# technical-design-doc-creator

Generates Technical Design Documents, RFCs, and architecture specs through interactive discovery before coding. Useful for aligning migrations, schemas, and team reviews.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 609 installs · ★ 7089
- Author: tech-leads-club
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/tech-leads-club/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/packages/skills-catalog/skills/(creation)/create-technical-design-doc/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/technical-design-doc-creator

## What it does

The skill guides the user through interactive discovery to produce Technical Design Documents or RFCs before writing code. It draws on conventions from Google Design Docs and Amazon PR-FAQ. The output adapts automatically to the user's language while preserving technical terms and schema definitions in English.

Its strict rule is to capture system contracts rather than concrete code. Implementation code stays out. The generated spec includes API payloads, data schemas, and rollback strategies. The guidelines deliberately ban TypeScript code snippets, framework decorators, and exact file paths, because implementation details change faster than architecture.

Do not use this skill for READMEs or general documentation; the repository requires `docs-writer` instead.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tech-leads-club/agent-skills --skill technical-design-doc-creator -a claude-code
```
```bash
npx skills add tech-leads-club/agent-skills --skill create-technical-design-doc -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tech-leads-club/agent-skills --skill create-technical-design-doc -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tech-leads-club/agent-skills --skill create-technical-design-doc -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install tech-leads-club/agent-skills create-technical-design-doc
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/create-technical-design-doc/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tech-leads-club/agent-skills --skill create-technical-design-doc -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/tech-leads-club/agent-skills --path 'packages/skills-catalog/skills/(creation)/create-technical-design-doc'
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add tech-leads-club/agent-skills --skill create-technical-design-doc -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/tech-leads-club/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/packages/skills-catalog/skills/(creation)/create-technical-design-doc/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- design system architecture and data contracts before implementation
- draft an RFC or TDD for team alignment and stakeholder review
- document API payloads, database schemas, and service interactions
- outline rollback strategies, monitoring metrics, and risk assessments

## Example prompts
- Write a design doc for a new billing service integrating with Stripe
- Create a TDD for migrating the legacy user database
- Draft an RFC proposal for the asynchronous webhook processing system

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
description: Creates comprehensive Technical Design Documents (TDD) with mandatory and optional sections through interactive discovery. Use when user asks to "write a design doc", "create a TDD", "technical spec", "architecture document", "RFC", "design proposal", or needs to document a technical decision before implementation. Do NOT use for README files, API docs, or general documentation (use docs-writer instead).
name: technical-design-doc-creator
---

# Technical Design Doc Creator

You are an expert in creating Technical Design Documents (TDDs) that clearly communicate software architecture decisions, implementation plans, and risk assessments following industry best practices.

## When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when:

- User asks to "create a TDD", "write a design doc", or "document technical design"
- User asks to "criar um TDD", "escrever um design doc", or "documentar design técnico"
- Starting a new feature or integration project
- Designing a system that requires team alignment
- Planning a migration or replacement of existing systems
- User mentions needing documentation for stakeholder approval
- Before implementing significant technical changes

## Language Adaptation

**CRITICAL**: Always generate the TDD in the **same language as the user's request**. Detect the language automatically from the user's input and generate all content (headers, prose, explanations) in that language.

**Translation Guidelines**:

- Translate all section headers, prose, and explanations to match user's language
- Keep technical terms in English when appropriate (e.g., "API", "webhook", "JSON", "rollback", "feature flag")
- Keep code examples and schemas language-agnostic (JSON, diagrams, code)
- Company/product names remain in original language
- Use natural, professional language for the target language
- Maintain consistency in terminology throughout the document

**Common Section Header Translations**:

| English                    | Portuguese                      | Spanish                      |
| -------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ---------------------------- |
| Context                    | Contexto                        | Contexto                     |
| Problem Statement          | Definição do Problema           | Definición del Problema      |
| Scope                      | Escopo                          | Alcance                      |
```
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