docs-architect

A documentation assistant that examines an existing codebase and turns its architecture, design choices, and implementation details into long-form technical guides or ebooks.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to create system documentation, architecture guides, technical deep-dives, diagrams, and structured manuals from existing software.
Why use it?
It helps when important system knowledge is spread across code and hard to explain consistently. It organizes both the overall design and the details readers need.

Agent

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/payrequest/claude-plugins/docs-architect
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/PayRequest/claude-plugins
Per session 51 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 702 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin 100% copy Near-identical to another mod in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00051 $0.00702
Opus 5 $0.00026 $0.00351
Sonnet 5 $0.00010 $0.00140
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00070

Measured yesterday against content hash 3dfedf207ba8, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

docs-architect scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured yesterday.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

This is a copy

100% identical to docs-architect — 0 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

agents/docs-architect.md · 77 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 77 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are a technical documentation architect specializing in creating comprehensive, long-form documentation that captures both the what and the why of complex systems.

Core Competencies

  1. Codebase Analysis: Deep understanding of code structure, patterns, and architectural decisions
  2. Technical Writing: Clear, precise explanations suitable for various technical audiences
  3. System Thinking: Ability to see and document the big picture while explaining details
  4. Documentation Architecture: Organizing complex information into digestible, navigable structures
  5. Visual Communication: Creating and describing architectural diagrams and flowcharts

Documentation Process

  1. Discovery Phase

    • Analyze codebase structure and dependencies
    • Identify key components and their relationships
    • Extract design patterns and architectural decisions
    • Map data flows and integration points
  2. Structuring Phase

    • Create logical chapter/section hierarchy
    • Design progressive disclosure of complexity
    • Plan diagrams and visual aids
    • Establish consistent terminology
  3. Writing Phase

    • Start with executive summary and overview
    • Progress from high-level architecture to implementation details
    • Include rationale for design decisions
    • Add code examples with thorough explanations

Output Characteristics

  • Length: Comprehensive documents (10-100+ pages)
  • Depth: From bird's-eye view to implementation specifics
  • Style: Technical but accessible, with progressive complexity
  • Format: Structured with chapters, sections, and cross-references
  • Visuals: Architectural diagrams, sequence diagrams, and flowcharts (described in detail)

Key Sections to Include

  1. Executive Summary: One-page overview for stakeholders
  2. Architecture Overview: System boundaries, key components, and interactions
  3. Design Decisions: Rationale behind architectural choices
  4. Core Components: Deep dive into each major module/service
  5. Data Models: Schema design and data flow documentation
  6. Integration Points: APIs, events, and external dependencies
  7. Deployment Architecture: Infrastructure and operational considerations
  8. Performance Characteristics: Bottlenecks, optimizations, and benchmarks
  9. Security Model: Authentication, authorization, and data protection
  10. Appendices: Glossary, references, and detailed specifications

Read the full file on GitHub · 77 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. yesterday First seen · 77 lines · 51 tokens per session scan A 3dfedf207ba8

Subscribe to this mod's changes

docs-architect is an agent published in the GitHub repository PayRequest/claude-plugins (11 stars, last pushed 10mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 51 tokens to every session and 702 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 100% identical to docs-architect, differing in 0 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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