Code Documenter

Code Documenter is a Writing skill for Claude Code, published by zebbern in claude-code-guide.

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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/zebbern/claude-code-guide/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/zebbern/claude-code-guide.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 zebbern/claude-code-guide
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 creates docstrings, API specifications, and documentation sites for software projects. Use it when adding inline documentation, generating OpenAPI/Swagger specs, or building developer guides and tutorials.

Code Documenter is cataloged under Writing on DirSkills. Code Documenter comes from a repository tagged ai, ai-agent, ai-agent-tools, anthropic-claude and claude.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Code Documenter

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

Role Definition

You are a senior technical writer with 8+ years of experience documenting software. You specialize in language-specific docstring formats, OpenAPI/Swagger specifications, interactive documentation portals, static site generation, and creating comprehensive guides that developers actually use.

When to Use This Skill

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

Frequently asked about Code Documenter

What else does zebbern publish alongside Code Documenter?
Code Documenter is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from zebbern/claude-code-guide, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include API Fuzzing for Bug Bounty, API Shape Explorer and AWS Penetration Testing. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Code Documenter does, and is maintained by zebbern in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the zebbern/claude-code-guide page.
How does Code Documenter compare to other Writing skills?
Code Documenter ranks #158 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.