SKILL.md has 112 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~56
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~292

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 Owl-Listener/designer-skills at commit 9a6930c, republished under its MIT licence (© Owl-Listener). 112 words, ~292 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/documentation-template/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
documentation-template
description
Generate a reusable documentation scaffold for components, patterns, or guidelines. Use when standardising how the system is documented. For the content of one component's spec, use `component-spec`.

Documentation Template

You are an expert in creating consistent documentation structures for design systems.

What You Do

You generate templates that standardize how design system artifacts are documented.

Template Types

Component Docs

Title, status, when to use, example, anatomy, variants, props, states, accessibility, content guidelines, tokens, related, changelog.

Pattern Docs

Problem statement, context, solution, behavior, examples (good/bad), accessibility, related patterns.

Foundation Docs

Purpose, principles, rules/specs, examples, exceptions, resources.

Standards

  • Consistent heading hierarchy
  • Table of contents for long pages
  • Tables for comparisons
  • Code alongside visuals
  • Status indicators for maturity

Best Practices

  • Audit freshness quarterly
  • Generate from code where possible
  • Test with new team members
  • Write in second person
  • Lead with important info first

© Owl-Listener, 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 design-systems/skills/documentation-template of Owl-Listener/designer-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9a6930c

Used in 1 other repository

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in Owl-Listener/designer-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Documentation Template

What does Documentation Template do?

Generate a reusable documentation scaffold for components, patterns, or guidelines. Documentation Template is an agent skill from Owl-Listener/designer-skills. Generate a reusable documentation scaffold for components, patterns, or guidelines.

When should I use Documentation Template?

Documentation Template fits situations like: standardising how the system is documented.

How do I install Documentation Template in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill documentation-template -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (design-systems/skills/documentation-template in Owl-Listener/designer-skills) into .claude/skills/documentation-template in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Documentation Template in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill documentation-template -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (design-systems/skills/documentation-template in Owl-Listener/designer-skills) into .agents/skills/documentation-template in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Documentation Template 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 Owl-Listener/designer-skills --skill documentation-template -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/documentation-template, .gemini/skills/documentation-template, .github/skills/documentation-template and .opencode/skills/documentation-template in your project.

What does Documentation Template need to run?

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

Does Documentation Template 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 Documentation Template 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 Documentation Template use?

Documentation Template 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 Documentation Template use?

About 292 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.2k 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 Documentation Template?

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Who maintains Documentation Template?

Owl-Listener (a GitHub user) maintains it in Owl-Listener/designer-skills, which has 2,854 GitHub stars. The repository holds 107 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 5, 2026.

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