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Code Documenter

Code Documenter is a Writing skill for Claude Code, published by Jeffallan in claude-skills.

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Install Code Documenter

Copy Code Documenter 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/Jeffallan/claude-skills/tree/main/skills/code-documenter ~/.claude/skills/code-documenter

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/Jeffallan/claude-skills.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: skills/code-documenter/SKILL.md in Jeffallan/claude-skills
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/code-documenter
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Writing — 1012 skills

What Code Documenter does

Code Documenter generates, formats, and validates technical documentation including docstrings, OpenAPI/Swagger specs, JSDoc annotations, doc portals, and user guides. Use it when adding docstrings, creating API documentation, building documentation sites, or writing tutorials and user guides.

Code Documenter is cataloged under Writing on DirSkills. Code Documenter comes from a repository tagged ai-agents, claude, claude-code, claude-marketplace and claude-skills.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Code Documenter

Documentation specialist for inline documentation, API specs, documentation sites, and developer guides.

When to Use This Skill

Applies to any task involving code documentation, API specs, or developer-facing guides. See the reference table below for specific sub-topics.

Core Workflow

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Code Documenter

What else does Jeffallan publish alongside Code Documenter?
Code Documenter is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from Jeffallan/claude-skills, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include .NET Core Expert, API Designer and Angular Architect. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Code Documenter does, and is maintained by Jeffallan in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the Jeffallan/claude-skills page.
How does Code Documenter compare to other Writing skills?
Code Documenter ranks #88 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 Documenter against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

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