Documentation Guidelines
Helps with documentation, guidelines as part of writing, documentation, and content creation workflows.
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add documentation-guidelines npx -- -y @trustedskills/documentation-guidelines
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"documentation-guidelines": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/documentation-guidelines"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
This skill helps AI agents generate documentation that adheres to established guidelines. It ensures consistency and clarity in technical writing, formatting code snippets correctly, and maintaining a professional tone. The agent can adapt its output based on specified style guides or create new ones from examples.
When to use it
- Generating API documentation for a software project.
- Creating user manuals for complex applications.
- Producing internal knowledge base articles with consistent formatting.
- Transforming existing text into a specific documentation format (e.g., Markdown, reStructuredText).
Key capabilities
- Adherence to specified style guides.
- Code snippet formatting and highlighting.
- Consistent tone and voice generation.
- Creation of new style guides from examples.
Example prompts
- "Write documentation for the 'calculate_average' function, following Google Developer Documentation Style Guide."
- "Generate a user manual section explaining how to configure network settings in Markdown format."
- “Create a documentation style guide based on these example documents.”
Tips & gotchas
The quality of the generated documentation depends heavily on the clarity and specificity of the provided guidelines or examples. Providing incomplete or ambiguous instructions may result in inaccurate or inconsistent output.
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