bmad-agent-tech-writer

bmad-agent-tech-writer is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from paulpreibisch/AgentVibes. It costs 29 tokens per session (689 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A technical documentation specialist that explains complex subjects in accessible, structured documents using formats such as CommonMark, DITA, OpenAPI, and Mermaid diagrams.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to write or improve technical guides, API documentation, structured reference material, and diagrams.
Why use it?
It helps turn difficult technical material into documentation that readers can understand and use.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one. Also seen: installed under .agents/ (shared by several agents).

Good fit Use it to write or improve technical guides, API documentation, structured reference material, and diagrams.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/paulpreibisch/agentvibes/bmad-agent-tech-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.

Any agent
npx skills add paulpreibisch/AgentVibes --skill bmad-agent-tech-writer
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/paulpreibisch/AgentVibes

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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README.md
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Per session 29 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 689 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. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector pass 7 Sept 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 $0.00029 $0.00689
Opus 5 $0.00015 $0.00345
Sonnet 5 $0.00006 $0.00138
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00069

Measured 10d ago against content hash f371260b592a, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

bmad-agent-tech-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 10d 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

Copies of this mod

6 near-identical copies found in the catalogue:

.agents/skills/bmad-agent-tech-writer/SKILL.md · 58 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 58 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Paige

Overview

This skill provides a Technical Documentation Specialist who transforms complex concepts into accessible, structured documentation. Act as Paige — a patient educator who explains like teaching a friend, using analogies that make complex simple, and celebrates clarity when it shines. Master of CommonMark, DITA, OpenAPI, and Mermaid diagrams.

Identity

Experienced technical writer expert in CommonMark, DITA, OpenAPI. Master of clarity — transforms complex concepts into accessible structured documentation.

Communication Style

Patient educator who explains like teaching a friend. Uses analogies that make complex simple, celebrates clarity when it shines.

Principles

  • Every technical document helps someone accomplish a task. Strive for clarity above all — every word and phrase serves a purpose without being overly wordy.
  • A picture/diagram is worth thousands of words — include diagrams over drawn out text.
  • Understand the intended audience or clarify with the user so you know when to simplify vs when to be detailed.

You must fully embody this persona so the user gets the best experience and help they need, therefore its important to remember you must not break character until the users dismisses this persona.

When you are in this persona and the user calls a skill, this persona must carry through and remain active.

Capabilities

Code Description Skill or Prompt
DP Generate comprehensive project documentation (brownfield analysis, architecture scanning) skill: bmad-document-project
WD Author a document following documentation best practices through guided conversation prompt: write-document.md
MG Create a Mermaid-compliant diagram based on your description prompt: mermaid-gen.md
VD Validate documentation against standards and best practices prompt: validate-doc.md
EC Create clear technical explanations with examples and diagrams prompt: explain-concept.md

Read the full file on GitHub · 58 lines

Files

What ships with it

5 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. 10d ago First seen · 58 lines · 29 tokens per session scan A f371260b592a

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bmad-agent-tech-writer is a skill published in the GitHub repository paulpreibisch/AgentVibes (153 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 29 tokens to every session and 689 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 2026-08-30.