docs-workflow

Last Updated: 2026-01-11 Purpose: Manage project documentation throughout its lifecycle

Overview

This skill helps you:

• Initialize documentation for new projects (CLAUDE.md, README.md, docs/)
• Maintain CLAUDE.md to match actual project state
• Audit all docs for staleness, broken links, outdated versions

Commands

Quick Start

New Project

# In a new project directory
/docs-init

This will:

1. Detect project type (Cloudflare Workers, Next.js, generic)
2. Create CLAUDE.md from appropriate template
3. Create README.md if missing
4. Optionally scaffold docs/ directory

Existing Project

# Audit all documentation
/docs-update

# Or just maintain CLAUDE.md
/docs-claude

What Gets Created

CLAUDE.md

Project-specific context for Claude Code, including:

• Project overview and tech stack
• Development setup commands
• Architecture overview
• Key file locations
• Common tasks and workflows

Templates available:

• CLAUDE-cloudflare.md - Cloudflare Workers + Vite + D1 projects
• CLAUDE-nextjs.md - Next.js App Router projects
• CLAUDE-generic.md - Any other project type

README.md

Standard README with:

• Project name and description
• Installation/setup instructions
• Usage examples
• Configuration
• Contributing guidelines

docs/ Directory (Optional)

Scaffolded documentation structure:

• docs/ARCHITECTURE.md - System architecture
• docs/API.md - API documentation
• docs/DATABASE.md - Database schema

Smart Maintenance

/docs-claude Features

The CLAUDE.md maintenance command checks:

1. Tech Stack Match

   • Does CLAUDE.md list technologies that match package.json?
   • Are versions mentioned still accurate?

2. Referenced Files

   • Do paths mentioned in CLAUDE.md still exist?
   • Are there new important files not mentioned?

3. Section Freshness

   • Is "Last Updated" date recent?
   • Are there outdated patterns or commands?

4. Critical Rules

   • For detected tech stack, are important rules present?
   • E.g., Cloudflare project should mention wrangler.jsonc patterns

/docs-update Features

Full documentation audit including:

1. Date Freshness

   • Compare doc dates against git history
   • Flag docs not updated in >30 days

2. Version References

   • Check npm package versions mentioned
   • Suggest updates for outdated versions

3. Broken Links

   • Verify internal markdown links
   • Check that referenced files exist

4. Redundancy

   • Identify duplicate content across files
   • Suggest consolidation

5. Orphaned Files

   • Find docs not referenced anywhere
   • Suggest archiving or deletion

Project Type Detection

The skill auto-detects project type by looking for:

Additional indicators influence template content:

• package.json dependencies (React, Vite, etc.)
• Database config files (drizzle.config.ts, prisma/schema.prisma)
• Auth config (clerk, better-auth)

Integration with Other Skills

• project-workflow: Use /docs-init after /plan-project to add documentation
• project-planning: Generated IMPLEMENTATION_PHASES.md referenced in CLAUDE.md
• cloudflare-worker-base: Cloudflare template includes Workers-specific patterns

Best Practices

When to Run Each Command

CLAUDE.md Guidelines

1. Keep it current - Update "Last Updated" when making changes
2. Focus on project-specific - Don't duplicate generic tech docs
3. Include common tasks - Commands you run frequently
4. Reference, don't duplicate - Link to docs/ for detailed content

Templates

Templates are located in templates/ within this skill:

templates/
├── CLAUDE-cloudflare.md    # Cloudflare Workers projects
├── CLAUDE-nextjs.md        # Next.js projects
├── CLAUDE-generic.md       # Generic projects
└── README-template.md      # Standard README

Templates use placeholders:

• {{PROJECT_NAME}} - Detected from package.json or folder name
• {{DATE}} - Current date
• {{TECH_STACK}} - Detected technologies