Design doc template
Skill jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills/skills/17-technical-docs/design-doc-template
'Build Doc Template - Auto-activating skill for Technical Documentation.From its SKILL.md
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Design Doc Template
Overview
This skill provides automated assistance for design doc template tasks within the Technical Documentation domain.
When to Use
This skill activates automatically when you:
- Mention "design doc template" in your request
- Ask about design doc template patterns or best practices
- Need help with technical documentation skills covering api docs, user guides, architecture docs, and documentation automation.
Instructions
- Provides step-by-step guidance for design doc template
- Follows industry best practices and patterns
- Generates production-ready code and configurations
- Validates outputs against common standards
Examples
Example: Basic Usage Request: "Help me with design doc template" Result: Provides step-by-step guidance and generates appropriate configurations
Prerequisites
- Relevant development environment configured
- Access to necessary tools and services
- Basic understanding of technical documentation concepts
Output
- Generated configurations and code
- Best practice recommendations
- Validation results
Error Handling
| Error | Cause | Solution |
|---|---|---|
| Configuration invalid | Missing required fields | Check documentation for required parameters |
| Tool not found | Dependency not installed | Install required tools per prerequisites |
| Permission denied | Insufficient access | Verify credentials and permissions |
Resources
- Official documentation for related tools
- Best practices guides
- Community examples and tutorials
Related Skills
Part of the Technical Documentation skill category. Tags: documentation, markdown, api-docs, readme, technical-writing
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Gives 0 of the 12 instructions most product spec skills give in 307 tokens
Counted across 483 of the 502 authors here whose files we hold, read 2026-09-06
- Write the PRD using the templatein 39 of 483, across 36 files
- Ask one question at a timein 24 of 483
- Write acceptance criteria in Given-When-Then formatin 24 of 483
- Write user stories with acceptance criteriain 22 of 483, across 21 files
- Respect ADRs in areas you touchin 21 of 483, across 17 files
- Use the domain glossary vocabulary throughout the PRDin 20 of 483, across 16 files
- Explore the repo to understand the current codebasein 19 of 483, across 15 files
- Provide testable acceptance criteriain 19 of 483, across 17 files
- Publish the PRD to the issue trackerin 18 of 483, across 14 files
- Apply the ready-for-agent triage labelin 15 of 483, across 13 files
- Prefer existing seams over new onesin 14 of 483, across 12 files
- Save the PRD as a markdown filein 14 of 483, across 9 files
Said here and by no other author read
- Provide step-by-step design doc guidance
- Check documentation for required parameters
- Install required tools per prerequisites
- Verify credentials and permissions
Grouped from the skills themselves: near-identical wordings counted once, and counted by distinct author, so one author publishing three of these counts once. Length counted with cl100k_base; the agent that loads this file may tokenize it differently.