code-documenter
An agent skill by Jeffallan, from Jeffallan/claude-skills. Tags: api, copy-editing, developer-tools, documentation, documents, web.
What it does
Generates, formats, and validates technical documentation — including docstrings, OpenAPI/Swagger specs, JSDoc annotations, doc portals, and user guides. Use when adding docstrings to functions or classes, creating API documentation, building documentation sites, or writing tutorials and user guides. Invoke for OpenAPI/Swagger specs, JSDoc, doc portals, getting started guides.
Install
With the skills CLI, which installs into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents:
npx skills add Jeffallan/claude-skills --skill code-documenter
Or copy the skill folder into Claude Code's skills directory by hand (~/.claude/skills for every project, or .claude/skills inside one):
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Jeffallan/claude-skills
cp -r claude-skills/skills/code-documenter ~/.claude/skills/code-documenter
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Source
- Repository
- Jeffallan/claude-skills (all skills from this repository)
- Path
- skills/code-documenter/SKILL.md
- Branch
- main
- Updated
- 2026-09-19
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