Agent skill

Documentation

by surrealdb in surrealdb/docs.surrealdb.com

Writes and rewrites public-facing product documentation with a semi-technical tone, ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English, clear structure, and careful disclosure.

No licenceAuto-check passedDatabases

Install Documentation

skills CLI
$ npx skills add surrealdb/docs.surrealdb.com --skill documentation -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install surrealdb/docs.surrealdb.com documentation --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/surrealdb/docs.surrealdb.com.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/documentation .claude/skills/documentation && 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
GitHub stars
121
Token cost
~2.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,106 words
Files
3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
2
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Writes and rewrites public-facing product documentation with a semi-technical tone, ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English, clear structure, and careful disclosure.

  • Works in 6 steps: Audience and disclosure → Page types → Voice, tone, and prose → …
  • Documentation is written - including new guides
  • SKILL.md covers Modes, Workflow, Output and Examples, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Documentation is an agent skill from surrealdb/docs.surrealdb.com. Writes and rewrites public-facing product documentation with a semi-technical tone, ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English, clear structure, and careful disclosure. Use whenever documentation is written - including new guides, quickstarts, reference pages, overviews, how-tos, explanations, README docs, and rewrites of existing doc text for a public audience.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `references/examples.md` and `references/ste.md`).

It sits in Databases, covering Technical writing and Vector databases. It works with SurrealDB, OpenAPI and Astro. The repository describes itself as: The documentation for SurrealDB, built with Vike, React, and Mantine.

When your agent uses it

  • Documentation is written - including new guides
  • Reference pages
  • Rewrites of existing doc text for a public audience

Example prompts

  • “Use the documentation skill to write and rewrites public-facing product documentation with a semi-technical tone, ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical…”
  • “/documentation”

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Audience and disclosure
  2. Page types
  3. Voice, tone, and prose
  4. Structure and formatting
  5. Public-safety pass
  6. Final read

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a3e9433. 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 loads about 2.4k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.5k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 94 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,106 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~94
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.4k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~4.5k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,106 words (~2,433 tokens).

“Write public product documentation that a new or moderately experienced reader can follow without guesswork, marketing filler, or internal leakage.”

— opening of SKILL.md by surrealdb
name
documentation
metadata.author
surrealdb
metadata.version
0.1.0

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in .agents/skills/documentation of surrealdb/docs.surrealdb.com.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/examples.md
  • references/ste.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit a3e9433

Compare with similar skills

Documentation 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.

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Doc Writermicrosoft/aspire.dev196—~7.6kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Docs Interfacesjh941213/my-cc-harness126—~863Automated safety check: NotesNone
Aliyun Platform Docs Reviewcinience/alicloud-skills397—~630Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Documentation

What does Documentation do?

Writes and rewrites public-facing product documentation with a semi-technical tone, ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English, clear structure, and careful disclosure. com. Writes and rewrites public-facing product documentation with a semi-technical tone, ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English, clear structure, and careful disclosure.

When should I use Documentation?

Documentation fits situations like: documentation is written - including new guides; reference pages; rewrites of existing doc text for a public audience.

How do I install Documentation in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add surrealdb/docs.surrealdb.com --skill documentation -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/documentation in surrealdb/docs.surrealdb.com) into .claude/skills/documentation in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Documentation in Codex?

Run `npx skills add surrealdb/docs.surrealdb.com --skill documentation -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/documentation in surrealdb/docs.surrealdb.com) into .agents/skills/documentation in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Documentation 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 surrealdb/docs.surrealdb.com --skill documentation -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, .gemini/skills/documentation, .github/skills/documentation and .opencode/skills/documentation in your project.

What does Documentation need to run?

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

Does Documentation 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 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 use?

No licence was found for Documentation or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Documentation use?

About 2.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.7k 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 2.1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Documentation?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Documentation: Aholo Viewer Docs (manycoretech/aholo-viewer, 1.1k stars), Docs (InsForge/InsForge, 13k stars), Doc Writer (microsoft/aspire.dev, 196 stars) and Docs Interfaces (jh941213/my-cc-harness, 126 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Documentation?

surrealdb (a GitHub organization) maintains it in surrealdb/docs.surrealdb.com, which has 121 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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