Standardizes documentation maintenance by removing duplicates and linking to canonical sources.

Install

mkdir -p .claude/skills/docs-maintenance && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/10643" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/docs-maintenance && rm skill.zip

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Activation

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Review and edit iccDEV documentation for signal, accuracy, canonical ownership, and low-noise handoff.
102 charsno explicit “when” trigger
Intermediate

Key capabilities

  • Inventory duplicated documentation
  • Replace repeated detail with canonical links
  • Run whitespace and stale-reference checks
  • Delete duplicate files

How it works

Audits documentation for consistency and noise, replacing redundant content with links to canonical sources.

Inputs & outputs

You give it
Target branch or documentation file
You get back
Cleaned and deduplicated documentation

When to use docs-maintenance

  • Removing duplicate documentation
  • Adding routing documentation
  • Reviewing documentation accuracy
  • Cleaning up technical docs

About this skill

Documentation Maintenance

Use this skill when reducing duplicated docs, adding routing docs, or reviewing documentation for accuracy.

Workflow

  1. Confirm the target branch and whether changes are local-only.
  2. Read ../../../docs/documentation-maintenance.md for canonical sources.
  3. Inventory duplicated or stale content before editing.
  4. Preserve exact commands, paths, CMake options, executable names, and safety requirements.
  5. Replace repeated detail with links to canonical sources.
  6. Delete duplicate files only after moving unique content elsewhere.
  7. Run whitespace, local-link, ASCII, and stale-reference checks.

Harvest Rules

  • Import reusable process, not repository-specific paths or private scratch locations.
  • Prefer a short prompt or maintenance doc over another long reference file.
  • Keep user-facing docs task-oriented; keep agent rules in .github/.

References

  • ../../../docs/documentation-maintenance.md
  • ../../prompts/reduce-doc-noise.prompt.md
  • ../../copilot-instructions.md

When not to use it

  • Modifying repository-specific paths
  • Editing private scratch locations

Prerequisites

bashgit

Limitations

  • Requires manual inventory of stale content
  • Preserves exact commands and paths

How it compares

Focuses on centralizing technical references and reducing noise rather than just updating content.

Compared to similar skills

docs-maintenance side by side with the closest alternatives in the catalog.

SkillInstallsUpdatedSafetyDifficulty
docs-maintenance (this skill)03moNo flagsIntermediate
docs-write226moNo flagsBeginner
content-research-writer1510moNo flagsBeginner
doc-coauthoring168moNo flagsBeginner

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