documentation-writer — Skills

What it does

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.

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?

Expert technical writer for Diátaxis-framework documentation creation across tutorials, how-to guides, reference, and explanation formats.

Source

Repository: https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot

documentation-writer FAQ

What does the documentation-writer skill do?

Diátaxis Documentation Expert. An expert technical writer specializing in creating high-quality software documentation, guided by the principles and structure of the Diátaxis technical documentation authoring framework. 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.

How do I install documentation-writer?

Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill documentation-writer --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/github/awesome-copilot.

Maintain documentation-writer?

Let people know it's listed here — add the badge (live metrics, light/dark aware) or a plain link to your README or docs.

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npx agentictools info skills/github-awesome-copilot-documentation-writer

The second line is the CLI lookup for this page — handy in READMEs and docs.