codebase-documenter

codebase-documenter is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from ailabs-393/ai-labs-claude-skills. It costs 81 tokens per session (2,470 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A documentation-writing workflow for explaining software projects to people who are new to them. It covers READMEs, architecture guides, setup instructions, code comments, and API documentation.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to document a codebase, describe its architecture, write getting-started guides, explain APIs, and make contribution instructions clearer.
Why use it?
It helps turn unfamiliar code into understandable guidance by explaining purpose, structure, terminology, and examples.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it to document a codebase, describe its architecture, write getting-started guides, explain APIs, and make contribution instructions clearer.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/ailabs-393/ai-labs-claude-skills/codebase-documenter
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.

Any agent
npx skills add ailabs-393/ai-labs-claude-skills --skill codebase-documenter
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ailabs-393/ai-labs-claude-skills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

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README.md
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Per session 81 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,470 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. Third-party audits
  • Socket pass 18 Mar 2026
  • Snyk pass 15 Feb 2026
How audits are shown
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 $0.00081 $0.02470
Opus 5 $0.00041 $0.01235
Sonnet 5 $0.00016 $0.00494
Haiku 4.5 $0.00008 $0.00247

Measured 9d ago against content hash 15067a7a4774, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

codebase-documenter 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 9d ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 1 executable file (index.js), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

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.

[Concrete example with curl/code]
packages/skills/codebase-documenter/SKILL.md · 346 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 346 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Codebase Documenter

Overview

This skill enables creating comprehensive, beginner-friendly documentation for codebases. It provides structured templates and best practices for writing READMEs, architecture guides, code comments, and API documentation that help new users quickly understand and contribute to projects.

Core Principles for Beginner-Friendly Documentation

When documenting code for new users, follow these fundamental principles:

  1. Start with the "Why" - Explain the purpose before diving into implementation details
  2. Use Progressive Disclosure - Present information in layers from simple to complex
  3. Provide Context - Explain not just what the code does, but why it exists
  4. Include Examples - Show concrete usage examples for every concept
  5. Assume No Prior Knowledge - Define terms and avoid jargon when possible
  6. Visual Aids - Use diagrams, flowcharts, and file tree structures
  7. Quick Wins - Help users get something running within 5 minutes

Documentation Types and When to Use Them

1. README Documentation

When to create: For project root directories, major feature modules, or standalone components.

Structure to follow:

# Project Name

## What This Does
[1-2 sentence plain-English explanation]

## Quick Start
[Get users running the project in < 5 minutes]

## Project Structure
[Visual file tree with explanations]

## Key Concepts
[Core concepts users need to understand]

## Common Tasks
[Step-by-step guides for frequent operations]

## Troubleshooting
[Common issues and solutions]

Best practices:

  • Lead with the project's value proposition
  • Include setup instructions that actually work (test them!)
  • Provide a visual overview of the project structure
  • Link to deeper documentation for advanced topics
  • Keep the root README focused on getting started

2. Architecture Documentation

When to create: For projects with multiple modules, complex data flows, or non-obvious design decisions.

Read the full file on GitHub · 346 lines

Files

What ships with it

8 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

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. 9d ago First seen · 346 lines · 81 tokens per session scan A 15067a7a4774

Subscribe to this mod's changes

codebase-documenter is a skill published in the GitHub repository ailabs-393/ai-labs-claude-skills (444 stars, last pushed 10mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 81 tokens to every session and 2,470 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 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 2026-08-30.

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