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Document a legacy codebase v1.0.0

Use this resource to document a legacy system from its code, not from its docs

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Install with the CLI

In a terminal, from the folder you want:

npx --yes palatekit@latest install legacy-codebase-documentation

With no option, the skill goes to ~/.agents/skills/; add --agent claude-code (or codex, cursor…) to target an agent.

First time: connect the CLI with

npx --yes palatekit@latest login

The agent starts with an inventory, trusts only the code at HEAD, checks whether each component is still alive, separates quirks from defects and keeps a coverage ledger. You get a documentation tree the next engineer can trust.

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Updated November 2, 2026

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Licence
MIT

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What you get

  • SKILL.md: inventory, evidence hierarchy and depth rules per surface
  • SKILL.md: dead-or-alive checks, coverage ledger and docs tree skeleton

Good fit for

  • You inherit an application with no up-to-date documentation
  • Existing documentation contradicts the code

Not for

    Tags

    • legacy
    • documentation
    • inherited code
    • inventory
    • coverage

    About

    You say

    “Rebuild the documentation of this old billing module from its code, not from the old docs.”

    Card for the “Document a legacy codebase” skill

    Skill published by riekelt under the MIT license, delivered in its original version.

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    How to use it

    1. Install the skill in your agent's skills folder
    2. Ask your agent to document a legacy system from its code, not from its docs
    3. Review and adjust the result

    Content preview

    Files

    • LICENSE1 KB
    • NOTICE-PALATEKIT.md0.5 KB
    • SKILL.md14.9 KB

    Origin and licence

    Listed unmodified

    Author
    riekelt
    Source
    github.com/riekelt/technical-writer/tree/85e53729dd959a2795d593d6769068e342cf3486/plugins/technical-writer/skills/documenting-legacy-codebases
    Licence
    MIT

    Notice

    « documenting-legacy-codebases » (riekelt, MIT) livré dans sa version d'origine : fiche en français et en anglais par PalateKit.

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