Code Documentation

by HezaoHezao

Code Documentation is a Writing skill for Claude Code, published by HezaoHezao in poirot.

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Install Code Documentation

Copy Code Documentation into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/HezaoHezao/poirot/tree/master/poirot/backend/agents/skill/builtin_skills/productivity/code-documentation ~/.claude/skills/code-documentation

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/HezaoHezao/poirot.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: poirot/backend/agents/skill/builtin_skills/productivity/code-documentation/SKILL.md in HezaoHezao/poirot
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/code-documentation
Collection: One of 37 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Writing — 1012 skills

What Code Documentation does

Generate comprehensive documentation for software projects, including READMEs, API references, architecture diagrams, and developer guides. Use when documenting codebases, improving existing docs, or creating changelogs.

Code Documentation is cataloged under Writing on DirSkills. Code Documentation comes from a repository tagged agent, agent-memory, agent-skill, agent-skills and agentic-ai.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

User asks to "document", "create docs", or "write documentation" for code
User requests a README, API reference, or developer guide
User shares a codebase and wants documentation generated
User asks to improve or update existing documentation
User needs architecture documentation with diagrams
User requests a changelog or migration guide

Frequently asked about Code Documentation

What else does HezaoHezao publish alongside Code Documentation?
Code Documentation is one of 37 skills that DirSkills catalogs from HezaoHezao/poirot, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Academic Paper Review, ArXiv Research and Architecture Diagram. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Code Documentation does, and is maintained by HezaoHezao in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the HezaoHezao/poirot page.
How does Code Documentation compare to other Writing skills?
Code Documentation ranks #846 by stars among the 1012 Writing skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Article Writing, Social Media Content Calendar and Knowledge Comic Creator. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Code Documentation against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.