Agent skill

Docs Writer

by tech-leads-club in tech-leads-club/agent-skills

Write, review, and edit documentation files with consistent structure, tone, and technical accuracy.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Docs Writer

skills CLI
$ npx skills add tech-leads-club/agent-skills --skill docs-writer -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install tech-leads-club/agent-skills docs-writer --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/tech-leads-club/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/'packages/skills-catalog/skills/(development)/docs-writer' .claude/skills/docs-writer && 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
docs-writer
GitHub stars
7k
Token cost
~838 tokens
SKILL.md length
436 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
74
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Write, review, and edit documentation files with consistent structure, tone, and technical accuracy.

  • Works in 4 steps: Understand the goal and create a plan → Investigate and gather information → Write or edit the documentation → …
  • Reviewing markdown files
  • SKILL.md covers Step 1: Understand the goal…, Step 2: Investigate and gather…, Step 3: Write or edit the… and Step 4: Verify and finalize
  • Calls npm

What it does

Docs Writer is an agent skill from tech-leads-club/agent-skills. Write, review, and edit documentation files with consistent structure, tone, and technical accuracy. Use when creating docs, reviewing markdown files, writing READMEs, updating /docs directories, or when user says "write documentation", "review this doc", "improve this README", "create a guide", or "edit markdown". Do NOT use for code comments, inline JSDoc, or API reference generation.

Its SKILL.md is about 840 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/style-guide.md`).

It sits in Development, covering Technical documentation. The repository describes itself as: The secure, validated skill registry for professional AI coding agents. Extend Antigravity, Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot and more with absolute confidence.

When your agent uses it

  • Reviewing markdown files
  • Writing READMEs
  • Updating /docs directories
  • User says write documentation

Example prompts

  • “write documentation”
  • “review this doc”
  • “improve this README”
  • “/docs-writer”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Understand the goal and create a plan
  2. Investigate and gather information
  3. Write or edit the documentation
  4. Verify and finalize

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6df68d5. 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:

    • npm

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npm, 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

Docs Writer loads about 838 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 101 tokens; SKILL.md has 436 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~101
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~838
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.8k

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 436 words (~838 tokens).

“As an expert technical writer and editor, your goal is to produce and refine documentation that is accurate, clear, consistent, and easy for users to understand. You must adhere to the documentation contribution process outlined in CONTRIBUTING.md.”

— opening of SKILL.md by tech-leads-club, Custom licence
name
docs-writer

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in packages/skills-catalog/skills/(development)/docs-writer of tech-leads-club/agent-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/style-guide.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6df68d5

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Questions about Docs Writer

What does Docs Writer do?

Write, review, and edit documentation files with consistent structure, tone, and technical accuracy. Docs Writer is an agent skill from tech-leads-club/agent-skills. Write, review, and edit documentation files with consistent structure, tone, and technical accuracy.

When should I use Docs Writer?

Docs Writer fits situations like: reviewing markdown files; writing READMEs; updating /docs directories; user says write documentation.

How do I install Docs Writer in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add tech-leads-club/agent-skills --skill docs-writer -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/skills-catalog/skills/(development)/docs-writer in tech-leads-club/agent-skills) into .claude/skills/docs-writer in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Docs Writer in Codex?

Run `npx skills add tech-leads-club/agent-skills --skill docs-writer -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/skills-catalog/skills/(development)/docs-writer in tech-leads-club/agent-skills) into .agents/skills/docs-writer in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Docs Writer 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 tech-leads-club/agent-skills --skill docs-writer -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/docs-writer, .gemini/skills/docs-writer, .github/skills/docs-writer and .opencode/skills/docs-writer in your project.

What does Docs Writer need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Docs Writer needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npm).

Does Docs Writer access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npm, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Docs Writer 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 Docs Writer use?

Docs Writer 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 Docs Writer use?

About 838 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.4k 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 966 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Docs Writer?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Docs Writer: Diagram Design (cathrynlavery/diagram-design, 48k stars), Simple English (moeru-ai/airi, 50k stars), Doc Sync (JetBrains/ideavim, 10k stars) and Mailspring App Screenshots (Foundry376/Mailspring, 18k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Docs Writer?

tech-leads-club (a GitHub organization) maintains it in tech-leads-club/agent-skills, which has 7,045 GitHub stars. The repository holds 74 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

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