About generate-readme
generate-readme is a skill for creating or refreshing project README documentation. It produces an onboarding-oriented draft covering setup, usage, and contribution, rather than API docs generated by package tooling.
Key features
- 01Create a full README draft
- 02Cover setup, usage, and contribution
- 03Refresh existing project documentation
Use cases
- 01Draft onboarding documentation for a project
- 02Update a project README
- 03Prepare setup and contribution guidance
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
$
npx skills add https:/ / github.com/ cowork-os/ cowork-os --skill generate-readmeAfter installing, type/generate-readmein Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Details
From the project READMEGenerate README
Purpose
Create a README.md for a project
Routing
- Use when: Use when user asks to generate or refresh project documentation.
- Do not use when: Don't use for API docs generated by package tooling.
- Outputs: A full README draft with sections usable for onboarding.
- Success criteria: Covers setup, usage, and contribution in one coherent document.
Trigger Examples
Positive
- Use the generate-readme skill for this request.
- Help me with generate readme.
- Use when user asks to generate or refresh project documentation.
- Generate README: provide an actionable result.
Negative
- Don't use for API docs generated by package tooling.
- Do not use generate-readme for unrelated requests.
- This request is outside generate readme scope.
- This is conceptual discussion only; no tool workflow is needed.
Runtime Prompt
- Current runtime prompt length: 558 characters.
- Runtime prompt is defined directly in
../generate-readme.json.
Comments
Markdown supported