Doc Coauthoring

This is a structured workflow for writing substantial documents like RFCs, design docs, or technical specs through three phases: context gathering, iterative drafting, and reader testing with a fresh Claude instance. It walks you through dumping all your context upfront (including pulling from Slack or Google Docs if you have connectors enabled), then builds each section by brainstorming options and refining through edits. The reader testing phase is clever: it spins up a context-free Claude to read your draft and catch the gaps that happen when you're too close to the material. Works with artifacts when available, falls back to markdown files when not. Best for docs where you need to organize messy context into something others can actually understand.

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Install

$ npx -y skills add galaxy-dawn/claude-scholar --skill doc-coauthoring --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

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Doc Co-Authoring Workflow

This skill provides a structured workflow for guiding users through collaborative document creation. Act as an active guide, walking users through three stages: Context Gathering, Refinement & Structure, and Reader Testing.

Runtime contract

Use references/RUNTIME-MATRIX.md to decide what is available in the current environment before offering connectors, artifacts, or reader-test subagents.

If no artifact-like surface is available, default to a normal markdown file in a user-specified path or an explicitly named working file. Do not assume artifacts are available.

When to Offer This Workflow

Trigger conditions:

User mentions writing documentation: "write a doc", "draft a proposal", "create a spec", "write up"
User mentions specific doc types: "PRD", "design doc", "decision doc", "RFC"
User seems to be starting a substantial writing task

Initial offer: Offer the user a structured workflow for co-authoring the document. Explain the three stages:

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