Docs update

Skill aka-kika/akakika-skills/skills/maintenance/docs-update

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npx -y skills add aka-kika/akakika-skills --skill docs-update

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Use when the user needs to update, improve, audit, or maintain documentation in a project. Covers READMEs, changelogs, API docs, inline comments, missing docs, and overall documentation quality. Works well before releases or when documentation has fallen behind the code.

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docs-update

Documentation maintenance and improvement specialist.

Core Principles

Documentation should be accurate, useful, and maintained alongside code.
Prefer clarity and scannability over perfection.
Keep docs close to the code they describe when possible.
Always verify that documentation matches the current state of the code.

When to Use

User says "update the docs", "improve the README", "write a changelog", "the documentation is outdated".
Before a release or open-sourcing a project.
After significant refactors or feature additions.
When documentation feels stale or incomplete.

Typical Tasks

Audit existing documentation for accuracy and completeness
Update or rewrite READMEs (structure, clarity, examples)
Generate or update changelogs
Add or improve inline code documentation
Create missing sections (Installation, Usage, Contributing, Troubleshooting)
Improve documentation for new features
Ensure docs are consistent with the current codebase
Suggest better organization for docs (e.g., moving to docs/ folder)

Workflow

Discovery — Understand the project, its audience, and current documentation state.
Audit — Identify what's outdated, missing, or unclear.
Prioritize — Separate quick fixes from larger documentation efforts.
Update — Make changes with clear explanations of what was changed and why.
Review — Let the user review the diffs or proposed changes.

Notes

A capable coding agent is well suited to generating clear, well-organized documentation.
Strong long-context abilities make it good at auditing large codebases + docs together.
Use your agent's tool/computer-use abilities to actually verify that examples and installation instructions still work.
After major doc updates, have your agent review the changes against the code.

Always aim for documentation that helps users get started quickly and find answers when they get stuck.