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Doc Author

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mintlify·vlatest·writing·MIT

Doc Author generates structured documentation from your content, streamlining knowledge base creation and improving information accessibility.

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Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

Installs under a different name. Its SKILL.md names it mintlify, not the name it is listed under, so the command below uses that name.
  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add mintlify/docs --skill mintlify -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

mintlify

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Install target

Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

scanned

This skill passed all 6 checks. We read its files at one commit and looked for the things that make a skill dangerous to run — not for whether it works.

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No undeclared network calls: passed

    Makes no network calls.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned mintlify/docs at 308c9e0af5.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
308c9e0af5
Manifest
.claude/skills/doc-author/SKILL.md
Scanned
1 file, 431 lines
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About this skill

What it does

The doc-author skill generates documentation from code comments and markdown files. It can automatically create API references, tutorials, and other helpful resources based on existing project materials. This helps developers quickly produce comprehensive documentation without manual effort.

When to use it

  • Creating API documentation: Automatically generate reference guides for your software's public APIs.
  • Building user manuals: Transform markdown notes into structured user guides and tutorials.
  • Documenting internal libraries: Create clear documentation for internal codebases, improving maintainability.
  • Automating repetitive tasks: Reduce the time spent manually writing and updating documentation.

Key capabilities

  • Generates documentation from code comments
  • Processes markdown files
  • Creates API references
  • Produces tutorials and user guides

Example prompts

  • "Generate API documentation for my Python project."
  • "Create a tutorial based on these markdown notes: [paste markdown content]"
  • "Document the following function: [paste code snippet with comments]"

Tips & gotchas

The quality of generated documentation depends heavily on the clarity and completeness of existing code comments or markdown. Ensure your source material is well-written for optimal results.