Night Market Skill — ported from claude-night-market/scribe. For the full experience with agents, hooks, and commands, install the Claude Code plugin.

Documentation Generator

Documentation must be grounded in specific claims rather than abstract adjectives. We avoid filler phrases like "In today's fast-paced world" and focus on delivering useful information directly. Each claim should be supported by evidence, such as specific version numbers or request rates, rather than vague descriptors like "comprehensive."

Core Writing Principles

We prioritize authorial perspective and active voice to maintain a consistent team tone. This involves explaining the reasoning behind technical choices, such as selecting one database over another, rather than providing neutral boilerplate. Bullets should be used sparingly for actionable summaries; multi-line bullet waterfalls should be converted to short paragraphs to preserve nuance.

Vocabulary and Style

Avoid business jargon and linguistic tics like mirrored sentence structures or excessive em dashes. We use the imperative mood for docstrings (e.g., "Validate input") and strictly avoid humanizing non-living constructs like code.

9. Limit Humanizing Constructs

"Lives under," "speaks to," and similar phrases only make sense for living things.

10. Imperative Mood for Docstrings

"Validate" not "Validates" (per PEP 257, pydocstyle, ruff).

Required TodoWrite Items

1. doc-generator:scope-defined - Target files and type identified
2. doc-generator:style-loaded - Style profile applied (if available)
3. doc-generator:content-drafted - Initial content created
4. doc-generator:slop-scanned - AI markers checked
5. doc-generator:quality-verified - Principles checklist passed
6. doc-generator:user-approved - Final approval received

Mode: Generation

For new documentation:

Step 1: Define Scope

## Generation Request

**Type**: [README/Guide/API docs/Tutorial]
**Audience**: [developers/users/admins]
**Length target**: [~X words or sections]
**Style profile**: [profile name or "default"]

Step 2: Load Style (if available)

If a style profile exists:

cat .scribe/style-profile.yaml

Apply voice, vocabulary, and structural guidelines.

Step 3: Draft Content

Follow the 10 core principles above. For each section:

1. Start with the essential information
2. Add context only if it adds value
3. Use specific examples
4. Prefer prose over bullets
5. End when information is complete (no summary padding)

Step 4: Run Slop Detector

Skill(scribe:slop-detector)

Fix any findings before proceeding.

Step 5: Quality Gate