doc-and-modernize SKILL.md skillA
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doc-and-modernize from github/awesome-copilot is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add github/awesome-copilot/doc-and-modernize@git:20260710.aa99d75Pins git:20260710.aa99d75 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- github/awesome-copilot
- Path
skills/doc-and-modernize/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260710.aa99d75, committed Jul 10, 2026
- Size
- 49,934 bytes
- Repository stars
- 40,941
- License
- MIT
Two related workflows for a locally-cloned codebase, in one skill. Documentation mode produces a single, comprehensive, verifiable architecture document primarily by reading files on disk (local-first) — use it whenever the user wants to understand, map, document, research, or onboard onto a codebase ("research this repo", "write up the architecture", "do an architecture deep dive", "document how this codebase works", "map the system design", "create an onboarding doc"). Modernization mode…
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What the file says
# Documentation & Modernization Two complementary workflows for a repository the user already has checked out locally, bundled as one skill: - **Documentation mode** — produce one definitive, cited architecture document from the code on disk. Ideal for onboarding, system-design maps, or as the evidence base for a modernization effort. - **Modernization mode** — turn that architecture into a phased, safety-laddered plan to upgrade, migrate, or rewrite a legacy system. ## Mode selection - If the user wants to **understand, document, map, research, or onboard onto** a codebase, run **Documentation mode**. - If the user wants to **modernize, migrate, upgrade, or rewrite** a system, run **Modernization mode**. Modernization mode is self-sufficient: if no architecture document exists yet, it runs the **Documentation mode** workflow first (in the same pass), then continues straight through to the plan. When in doubt, produce the architecture document first — it is the audited evidence base both modes rely on. ## Documentation mode Generate one definitive, cited architecture document for a repository the user …
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How to install
mdr add github/awesome-copilot/doc-and-modernize@sha256:a1b5ff3752fa95d1The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260710.aa99d75, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jul 10, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (49934 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
github/awesome-copilot · 40,941 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-09 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_hrrbfscjz4kqcwlv GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=github/awesome-copilot/doc-and-modernize GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a1b5ff3752fa95d1597d33f95f265ca29171bd00c7315854b062f5117d0a89b6
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