Docs Sync

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Check and update repository documentation when behavior, commands, or validation evidence changes.

Sby Skills Guide Bot
DocumentationIntermediate
7/23/2026
Claude CodeCursorWindsurf
#docs-sync#readme#decision-records#code-documentation-sync

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Automated summary

Updates project documentation in sync with code changes, including README, DECISIONS.md, and ADRs.

Strengths

  • Ensures code and documentation stay consistent
  • Prevents burying decisions only in chat
  • Provides clear rules for what and when to update

Limitations

  • Does not rewrite unrelated documentation
  • May require human review for tone and clarity
  • Focuses on operational docs, not user-facing manuals
When to use it

When changing public behavior, commands, validation, or making durable decisions that affect the codebase.

When not to use it

For cosmetic or unrelated documentation improvements not tied to recent code changes.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score90/100

The skill only provides documentation update guidelines with no executable commands, network activity, or file system modifications beyond editing docs, presenting no security risk.

No concerns found

How this analysis is made

Examples

Update README after adding a new command
I added a new CLI command `analyze` that takes a file path and outputs statistics. Update README.md and any relevant docs under docs/ to document this command, including usage example and output format.
Record a decision in DECISIONS.md
We decided to switch from using SQLite to PostgreSQL for the data store. Add a new decision record in docs/DECISIONS.md explaining the rationale, date, and what remains out of scope.

name: docs-sync description: Use when behavior, setup, validation, public wording, data provenance, or workflow commands change and repository documentation may need to be updated.

Docs Sync

  • Check README.md, docs/DECISIONS.md, relevant docs under docs/, and any ADRs.
  • Update docs in the same change as code when public behavior, commands, assumptions, or validation evidence changes.
  • Record durable decisions in docs/DECISIONS.md or a new ADR; do not bury decisions only in chat.
  • Keep docs concise and operational: what changed, why, how to run it, and what remains out of scope.
  • Avoid rewriting unrelated docs or changing historical decisions except to add a dated superseding note.

From the file to a first result

The download contains exactly the content displayed on this page. This copy may differ from the latest version in the source repository.

View the source and supporting files

This download contains SKILL.md only. Any scripts, references, templates and dependencies are not included. Get the required files from the source, preserving their directory structure, before continuing.

1. Download the file

Download SKILL.md

From the root of a test project, save the file as .skill-downloads/docs-sync-mrwakfra/SKILL.md, or use the command below. This folder is for inspecting the skill before installation.

Command for macOS/Linux or WSL: requires a POSIX shell and curl. On Windows without WSL, use the download button and create the folder manually.

mkdir -p '.skill-downloads/docs-sync-mrwakfra' && curl --fail --show-error --location 'https://skills-guides.com/api/skills/docs-sync-mrwakfra/download' --output '.skill-downloads/docs-sync-mrwakfra/SKILL.md.part' && mv '.skill-downloads/docs-sync-mrwakfra/SKILL.md.part' '.skill-downloads/docs-sync-mrwakfra/SKILL.md'

2. Check prerequisites

Read SKILL.md before using it. If it references scripts or external services, inspect them and prepare the required access in your test environment.

No recognized prerequisites section in this file. This does not mean it is self-contained: libraries, tools and access requirements may be mentioned elsewhere in the content or source repository.

The platforms on this page are catalog indications. The paths below follow tool documentation; they do not prove this skill has been run in those tools. No minimum tool version is confirmed for this listing.

3. Load the skill

After inspection, copy the complete folder into your project using one of the commands below, then open a new tool session. The command stops if a folder with the same name already exists: compare the files before replacing it.

Claude Code
test -f '.skill-downloads/docs-sync-mrwakfra/SKILL.md' && test -s '.skill-downloads/docs-sync-mrwakfra/SKILL.md' && mkdir -p '.claude/skills' && test ! -e '.claude/skills/docs-sync' && cp -R '.skill-downloads/docs-sync-mrwakfra' '.claude/skills/docs-sync'

Cursor
test -f '.skill-downloads/docs-sync-mrwakfra/SKILL.md' && test -s '.skill-downloads/docs-sync-mrwakfra/SKILL.md' && mkdir -p '.cursor/skills' && test ! -e '.cursor/skills/docs-sync' && cp -R '.skill-downloads/docs-sync-mrwakfra' '.cursor/skills/docs-sync'

OpenSkills

OpenSkills must already be installed. The local install/read procedure is checked with OpenSkills 1.5.0, which requires Node.js ≥ 20.6.0. Catalog slugs are not resolved automatically.

Official OpenSkills installation
openskills install './.skill-downloads/docs-sync-mrwakfra'

openskills read 'docs-sync-mrwakfra'

Reading should display the installed file content and its base directory. It does not run the skill or install its dependencies.

For an agent that reads AGENTS.md, then sync the index. This command changes AGENTS.md: review the diff before using it.

openskills sync

Manual method or another tool: attach SKILL.md to a conversation, or open it in an agent that can read files. Include any required supporting resources. No universal folder is recognized by every tool.

4. Try a first task

Use a short, synthetic input: an API endpoint, a small document or an interface brief. In a new conversation, attach the file or give the agent its path, then adapt this request:

Read .skill-downloads/docs-sync-mrwakfra/SKILL.md and apply its instructions to this example: [describe a test input]. Identify any missing files, dependencies or access. Produce the result requested by the skill without inventing data or running unreviewed scripts.

Expected result: output matching the skill instructions, or a precise list of missing prerequisites. A read confirmation alone does not validate a first use. If an external resource is unavailable, that path remains untested.

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