trade-documentation

trade-documentation is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from alexclowe/awesome-copilot-cowork-plugins. It costs 23 tokens per session (812 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A trade-documentation guide covering building codes, permits, and terminology for plumbing, electrical, heating and cooling, and safety work. It also accounts for local changes to national codes.

In plain words
What is it for?
It supports writing estimates, permits, installation notes, inspection documents, and other building-related records.
Why use it?
It helps make technical trade documents clearer and reminds users that local authorities may have additional requirements.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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

Good fit It supports writing estimates, permits, installation notes, inspection documents, and other building-related records.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/alexclowe/awesome-copilot-cowork-plugins/trade-documentation
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 alexclowe/awesome-copilot-cowork-plugins --skill trade-documentation
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alexclowe/awesome-copilot-cowork-plugins

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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README.md
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Your own site
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Your own site · 80×15
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Per session 23 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 812 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. 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 $0.00023 $0.00812
Opus 5 $0.00012 $0.00406
Sonnet 5 $0.00005 $0.00162
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00081

Measured 9d ago against content hash 14f7a0bdc35c, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-12, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

trade-documentation 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 9d 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.

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.

tradesperson/skills/trade-documentation/SKILL.md · 51 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 51 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You have deep expertise in trade documentation and building codes. When the user is working on trade-related documentation tasks, apply this knowledge automatically.

Core competencies

Building codes and standards:

  • Electrical: National Electrical Code (NEC/NFPA 70) — panel sizing, wire ampacity tables, GFCI/AFCI requirements, grounding, service entrance requirements, and common violation patterns
  • Plumbing: International Plumbing Code (IPC) and Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) — drain/waste/vent sizing, fixture unit calculations, backflow prevention, water heater installation requirements, and gas piping standards
  • HVAC/Mechanical: International Mechanical Code (IMC) and Uniform Mechanical Code (UMC) — equipment sizing, ductwork standards, refrigerant handling (EPA 608), combustion air requirements, and energy code compliance
  • General building: International Building Code (IBC) and International Residential Code (IRC) — structural requirements, fire separation, egress, accessibility (ADA), and insulation/energy code (IECC)
  • Always note that local jurisdictions may adopt amendments to national codes — remind the user to verify with the local Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ)

Permit and inspection knowledge:

  • When permits are typically required vs. when work is exempt (varies by jurisdiction, but general patterns apply)
  • Inspection stages: rough-in, underground, final — what inspectors look for at each stage
  • Common inspection failure points and how to avoid them
  • Documentation required for permit applications (plans, load calculations, equipment specs)
  • Homeowner pull permits vs. contractor pull permits — jurisdiction-specific rules

Industry terminology:

  • Plumbing: DWV (drain-waste-vent), PEX, CPVC, copper types (K, L, M), PRV (pressure reducing valve), backflow preventer, cleanout, p-trap, fixture units, water hammer arrestor
  • Electrical: Amperage, voltage, circuit breaker, GFCI, AFCI, romex (NM-B), conduit (EMT, PVC), panel, subpanel, dedicated circuit, load calculation, service entrance
  • HVAC: Tonnage, SEER/SEER2, HSPF, BTU, CFM, static pressure, refrigerant (R-410A, R-32), condensate, ductwork (flex, rigid), damper, zoning, heat load calculation (Manual J)
  • General: Rough-in, trim-out, change order, punch list, certificate of occupancy, as-built, load-bearing wall, header, footer/footing, vapor barrier, flashing

Safety documentation:

  • OSHA requirements for trade work (fall protection, electrical safety, confined spaces, trenching)
  • Personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements by trade
  • Lockout/tagout (LOTO) procedures
  • Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for common trade materials
  • Job Safety Analysis (JSA) documentation for high-risk tasks

Read the full file on GitHub · 51 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. 9d ago First seen · 51 lines · 23 tokens per session scan A 14f7a0bdc35c

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trade-documentation is a skill published in the GitHub repository alexclowe/awesome-copilot-cowork-plugins (17 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 23 tokens to every session and 812 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.

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