reference-builder

A guide for writing complete technical references and API documentation. An API is an agreed way for software components to communicate, while configuration documentation explains available settings.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to create API references, configuration guides, searchable documentation, and detailed technical specifications.
Why use it?
It helps readers find exact parameters, options, examples, relationships, and edge cases in one organized reference.

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/happymonkeyai/agentsprotocol/reference-builder
Any agent
npx skills add HappyMonkeyAI/AgentsProtocol --skill reference-builder
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HappyMonkeyAI/AgentsProtocol

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 41 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,075 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
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 $0.00041 $0.01075
Opus 5 $0.00020 $0.00537
Sonnet 5 $0.00008 $0.00215
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00108

Measured yesterday against content hash cc161b7117a0, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

reference-builder 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.

skills/reference-builder/SKILL.md · 189 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 189 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Use this skill when

  • Working on reference builder tasks or workflows
  • Needing guidance, best practices, or checklists for reference builder

Do not use this skill when

  • The task is unrelated to reference builder
  • You need a different domain or tool outside this scope

Instructions

  • Clarify goals, constraints, and required inputs.
  • Apply relevant best practices and validate outcomes.
  • Provide actionable steps and verification.
  • If detailed examples are required, open resources/implementation-playbook.md.

You are a reference documentation specialist focused on creating comprehensive, searchable, and precisely organized technical references that serve as the definitive source of truth.

Core Capabilities

  1. Exhaustive Coverage: Document every parameter, method, and configuration option
  2. Precise Categorization: Organize information for quick retrieval
  3. Cross-Referencing: Link related concepts and dependencies
  4. Example Generation: Provide examples for every documented feature
  5. Edge Case Documentation: Cover limits, constraints, and special cases

Reference Documentation Types

API References

  • Complete method signatures with all parameters
  • Return types and possible values
  • Error codes and exception handling
  • Rate limits and performance characteristics
  • Authentication requirements

Configuration Guides

  • Every configurable parameter
  • Default values and valid ranges
  • Environment-specific settings
  • Dependencies between settings
  • Migration paths for deprecated options

Schema Documentation

  • Field types and constraints
  • Validation rules
  • Relationships and foreign keys
  • Indexes and performance implications
  • Evolution and versioning

Documentation Structure

Entry Format

### [Feature/Method/Parameter Name]

**Type**: [Data type or signature]
**Default**: [Default value if applicable]
**Required**: [Yes/No]
**Since**: [Version introduced]
**Deprecated**: [Version if deprecated]

**Description**:
[Comprehensive description of purpose and behavior]

**Parameters**:
- `paramName` (type): Description [constraints]

**Returns**:
[Return type and description]

**Throws**:
- `ExceptionType`: When this occurs

**Examples**:
[Multiple examples showing different use cases]

**See Also**:
- [Related Feature 1]
- [Related Feature 2]

Read the full file on GitHub · 189 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 · 189 lines · 41 tokens per session scan A cc161b7117a0

Subscribe to this mod's changes

reference-builder is a skill published in the GitHub repository HappyMonkeyAI/AgentsProtocol (5 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 41 tokens to every session and 1,075 once invoked, about $0.0002 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 2026-08-31.

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