# decision-doc-sync

Keeps README, DESIGN, AGENTS and ADR files aligned with the code after architectural or UX changes. Useful when an edit breaks the docs.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3000 installs · ★ 3
- Author: purrfold
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold/tree/HEAD/skills/decision-doc-sync/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/decision-doc-sync

## What it does

The skill loads when a change introduces or alters a structural decision: architecture, a UI/UX standard, scripts and quality gates, or a cross-cutting convention. It first checks which documents actually exist and edits only those. A new file gets created only when the decision table calls for one.

Where things go is fixed. Architecture, folder structure and scripts land in `README.md`; visual standards, tokens and component usage in `DESIGN.md`; agent workflow and operational guidance in `AGENTS.md`; a durable decision with alternatives and consequences becomes a new record in `docs/adr/`. One change can hit several rows at once. Each fact stays in a single document and others link to it instead of copying it.

Before finishing, it rereads the edited sections against the code and reports every document updated, created or deliberately skipped, one line of reason each. For ADRs it follows the numbering and format already present in `docs/adr/`, so you do not need to seed that folder first. A document left contradicting the code after the change is a failure, not a warning.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold --skill decision-doc-sync -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold --skill decision-doc-sync -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold --skill decision-doc-sync -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold decision-doc-sync
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold --skill decision-doc-sync -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold --path skills/decision-doc-sync
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold --skill decision-doc-sync -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/C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold/tree/HEAD/skills/decision-doc-sync/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- update README after moving folders around
- record a new UI standard in DESIGN.md
- document agent commands in AGENTS.md
- write an ADR with alternatives and consequences
- close the gap between docs and code

## Example prompts
- We switched to a new folder layout — sync the docs
- Added a quality gate to CI, update whatever should know about it
- Record the state management choice as an ADR

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

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---
name: decision-doc-sync
description: "Trigger: architecture change, new convention, UI/UX standard, quality gate change, ADR. Keep existing project docs in sync with structural decisions."
license: Apache-2.0
metadata:
  author: purrfold
  version: "1.0"
---

# Decision Documentation Sync

## Activation Contract

Load this skill when a change introduces or changes a structural decision: architecture, UI/UX standards, scripts or quality gates, or a cross-cutting convention.

## Hard Rules

1. Check which documents exist before editing; update only documents that exist, and create one only when a rule below requires it.
2. Keep each fact in one document and link to it from others instead of duplicating it.
3. Record the decision itself, not the change history.
4. Never leave a document contradicting the code after the change.

## Decision Gates

| Change type | Document |
| --- | --- |
| Architecture, folder structure, scripts | `README.md` |
| Visual or UX standard, tokens, component usage | `DESIGN.md` |
| Agent workflow, commands, operational guidance | `AGENTS.md` |
| Durable decision with alternatives and consequences | new record in `docs/adr/` |

## Execution Steps

1. Check which of `README.md`, `DESIGN.md`, `AGENTS.md`, and `docs/adr/` exist.
2. Classify the change with the table above; one change may hit several rows.
3. Update each affected document that exists.
4. For an ADR, follow the existing numbering and format in `docs/adr/`; see [references/doc-map.md](references/doc-map.md).
5. Reread the edited sections against the code.

## Output Contract

List every document updated, created, or deliberately skipped, with a one-line reason each.

## References

- [references/doc-map.md](references/doc-map.md) — ADR format and edge cases.
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© purrfold · Apache-2.0 · https://github.com/C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold/tree/HEAD/skills/decision-doc-sync/SKILL.md

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