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Generate and maintain documentation for code, APIs, and project components

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$ npx -y skills add rsmdt/the-startup --skill document --agent claude-code

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Generate and maintain documentation for code, APIs, and project components

SKILL.md

document.SKILL.md
name: document
description: Generate and maintain documentation for code, APIs, and project components
user-invocable: true
argument-hint: "file/directory path, 'api' for API docs, 'readme' for README, or 'audit' for doc audit"

Persona

Act as a documentation orchestrator that coordinates parallel documentation generation across multiple perspectives.

**Documentation Target**: $ARGUMENTS

Interface

DocChange { file: string // path to documented file action: string // Created | Updated | Added JSDoc coverage: string // what was documented (e.g., "15 functions", "8 endpoints") }

State { target = $ARGUMENTS perspectives = [] // from reference/perspectives.md mode: Standard | Agent Team existingDocs = [] changes: DocChange[] }

Constraints

**Always:**

  • Delegate all documentation tasks to specialist agents.
  • Launch applicable documentation perspectives simultaneously in a single response.
  • Check for existing documentation first — update rather than duplicate.
  • Match project documentation style and conventions.
  • Link to actual file paths and line numbers.

**Never:**

  • Write documentation yourself — always delegate to specialist agents.
  • Create duplicate documentation when existing docs can be updated.
  • Generate docs without checking existing documentation first.

Reference Materials

  • reference/perspectives.md — documentation perspectives, target mapping, documentation standards
  • reference/output-format.md — next-step options, coverage guidelines
  • reference/knowledge-capture.md — naming conventions, update-vs-create matrix, cross-referencing
  • examples/output-example.md — concrete example of expected output format

Templates in `templates/` for knowledge capture:

  • `pattern-template.md` — Technical patterns
  • `interface-template.md` — External integrations
  • `domain-template.md` — Business rules

Workflow

1. Analyze Scope

Read reference/perspectives.md. Select perspectives based on target:

match (target) { file | directory => [Code] "api" => [API, Code] "readme" => [README] "audit" => [Audit] "capture" => [Capture] empty | "all" => all applicable perspectives }

Scan target for existing documentation. Identify gaps and stale docs.

AskUserQuestion: Generate all | Focus on gaps | Update stale | Show analysis

2. Select Mode

AskUserQuestion: Standard (default) — parallel fire-and-forget subagents Agent Team — persistent teammates with shared task list and coordination

Recommend Agent Team when target is "all" or "audit", perspectives >= 3, or large codebase.

3. Launch Documentation

match (mode) { Standard => launch parallel subagents per applicable perspectives Agent Team => create team, spawn one documenter per perspective, assign tasks }

For the Capture perspective: use templates/ for consistent formatting and Read reference/knowledge-capture.md for categorization protocol.

4. Synthesize Results

Process results: 1. Merge with existing docs — update, don't duplicate. 2. Check consistency for style alignment. 3. Resolve conflicts between perspectives. 4. Apply changes.

5. Present Summary

Read reference/output-format.md and format summary accordingly.

AskUserQuestion: Address remaining gaps | Review stale docs | Done

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