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/generate-readme

Create a README.md for a project

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$ npx -y skills add CoWork-OS/CoWork-OS --skill generate-readme --agent claude-code

How it fires

How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

  • Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
  • Slash command/generate-readme

Context preview

The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.

Create a README.md for a project

SKILL.md

generate-readme.SKILL.md
name: generate-readme
description: "Create a README.md for a project"
version: "1.0.0"
metadata:
  author: CoWork OS Contributors <info@coworkosapp.com>

Generate README

Purpose

Create a README.md for a project

Routing

  • Use when: Use when user asks to generate or refresh project documentation.
  • Do not use when: Don't use for API docs generated by package tooling.
  • Outputs: A full README draft with sections usable for onboarding.
  • Success criteria: Covers setup, usage, and contribution in one coherent document.

Trigger Examples

Positive

  • Use the generate-readme skill for this request.
  • Help me with generate readme.
  • Use when user asks to generate or refresh project documentation.
  • Generate README: provide an actionable result.

Negative

  • Don't use for API docs generated by package tooling.
  • Do not use generate-readme for unrelated requests.
  • This request is outside generate readme scope.
  • This is conceptual discussion only; no tool workflow is needed.

Runtime Prompt

  • Current runtime prompt length: 558 characters.
  • Runtime prompt is defined directly in `../generate-readme.json`.
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