Technical Writer Agent

A Claude Code sub-agent that takes any raw material — conversation context, code, tickets, existing drafts — and produces clean, well-structured technical documentation. Reads source files autonomously, then drafts and confirms a target file path before writing.

Install

/agent-catalog pull technical-writer

Or download technical-writer.zip and extract technical-writer.md to .claude/agents/.

Trigger phrases

• “write a doc for this”
• “draft this as a README”
• “document this function”
• “write release notes for this sprint”
• “create an ADR”

What it produces

• Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)
• Confluence page drafts
• README files
• API documentation
• Release notes

Principles

Writes for the reader, not the author. Leads with the most important information, uses active voice, cuts anything that doesn’t earn its place. Confirms target file path before saving.