Growing Docs
Use when a repo already has baseline docs but a demand signal says they are no longer enough — the same question answered twice, a fact re-derived the hard way across sessions, an incident with no runbook, onboarding pain, a recurring "why is it like this?", someone asking "should we document X?", or a docs/doc-scope.md item whose promotion signal has fired — and for any direct ask to write a narrative doc: an ADR, tutorial, walkthrough, or architecture overview (writing-docs scopes those out by design; their REQUIRED template lives here). The demand-driven counterpart to bootstrapping-docs, which creates the minimum for a repo with no docs.
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What this skill does
Growing Docs is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the storytelling sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/growing-docs/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.
When to invoke it: Use when a repo already has baseline docs but a demand signal says they are no longer enough — the same question answered twice, a fact re-derived the hard way across sessions, an incident with no runbook, onboarding pain, a recurring "why is it like this?", someone asking "should we document X?", or a docs/doc-scope.md item whose promotion signal has fired — and for any direct ask to write a narrative doc: an ADR, tutorial, walkthrough, or architecture overview (writing-docs scopes those out by design; their REQUIRED template lives here).
Who uses this skill
The Growing Docs Claude Code skill is built for content creators, marketers, copywriters, SEO professionals, and editorial teams. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 156,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).
How to install
Free
Manual install (2 steps)
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/growing-docs
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/growing-docs/SKILL.md \
-o ~/.claude/skills/growing-docs/SKILL.md
Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/growing-docs/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.
Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/growing-docs/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\growing-docs\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.
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📱 Install from your phone or desktop Telegram
Open @claudskills_bot on Telegram, tap Open Desktop App, and the desktop app installs this skill for you. Or share the bot link with a colleague — they get the same one-tap install. Learn more →
Pro
One-click install via the desktop app
The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.
Pro
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Frequently asked questions
How do I install the Growing Docs Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy
SKILL.md from the source repository to
~/.claude/skills/growing-docs/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at
claudskills.com/install/.
What does the Growing Docs skill do?
Use when a repo already has baseline docs but a demand signal says they are no longer enough — the same question answered twice, a fact re-derived the hard way across sessions, an incident with no runbook, onboarding pain, a recurring "why is it like this?", someone asking "should we document X?", or a docs/doc-scope.md item whose promotion signal has fired — and for any direct ask to write a narrative doc: an ADR, tutorial, walkthrough, or architecture overview (writing-docs scopes those out by design; their REQUIRED template lives here). The demand-driven counterpart to bootstrapping-docs, which creates the minimum for a repo with no docs.
Is this skill free to install?
Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.
When should I use the Growing Docs skill?
Use Growing Docs when your Claude Code task falls under the Content category — specifically in the storytelling area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Growing Docs" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at
/category/content/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Growing Docs skill fit in?
A Claude Code skill is a
SKILL.md file that lives under
~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Growing Docs is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Content category. Learn more at
/learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.
Attribution & license
Cite this skill
If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:
APA
aj604. (2026). Growing Docs [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/growing-docs/
BibTeX
@misc{growing-docs-2026,
author = {aj604},
title = {Growing Docs [Claude Code skill]},
year = {2026},
publisher = {ClaudSkills},
url = {https://claudskills.com/skills/growing-docs/}
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Grade A · scanned 2026-07-21 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.
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