codebase-documenterlisted
Install: claude install-skill rjmurillo/ai-agents
# Codebase Documenter
Generate documentation scaffolding for a project that has none, or has the wrong shape. This skill produces structured starters with bracketed placeholders the team fills in. It does not write prose for you.
## Triggers
| Trigger Phrase | Operation |
|----------------|-----------|
| `scaffold project documentation` | Generate README, ARCHITECTURE, API, code comment scaffolds |
| `bootstrap docs for new codebase` | Produce starter docs with placeholders |
| `add starter README` | Create README scaffold only |
| `set up documentation standards` | Drop standards references into the repo |
| `document this codebase from scratch` | Full scaffold pass |
## When to Use
Use this skill when:
- A repository has no `README.md`, `ARCHITECTURE.md`, or API reference, and you need a populated skeleton.
- A team is onboarding without a tech writer and wants documented standards alongside the templates.
- You need a starting point for code-comment conventions in a polyglot project.
Use a different skill when:
- Documentation already exists and you want to verify accuracy, detect missing XML docs / docstrings / JSDoc, or audit README / CLAUDE.md drift. Use `doc-accuracy` for verification, missing-doc detection, and structural sync.
- You want narrative prose generated for an existing component. Use the `explainer` agent.
## Boundaries
- Writes scaffolding and standards references only. Does not write narrative prose for the project.
- Placeholders use bracket co