# document

Records decisions, documents existing code, and files supplied material. Use it for ADRs, RFCs, guides, and other project documents.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 72
- Author: archcore-ai
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/archcore-ai/archcore/tree/HEAD/plugins/archcore/skills/document/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/archcore-ai-document

## What it does

This skill turns a free-form request into a record of the current state: a technical decision, existing code documentation, or research material that is already available. It classifies the request, chooses a track, and selects a document type.

Depending on the request, it can create `adr`, `rfc`, `spec`, `guide`, `task-type`, `scenario`, `doc`, `research`, `rnd`, or `evidence`. An explicitly named type takes precedence; types such as `journey`, `prd`, `idea`, and `plan` follow the direct composition path.

Before running any gate, the skill must load `skills/_shared/gate-contract.md` and `skills/_shared/elicitation-contract.md`. This requirement applies before the first MCP call that names a document type. The skill supports Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, and OpenCode.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add archcore-ai/archcore --skill document -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add archcore-ai/archcore --skill document -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add archcore-ai/archcore --skill document -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install archcore-ai/archcore document
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add archcore-ai/archcore --skill document -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/archcore-ai/archcore --path plugins/archcore/skills/document
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add archcore-ai/archcore --skill document -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/archcore-ai/archcore/tree/HEAD/plugins/archcore/skills/document/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- record a settled technical decision
- draft an RFC for a proposed change
- document an existing module or system
- file a completed report as research material
- write a guide or repeatable agent procedure

## Example prompts
- Record the decision to use PostgreSQL as an ADR.
- Draft an RFC for switching from REST to gRPC.
- Document how the auth module works and save it as technical documentation.

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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```text
---
name: document
argument-hint: "[subject]"
description: "Record a decision, document existing code, or file a supplied research material, in free text; no first word is a mode. Use for 'we decided', 'record this decision', 'document why we chose X', 'make it our standard', 'draft an RFC', 'should we switch to Y' proposals, 'resolve the RFC', 'we accepted the proposal', 'document the auth module', 'capture how the payment system works', reference material, how-to instructions, a repeated agent procedure, a user flow with examples over an existing spec, or a finished report or one external material already in hand. Name any document type inside the subject — journey, prd, idea, or cpat included — to get exactly that type. Planning a feature, an investigation not yet done, or an intended user journey the request asks to plan ('plan the onboarding journey') → /archcore:plan. Checking docs against code or docs health → /archcore:review."
---

# /archcore:document

Record the present state: a technical decision, existing code, or a supplied
research material. Context resolution (`skills/_shared/gate-contract.md`,
section Context resolution) classifies the request and finds the present owner;
a gate inside the selected track selects the document type. Write affinity: knowledge
types; a filed `research` and the decision cascade's `plan` belong to vision.
The standard cascade can add a `cpat` (experience). A type the user names
explicitly keeps its own category (Named type below).

Command tense: `/archcore:plan` declares a future canon delta, `/archcore:document`
records the present state — including work that shipped without a plan — and
`/archcore:review` reconciles a past declared delta. Claim vocabulary:
`skills/_shared/delta-routing.md`.

Load `skills/_shared/gate-contract.md` and `skills/_shared/elicitation-contract.md` before executing any gate.

## Tracks

| Classification | Track and entry | Types the entry gate selects |
|---|---|---|
| decision | `skills/_shared/tracks/decision.md`, `decision.classify` | `adr`, `rfc`; `rule` through the standard cascade; an existing `rfc` draft on the topic → `decision.resolve`, which records an `adr` on an accepted verdict |
| code-doc | `skills/_shared/tracks/describe.md`, `describe.read` | `spec`, `guide`, `task-type`, `scenario`, `doc` |
| research material | `skills/_shared/tracks/research.md`, `research.frame` | `research`, `rnd` by the closing test; one external material → `evidence` |

No first word is a mode. When the subject text names a type (`skills/_shared/gate-contract.md`,
Entry terms) that the selected track produces, the selecting gate treats that type as settled and asks no
type question: `record an rfc for gRPC` reaches the RFC branch; a leading type
slug takes the Named type path. No track produces a `journey`; a `journey` comes
from `/archcore:plan` or from the named-type path below.

### Named type

WHEN the first word of the subject is a kernel document type slug, or the subject writes a slug in
backticks, the named type wins over routing (`explicit-type-request-wins.adr`).
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