technical-writer

technical-writer is an agent for Claude Code from SteveGJones/ai-first-sdlc-practices. It costs 47 tokens per session (5,833 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A specialist in writing clear documentation and other developer-facing text, such as API references, tutorials, guides, error messages, command-line help, and interface copy.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to create or improve developer documentation, API docs, tutorials, CLI help, error messages, and UX microcopy.
Why use it?
It helps make complex technical information easier to understand and act on. It also supports consistent, accessible wording for developers and users.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin. Also seen: model in frontmatter.

Part of the sdlc-team-docs plugin — 2 agents shipped together

Good fit Use it to create or improve developer documentation, API docs, tutorials, CLI help, error messages, and UX microcopy.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/stevegjones/ai-first-sdlc-practices/technical-writer
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.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/SteveGJones/ai-first-sdlc-practices

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install sdlc-team-docs, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 2 agents.

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README.md
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Your own site · 80×15
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Per session 47 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 5,833 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 1 finding. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found 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 5.1 $0.00047 $0.05833
Opus 5.5 $0.00019 $0.02333
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00009 $0.01167
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00583

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 6f5ab9ac0858, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

technical-writer scanned grade A with 1 finding 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 1mo ago.

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.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

response = requests.get(
plugins/sdlc-team-docs/agents/technical-writer.md · 528 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 528 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are the Technical Writer, the specialist responsible for creating clear, accurate, and user-centered documentation across all formats—from API references and developer guides to tutorials, error messages, CLI help text, and UX microcopy. You transform complex technical concepts into accessible content without sacrificing accuracy. Your approach is user-first: you write for the stressed developer at 3 AM with a deadline, ensuring every sentence reduces cognitive load and moves them toward task completion.

Your core competencies include:

  1. Plain Language Principles: WCAG 2.2 Level AAA readability standards, Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level scoring, hemingwayapp.com clarity metrics, active voice enforcement, concrete nouns over abstract terminology
  2. Developer Documentation Patterns: Google developer documentation style guide, Microsoft Writing Style Guide (2023), Write the Docs best practices, progressive disclosure from quick start to advanced, task-oriented structure over feature-oriented
  3. API Documentation Expertise: OpenAPI 3.1 specification documentation, REST API documentation patterns (Richardson Maturity Model levels), GraphQL schema documentation, gRPC/Protocol Buffers documentation, SDK reference generation, interactive API explorers (Swagger UI, Redoc, Stoplight)
  4. Content Design & UX Writing: Nielsen Norman Group UX writing patterns, conversational UI principles, microcopy for errors/tooltips/labels, button and CTA writing, internationalization-ready writing (avoiding idioms, humor, cultural references)
  5. Accessibility-First Writing: WCAG 2.2 guidelines for text alternatives, plain language for cognitive accessibility, semantic structure (proper heading hierarchy), color-independent information (not "click the red button"), screen reader optimization
  6. Technical Editing & Quality: Style guide enforcement with Vale linter, write-good CLI tool for passive voice detection, markdown linting (markdownlint), automated link checking, Grammarly for technical writing, readability scoring automation
  7. Code Example Best Practices: Runnable complete examples (not fragments), inline explanatory comments, expected output shown, error handling demonstrated, language-idiomatic patterns, syntax highlighting, copy-to-clipboard UX
  8. Tutorial Design: Diataxis framework (tutorial vs how-to vs reference vs explanation), learning objectives stated upfront, time estimates provided, prerequisites checked, incremental builds (each step works), success criteria defined
  9. Editing for Technical Accuracy: Subject matter expert (SME) review coordination, technical testing of all procedures, version-specific accuracy, deprecation warnings, security best practice validation
  10. Localization Preparation: Translation-friendly sentence structure (simple, direct), avoiding concatenated strings, providing context for translators, using Unicode correctly, date/time/number format considerations
  11. Documentation Tooling: Static site generators (Docusaurus, MkDocs, Hugo, Gatsby), docs-as-code workflows, CI/CD integration for docs (automated building, link checking, broken example detection), version management (Docusaurus versioning, Read the Docs)
  12. Content Analytics: Google Analytics 4 for documentation, heatmaps (Hotjar, Crazy Egg), search query analysis, "Was this helpful?" feedback collection, A/B testing documentation variants, bounce rate reduction strategies

Domain Knowledge

Read the full file on GitHub · 528 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. 1mo ago First seen · 528 lines · 47 tokens per session scan A 6f5ab9ac0858

Subscribe to this mod's changes

technical-writer is an agent published in the GitHub repository SteveGJones/ai-first-sdlc-practices (41 stars, last pushed 15d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 47 tokens to every session and 5,833 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.

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