doc-coauthoring
Official sourceGuides a structured three-stage workflow (context gathering, section-by-section refinement, reader testing) for co-authoring proposals, specs, and decision docs.
Source: Anthropic
At a glance
Verified source- Best for
- Writing PRDs, RFCs, design docs, or decision docs collaboratively
- Works with
- Claude.ai · Claude Code
- Outcome
- People who have lots of context to transfer and want it organized into a tight doc
- Source
- anthropics/skills
01 / Understand the skill
About doc-coauthoring
Guide users through a structured workflow for co-authoring documentation. Use when user wants to write documentation, proposals, technical specs, decision docs, or similar structured content. This workflow helps users efficiently transfer context, refine content through iteration, and verify the doc works for readers. Trigger when user mentions writing docs, creating proposals, drafting specs, or similar documentation tasks.
Guide users through a structured workflow for co-authoring documentation. Use when user wants to write documentation, proposals, technical specs, decision docs, or similar structured content. This workflow helps users efficiently transfer context, refine content through iteration, and verify the doc works for readers.
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Guide users through a structured workflow for co-authoring documentation. Use when user wants to write documentation, proposals, technical specs, decision docs, or similar structured content. This workflow helps users efficiently transfer context, refine content through iteration, and verify the doc works for readers. Trigger when user mentions writing docs, creating proposals, drafting specs, or similar documentation tasks.
02 / Confirm the fit
Use doc-coauthoring when you need to
- Writing PRDs, RFCs, design docs, or decision docs collaboratively
- People who have lots of context to transfer and want it organized into a tight doc
- Catching reader blind spots by testing the draft with a fresh model
03 / See the workflow
How doc-coauthoring works
- 01Install: npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/skills --skill doc-coauthoring
- 02Try: Help me write a technical decision doc on switching our queue to Kafka.
- 03Get: A drafted doc built section by section, then reader-tested for gaps.
Check before installing
Compatible platforms
Claude.ai · Claude Code
Best fit
Writing PRDs, RFCs, design docs, or decision docs collaboratively
Review the source instructions if the required output differs from the formats described above.
Install and use
Compatible with Claude.ai and Claude Code · Published by Anthropic
Ready to add doc-coauthoring?
Use the published instructions below, then provide the required input and describe the result you need.
General instructions · Claude.ai · Claude Code
npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/skills --skill doc-coauthoring
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