# project-docs

A skill that runs the whole docs lifecycle: lays out folders, checks what has gone stale, and clears out files left behind by AI.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 644 installs · ★ 95
- Author: agent-skills
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/AsyrafHussin/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/project-docs/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-08-27
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/agent-skills-project-docs

## What it does

The skill covers documentation for PHP/Laravel and Node/TypeScript/React projects. It ships 25 rules in six categories: folder structure, file naming, must-have files, content quality, junk cleanup, and lifecycle. Three modes are available — bootstrap for a fresh repo, audit for an existing one, reference for looking up conventions.

Bootstrap starts by reading the stack from `composer.json`, `package.json` and the `artisan` binary. Then it lists every `.md` file with its last-modified date and compares that against the checklist of essential files. What follows is a proposed `docs/` layout with `architecture/`, `adr/`, `guides/`, `runbooks/` and `archive/` subfolders, plus templates for README, CHANGELOG, LICENSE, CONTRIBUTING, SECURITY and ADR-0001. Nothing gets written until you approve it.

Audit mode hands each file a verdict: keep, update, archive, delete or move. You get a table with the reason and the command for every row. The skill never deletes on its own — the list comes to you first. Projects that are neither Laravel nor Node still benefit from the structure and naming rules, though the install steps in your README will need to match your own stack.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AsyrafHussin/agent-skills --skill project-docs -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/project-docs/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/project-docs/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AsyrafHussin/agent-skills --skill project-docs -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/project-docs/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AsyrafHussin/agent-skills --skill project-docs -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/project-docs/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install AsyrafHussin/agent-skills project-docs
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/project-docs/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AsyrafHussin/agent-skills --skill project-docs -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/AsyrafHussin/agent-skills --path skills/project-docs
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/project-docs/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AsyrafHussin/agent-skills --skill project-docs -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/AsyrafHussin/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/project-docs/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- sort a sprawling pile of markdown files into subfolders
- spot docs that no longer match how the project is set up
- remove plan and summary files generated by AI
- pick names and locations for new documents by one convention
- add markdown and broken-link checks to CI

## Example prompts
- Set up docs for a new Laravel project: propose a `docs/` structure and the essential files
- Audit the markdown files in this repo and show me a table with verdicts
- Where should architecture notes live, and what should the file be called?

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: project-docs
description: Project documentation lifecycle for PHP/Laravel and Node/TypeScript/React projects — bootstrapping essential docs, naming and folder conventions, freshness, and cleanup of AI-generated junk and stale files. Use when starting a new project, setting up docs/ structure, auditing markdown files, cleaning up the docs folder, or deciding which docs to keep, archive, or delete. Triggers on "set up docs", "audit docs", "clean up markdown", "what docs does this project need", "organize docs folder", "find stale docs".
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: agent-skills
  version: "1.0.0"
---

# Project Documentation

End-to-end documentation lifecycle for PHP/Laravel and Node/TypeScript/React projects. Contains 25 rules across 6 categories covering folder structure, naming conventions, essential files, content quality (including AI-slop detection), cleanup of accumulated junk, and lifecycle. Supports **bootstrap mode** (set up docs in a new project), **audit mode** (find what's missing, stale, bloated, or junk), and **reference mode** (conventions lookup).

## Metadata

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Scope:** PHP / Laravel + Node / TypeScript / React projects
- **Rule Count:** 25 rules across 6 categories
- **License:** MIT

## How to Use This Skill — Three Modes

### Mode 1: Bootstrap (new project / missing docs)

When the user asks "set up docs", "what docs does this project need", or starts a new project — walk through the bootstrap steps:

1. **Detect project type** (Laravel? React? Both?) — `composer.json`, `package.json`, `artisan` binary
2. **Inventory existing docs** — list every `.md` file with its location and last-modified date
3. **Identify gaps** — compare against the Essential Files checklist; report what's missing
4. **Propose folder structure** — `docs/` with sub-folders (`architecture/`, `adr/`, `guides/`, `runbooks/`, `archive/`) based on project size
5. **Offer to scaffold templates** — README, CHANGELOG, LICENSE, CONTRIBUTING, SECURITY, ADR-0001 — generate with user approval, do not auto-create
6. **Suggest CI gates** — markdown-lint, broken-link checker (lychee), CHANGELOG-on-PR enforcement

### Mode 2: Audit (existing project cleanup)

When the user asks "audit docs", "clean up markdown", or "what should I delete" — produce a classified ledger.

For each `.md` file in the repo:
- **KEEP** — file is essential and current
- **UPDATE** — file is essential but stale (e.g., README contradicts current setup)
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