Documentation Scanner
Scan for and synthesize project documentation.
When to Activate
- User asks to review, understand, or explore a codebase
- Starting work in a new/unfamiliar project
- User asks about project conventions or workflows
- Before making significant architectural decisions
Instructions
Step 1: Scan for Documentation
Use Glob to search project root:
AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, AI.md, ASSISTANT.md,
GEMINI.md, COPILOT.md, CHATGPT.md, CODEIUM.md,
CURSOR.md, WINDSURF.md, VSCODE.md, JETBRAINS.md,
WARP.md, FIG.md, DEVCONTAINER.md, GITPOD.md
Step 2: Read All Found Files
Read complete contents of every documentation file found.
Step 3: Synthesize
Combine information into unified summary:
PROJECT DOCUMENTATION
Sources: [list files found]
RECOMMENDED AGENTS
Primary: [agents for core work]
Secondary: [agents for specific tasks]
KEY WORKFLOWS
[consolidated workflows]
CONVENTIONS
[code style, patterns]
QUICK COMMANDS
[common commands]
Step 4: Offer Consolidation
If 2+ documentation files exist, offer to consolidate:
- Create
.doc-archive/directory - Archive originals with date suffix
- Generate unified AGENTS.md
- Report what was consolidated
Step 5: No Documentation Found
If none found, offer to draft an AGENTS.md with the repo-doctor skill's scaffold. It builds the draft from a sourced deep scan (declared scripts only, landmine questions from git history) instead of guessing:
# run from the repo-doctor skill's directory
python scripts/agents-md.py scaffold --repo path/to/project > AGENTS.draft.md
Priority Order
- AGENTS.md (platform-agnostic)
- CLAUDE.md (Claude-specific)
- Other AI docs
- IDE docs
- Terminal docs
Additional Resources
For detailed patterns, load:
./references/file-patterns.md- Complete list of files to scan./references/templates.md- the consolidation template (merging several platform docs)
The AGENTS.md standard itself (contents, the 150/200-line budget, CLAUDE.md shadowing)
is the repo-doctor skill's references/agents-md-protocol.md. When consolidating, keep
the result to that standard, and if a CLAUDE.md must remain, make its first line
@AGENTS.md: Claude Code reads only the CLAUDE.md files when one exists. To AUDIT or
UPGRADE an existing AGENTS.md, hand off to repo-doctor's agents-md.py audit --diff.