crafting-effective-readmes

Use when writing or improving README files. Not all READMEs are the same - provides templates and guidance matched to your audience and project type.

Skills
Productivity
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What it does and how to use it

A skill that teaches Claude Code to do productivity tasks well. It is packaged knowledge the model uses whenever it is relevant.

Install the skill (command above).
In Claude Code, describe what you need - the skill turns on by itself when the context fits.
No commands to memorize: you talk in plain language and the skill does the rest.

Install (Claude Code)

mkdir -p .claude/skills/crafting-effective-readmes && curl -fsSL https://doutorai.pt/data/lib/skills__crafting-effective-readmes.md -o .claude/skills/crafting-effective-readmes/SKILL.md

Paste this command into the terminal, in your project folder, and the component installs automatically.

Content

---
name: crafting-effective-readmes
description: Use when writing or improving README files. Not all READMEs are the same - provides templates and guidance matched to your audience and project type.
---

# Crafting Effective READMEs

## Overview

READMEs answer questions your audience will have. Different audiences need different information - a contributor to an OSS project needs different context than future-you opening a config folder.

**Always ask:** Who will read this, and what do they need to know?

## Process

### Step 1: Identify the Task

**Ask:** "What README task are you working o

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