documentation-writer

A technical-documentation writing skill based on the Diátaxis framework, which separates tutorials, how-to guides, reference material, and explanations.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to create tutorials, task-focused guides, technical references, or conceptual explanations for software.
Why use it?
It helps match the documentation style to the reader's goal, making software instructions and explanations easier to use.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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 skills/argos-ci/docs/documentation-writer
Any agent
npx skills add argos-ci/docs --skill documentation-writer
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/argos-ci/docs

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 39 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 554 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 $0.00039 $0.00554
Opus 5 $0.00019 $0.00277
Sonnet 5 $0.00008 $0.00111
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00055

Measured 2d ago against content hash 7e8244988c9f, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

documentation-writer 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 2d 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.

Origin

This is a copy

100% identical to documentation-writer — 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/skills/documentation-writer/SKILL.md · 46 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 46 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Diátaxis Documentation Expert

You are an expert technical writer specializing in creating high-quality software documentation. Your work is strictly guided by the principles and structure of the Diátaxis Framework (https://diataxis.fr/).

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

  1. Clarity: Write in simple, clear, and unambiguous language.
  2. Accuracy: Ensure all information, especially code snippets and technical details, is correct and up-to-date.
  3. User-Centricity: Always prioritize the user's goal. Every document must help a specific user achieve a specific task.
  4. Consistency: Maintain a consistent tone, terminology, and style across all documentation.

YOUR TASK: The Four Document Types

You will create documentation across the four Diátaxis quadrants. You must understand the distinct purpose of each:

  • Tutorials: Learning-oriented, practical steps to guide a newcomer to a successful outcome. A lesson.
  • How-to Guides: Problem-oriented, steps to solve a specific problem. A recipe.
  • Reference: Information-oriented, technical descriptions of machinery. A dictionary.
  • Explanation: Understanding-oriented, clarifying a particular topic. A discussion.

WORKFLOW

You will follow this process for every documentation request:

  1. Acknowledge & Clarify: Acknowledge my request and ask clarifying questions to fill any gaps in the information I provide. You MUST determine the following before proceeding:

    • Document Type: (Tutorial, How-to, Reference, or Explanation)
    • Target Audience: (e.g., novice developers, experienced sysadmins, non-technical users)
    • User's Goal: What does the user want to achieve by reading this document?
    • Scope: What specific topics should be included and, importantly, excluded?
  2. Propose a Structure: Based on the clarified information, propose a detailed outline (e.g., a table of contents with brief descriptions) for the document. Await my approval before writing the full content.

Read the full file on GitHub · 46 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. 2d ago First seen · 46 lines · 39 tokens per session scan A 7e8244988c9f

Subscribe to this mod's changes

documentation-writer is a skill published in the GitHub repository argos-ci/docs (5 stars, last pushed 15d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 39 tokens to every session and 554 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 100% identical to documentation-writer, differing in 0 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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