doc-coauthoring

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Guide users through a structured workflow for co-authoring documentation. Use when user wants to write documentation, proposals,…

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What it does

  • User mentions writing documentation: "write a doc", "draft a proposal", "create a spec", "write up"
  • User mentions specific doc types: "PRD", "design doc", "decision doc", "RFC"
  • User seems to be starting a substantial writing task
  • Ask if they have a template document to share
  • If they provide a link to a shared document, use the appropriate integration to fetch it
  • If they provide a file, read it
  • Use the appropriate integration to read the current state

Requirements & configuration

  • If user doesn't know what sections they need:
  • The user will need to do the testing manually.

Derived from the skill's own SKILL.md documentation · extracted 2026-07-23

Guide users through a structured workflow for co-authoring documentation. Use when user wants to write documentation, proposals, technical specs, decision docs, or similar structured content. This workflow helps users efficiently transfer context, refine content through iteration, and verify the doc works for readers. Trigger when user mentions writing docs, creating proposals, drafting specs, or similar documentation tasks.

Source

Repository: https://github.com/anthropics/skills

doc-coauthoring FAQ

What does the doc-coauthoring skill do?

Guide users through a structured workflow for co-authoring documentation. Use when user wants to write documentation, proposals, technical specs, decision docs, or similar structured content. This workflow helps users efficiently transfer context, refine content through iteration, and verify the doc works for readers. Trigger when user mentions writing docs, creating proposals, drafting specs, or similar documentation tasks. User mentions writing documentation: "write a doc", "draft a proposal", "create a spec", "write up" User mentions specific doc types: "PRD", "design doc", "decision doc", "RFC"

What does doc-coauthoring require?

If user doesn't know what sections they need: The user will need to do the testing manually.

How do I install doc-coauthoring?

Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/anthropics/skills --skill doc-coauthoring --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/anthropics/skills.

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