Is the Doc Init skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from x0c/doc-skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the Doc Init SkillProof Score?

9.6/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 9/10, docs & honesty 5/5.

How do I install Doc Init?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use Doc Init with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

Doc Init

Bootstraps a business-domain (not folder-based) doc system for AI coding agents, with a machine-checked staleness gate.

by x0c · x0c/doc-skills

Tested · Works

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Test report

Verdict: Tested · Works
Score: 9.6/10
Tested: Jul 15, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Jul 18, 2026 · 7fda0bb

Ran the real scripts end-to-end on a throwaway git fixture: project_inventory.py correctly flagged src/auth/login.js as a permissions-dictionary candidate, doc_coverage.py correctly flipped COMPLETE->STALE when file count grew past the 25% drift threshold, and the generated knowledge-base doc caught a real mutation side-effect (markPaid mutates its argument in place) that a hand-written baseline doc completely missed. Notable: Phase 1 auto-patches the user's *global* CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md file (tested only against a throwaway copy, never the real one) — disclosed prominently, versioned, and idempotent, not covert, but worth knowing before running for real.

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 5/5
Triggers reliably 5/5
Output vs. baseline 9/10
Docs & honesty 5/5

What Doc Init does

Two-phase project documentation initializer for AI coding agents: first patches the user's global CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md with a versioned doc-governance standard, then scans the repo (language stack, git history, optional DB catalog) to build business-domain knowledge bases with a coverage gate that flags docs as STALE once the codebase drifts past a fingerprinted baseline. Triggers on brand-new projects with no doc structure or when the global instruction file lacks the governance section; explicitly hands off incremental updates to a sibling doc-update skill and doc bloat cleanup to doc-compact.

How to install Doc Init

git clone https://github.com/x0c/doc-skills
cd doc-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r doc-init ~/.claude/skills/doc-init

Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.

Commands — how to trigger Doc Init

/doc-init Bootstraps a business-domain (not folder-based) doc system for AI coding agents, with a machine-checked staleness gate.

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

This repo has zero documentation, set up a proper doc system for it
We just cloned this codebase with no AGENTS.md, bootstrap our knowledge base
Bootstrap business-domain docs for this project before we onboard engineers

Frequently asked questions

Is the Doc Init skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from x0c/doc-skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Doc Init work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 15, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Ran the real scripts end-to-end on a throwaway git fixture: project_inventory.py correctly flagged src/auth/login.js as a permissions-dictionary candidate, doc_coverage.py correctly flipped COMPLETE->STALE when file count grew past the 25% drift threshold, and the generated knowledge-base doc caught a real mutation side-effect (markPaid mutates its argument in place) that a hand-written baseline doc completely missed. Notable: Phase 1 auto-patches the user's *global* CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md file (tested only against a throwaway copy, never the real one) — disclosed prominently, versioned, and idempotent, not covert, but worth knowing before running for real.
What is the Doc Init SkillProof Score?: 9.6/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 9/10, docs & honesty 5/5.
How do I install Doc Init?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use Doc Init with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.