Docs Agent MD

Use this skill to maintain the repository root AGENTS.md as a minimal, repo-grounded document.

Required Inputs

• Repository root containing AGENTS.md
• Current branch files used as source of truth

If AGENTS.md is missing, create it at the repository root and still keep the scope limited to that file.

Audit Check

Before updating AGENTS.md, determine the current local date in YYYY-MM-DD format and inspect docs/audit/.

• If any audit filename starts with today's date, treat that as the current audit input.
• If no audit filename starts with today's date, ask the user whether to run $docs-audit before continuing.
• If the user wants the audit, use $docs-audit first and then continue with the refreshed report.

Accept both date-only and timestamped report names, for example:

• docs/audit/2026-03-24.md
• docs/audit/2026-03-24_09:15:00.md

Workflow

1. Read the current AGENTS.md.
2. Check for a same-day audit in docs/audit/.
3. Inspect current repository truth before editing:
   • git status --short
   • recent commits such as git log --oneline -n 10
   • runtime and config files referenced by AGENTS.md
   • CI and policy files referenced by AGENTS.md
4. Use references/agents-md-template.md as the required output structure.
5. Update only AGENTS.md.
6. Re-read the final file for structure, wording, and claim accuracy.

Content Rules

• Keep the document grounded in repository-observable facts.
• Prefer code, config, and CI over prose docs when they conflict.
• Preserve the current 5-section layout unless the user explicitly asks for a different structure.
• Keep the document minimal; avoid expanding it into a policy manual.
• State when a rule is observed guidance rather than hard enforcement.
• Do not invent ownership, deployment guarantees, or runtime behavior.

Section Contract

Follow the exact section order in references/agents-md-template.md:

1. ## 1. Purpose
2. ## 2. Repository Overview
3. ## 3. Agent Roles
4. ## 4. Coding Standards
5. ## 5. Safety & Constraints

Boundaries

Allowed work:

• Read docs, audits, code, config, CI, and git metadata needed to verify AGENTS.md
• Update AGENTS.md

Default write scope:

• AGENTS.md only

Do not do this by default:

• Rewrite broader repository docs
• Edit .github/workflows/*, policy files, or API contract artifacts as part of an AGENTS.md refresh
• Expand the task into a full docs audit when the user only asked for AGENTS.md

Redirects

• Use $docs-audit for full documentation accuracy audits and dated audit reports in docs/audit/.
• Use $docs-feature for docs/features/* authoring and index reconciliation.
• Use other repository docs skills when the target is not the root AGENTS.md.

Bundled Resources

• references/agents-md-template.md: Required output template and section intent for the root AGENTS.md.

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