Update Library Documentation
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The instructions your AI receives, as published by del-taiseiozaki/claude-code-orchestra in .claude/skills/update-lib-docs/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Update documentation in .claude/docs/libraries/ with latest information.
Steps
1. Inventory Library Docs
Run lib_inventory.py instead of eyeballing the directory — it scans each
doc's > **Last Updated** / > **Version Checked** metadata, resolves the
version the project declares and locks, and cross-checks declared
dependencies:
python3 .claude/skills/update-lib-docs/lib_inventory.py \
[--stale-days N] [--today YYYY-MM-DD] [--library NAME] [--project-root DIR]
Emits {ok, libraries_dir, stale_days, today, library, libraries, counts, missing_metadata, undocumented, declared_dependencies, dependencies, sources, manifest_errors, warnings, artifacts}.
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
libraries[] | file, name, last_updated, version_checked, age_days, stale, stale_reasons, has_metadata, read_error, declared_spec, declared_in, locked_version, locked_in, ecosystem, version_drift, version_drift_basis, version_drift_note |
counts | total, stale, missing_metadata, read_errors, version_drift, drift_unknown |
missing_metadata | Doc filenames with no Last Updated / Version Checked blockquote — invisible to staleness until fixed |
undocumented | Declared dependencies with no doc file at all |
dependencies | Version resolution per package: declared_spec + locked_version and where each came from |
sources | Every dependency table actually parsed: file, table, ecosystem, kind (manifest/lock), dependency_count |
manifest_errors | {file, error} for a manifest or lockfile that failed to parse |
warnings | e.g. a manifest with no readable dependency table, or no lockfile found |
stale is the OR of two signals, and stale_reasons says which fired:
age—age_days > --stale-days(default 90).version_drift—version_checkeddisagrees withlocked_version, with a pinneddeclared_spec, or falls below the spec's lower bound.version_driftistrue/falseonly when the comparison is decidable;nullplusversion_drift_notemeans it is not (no lockfile behind an open range, a non-numeric version).nullis not "clean" — read the note.
Exit codes: 0 ok, 1 bad argument (--today not YYYY-MM-DD,
--library not a package name, --project-root missing), 2 a manifest or
lockfile could not be parsed, 3 a library doc could not be read. If ok is
false, stop and report the manifest_errors / read_error entries — an empty
scope from a broken manifest is not success.
This run's scope is the union of three lists from that output: entries with
stale: true, every doc in missing_metadata, and every name in
undocumented. Everything else is already current — skip it.
2. Web Search for Latest Info
For each library in scope, search for:
- Breaking changes
- Deprecated features
- New features
- Security updates
- Newer upstream releases (an upgrade consideration, not the version recorded
in the doc —
> **Version Checked**:is the version this project uses, which the inventory already resolved)
3. Update Documents
Derive each doc path from the same authority research-lib uses, so an update and a creation can never disagree about the filename:
python3 .claude/skills/_shared/workspace.py --skill research-lib \
--title "{library}" --create
Then, for each stale library, update paths.lib_doc; for each undocumented
dependency, create it following the same template (see research-lib's
documentation template for the full section layout):
- Update
> **Version Checked**:to the inventory'slocked_version(or the version satisfyingdeclared_specwhen nothing is locked) - Update
> **Last Updated**:to today - Add new features/constraints
- Mark deprecated APIs
- Update code examples if needed
4. Validate Updated Documents
After updating or creating a doc, validate it against the lib-doc contract:
python3 .claude/skills/_shared/validate_doc.py --contract lib-doc \
--file <paths.lib_doc>
Exit 0 means the four required ## sections (Overview, Core Features,
Constraints & Notes, References) and the Last Updated / Version Checked metadata lines are all present. Exit 1 means the file does not exist
or could not be read (there is no sections_missing on that path — check the
path before editing anything). Exit 2 means the doc violates the contract:
sections_missing lists absent sections, metadata_missing lists absent
metadata lines. Fill both in; do not report the update as complete with either
non-empty.
Re-running step 1 is the completion check: a doc you updated must no longer
appear in stale, missing_metadata, or undocumented.
5. Check Impact on Code
After updating docs, verify:
- Using any deprecated APIs?
- Any breaking change impacts?
- Need to update project dependencies?
Editing a manifest or source file is outside this skill's documentation scope.
If step 5 leads to any change outside .claude/docs/libraries/, run the gates
before reporting:
bash .claude/skills/_shared/verify.sh
Exit 0 means the gates passed; exit 2 means a gate failed or no gates ran. Do not report completion on a non-zero exit.
Key Items to Check
| Category | What to Look For |
|---|---|
| Security | CVEs, security patches |
| Breaking | API changes, removed features |
| Deprecated | APIs marked for removal |
| Performance | Optimization improvements |
| New Features | Useful additions |
Update Format
There is one library-doc template, in research-lib/SKILL.md under
## Documentation Template, and it is the version pinned by
tests/test_validate_doc.py against the lib-doc contract. Do not keep a
second copy here: a template that no test pins is how the two skills came to
disagree about the metadata block in the first place.
An update edits the existing document in place:
- Refresh the
> **Last Updated**/> **Version Checked**blockquote that already sits directly under the H1 — it is the only place a version lives, so do not add a second version line anywhere. - Optionally add a
## Recent Changeslist after the blockquote; it is not a contract section, so keep the four required sections intact.
Report
After updating, report to user (in Japanese):
- Which libraries were updated
- Significant changes found
- Any action items for the project
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 195
- Forks
- 36
- Last commit
- Sep 2026
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- github.com/del-taiseiozaki/claude-code-orchestra