Doc Co-Authoring

by anthropics

Doc Co-Authoring is a Writing skill for Claude Code, published by anthropics in skills.

168.6K stars20.1K forkson anthropics/skillsAdded 2026/08/13Repository updated 2026/08/07

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Install Doc Co-Authoring

Copy Doc Co-Authoring 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/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/doc-coauthoring ~/.claude/skills/doc-coauthoring

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/anthropics/skills.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: skills/doc-coauthoring/SKILL.md in anthropics/skills
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/doc-coauthoring
Collection: One of 18 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Writing — 1012 skills

What Doc Co-Authoring does

Doc Co-Authoring guides users through a structured workflow for co-authoring documentation, from context gathering and iterative refinement to reader testing. Use it when writing proposals, technical specs, decision docs, or similar structured content.

Doc Co-Authoring is cataloged under Writing on DirSkills. Doc Co-Authoring comes from a repository tagged agent-skills.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Doc Co-Authoring Workflow

This skill provides a structured workflow for guiding users through collaborative document creation. Act as an active guide, walking users through three stages: Context Gathering, Refinement & Structure, and Reader Testing.

When to Offer This Workflow

Trigger conditions:

User mentions writing documentation: "write a doc", "draft a proposal", "create a spec", "write up"
User mentions specific doc types: "PRD", "design doc", "decision doc", "RFC"
User seems to be starting a substantial writing task

Initial offer: Offer the user a structured workflow for co-authoring the document. Explain the three stages:

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

Frequently asked about Doc Co-Authoring

What else does anthropics publish alongside Doc Co-Authoring?
Doc Co-Authoring is one of 18 skills that DirSkills catalogs from anthropics/skills, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Algorithmic Art, Brand Guidelines and Canvas Design. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Doc Co-Authoring does, and is maintained by anthropics in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the anthropics/skills page.
How does Doc Co-Authoring compare to other Writing skills?
Doc Co-Authoring ranks #6 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 Doc Co-Authoring against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.