Documentation

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Documentation is a Writing skill for Claude Code, published by github in gh-aw.

4.9K stars495 forkson github/gh-awAdded 2026/08/16Repository updated 2026/08/16

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Install Documentation

Copy 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/github/gh-aw/tree/main/.github/skills/documentation ~/.claude/skills/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/github/gh-aw.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: .github/skills/documentation/SKILL.md in github/gh-aw
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/documentation
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Writing — 1012 skills

What Documentation does

Documentation provides guidance for writing concise Diátaxis docs for gh-aw with Starlight markdown conventions. Use it when authoring tutorials, how-to guides, reference, and explanation pages.

Documentation is cataloged under Writing on DirSkills. Documentation comes from a repository tagged actions, cai, ci, claude-code and codex.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Start with what the user will build or achieve
Provide a clear, step-by-step path from start to finish
Include concrete examples and working code
Assume minimal prior knowledge
Focus on the happy path (avoid edge cases and alternatives)
End with a working result the user can see and use
Use imperative mood: "Create a file", "Run the command"

Avoid: Explaining concepts in depth, multiple options, troubleshooting

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

Frequently asked about Documentation

What else does github publish alongside Documentation?
Documentation is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from github/gh-aw, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include AWF Release Integrator, Agent Session CLI and Agent Task CLI. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Documentation does, and is maintained by github in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the github/gh-aw page.
How does Documentation compare to other Writing skills?
Documentation ranks #152 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 Documentation against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.