{"slug":"gentle-ai-cognitive-doc-design","title":"gentle-ai-cognitive-doc-design","summary":"Design docs that reduce cognitive load. Trigger: writing guides, READMEs, RFCs, onboarding, architecture, or review-facing docs.","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-09T18:38:34.461335Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/Gentleman-Programming/gentle-pi","stars":1123,"forks":158,"license":"MIT","updatedAt":"2026-09-27T20:40:53Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<h2>name: gentle-ai-cognitive-doc-design\ndescription: \"Design docs that reduce cognitive load. Trigger: writing guides, READMEs, RFCs, onboarding, architecture, or review-facing docs.\"\nlicense: Apache-2.0\nmetadata:\nauthor: gentleman-programming\nversion: \"1.0\"</h2>\n<h2>When to Use</h2>\n<p>Load this skill when creating or editing documentation that people need to understand quickly, retain, or use during review.</p>\n<p>Use it especially for:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>PR descriptions and review notes.</li>\n<li>Contributor or maintainer guides.</li>\n<li>Architecture, workflow, or onboarding docs.</li>\n<li>Any doc that currently feels long, dense, or hard to scan.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Critical Patterns</h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Pattern</th>\n<th>Rule</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Lead with the answer</td>\n<td>Put the decision, action, or outcome first. Context comes after.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Progressive disclosure</td>\n<td>Start with the happy path, then add details, edge cases, and references.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chunking</td>\n<td>Group related information into small sections. Keep flat lists short.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Signposting</td>\n<td>Use headings, labels, callouts, and summaries so readers know where they are.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Recognition over recall</td>\n<td>Prefer tables, checklists, examples, and templates over prose that must be remembered.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Review empathy</td>\n<td>Design docs so reviewers can verify intent without reconstructing the whole story.</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<h2>Documentation Shape</h2>\n<p>Use this default structure unless the repo already provides a stronger template:</p>\n<pre><code># &lt;Outcome-oriented title&gt;\n\n&lt;One paragraph: what changed, who it helps, and why it matters.&gt;\n\n## Quick path\n\n1. &lt;First action&gt;\n2. &lt;Second action&gt;\n3. &lt;Verification or expected result&gt;\n\n## Details\n\n| Topic | Decision |\n|-------|----------|\n| &lt;area&gt; | &lt;concise explanation&gt; |\n\n## Checklist\n\n- [ ] &lt;Reader can confirm this&gt;\n- [ ] &lt;Reader can confirm that&gt;\n\n## Next step\n\n&lt;Link or action that continues the workflow.&gt;\n</code></pre>\n<h2>PR and Review Docs</h2>\n<p>When documenting a PR, reduce reviewer burnout by making the review path explicit:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>State what to review first.</li>\n<li>State what is intentionally out of scope.</li>\n<li>Link the previous and next PR when work is chained.</li>\n<li>Keep each section focused on one decision or unit of work.</li>\n<li>Use checklists for acceptance criteria and verification.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Commands</h2>\n<pre><code># Check markdown files changed in the current branch\ngit diff --name-only -- '*.md'\n\n# Inspect PR changed-line count for cognitive load\ngh pr view &lt;PR_NUMBER&gt; --json additions,deletions,changedFiles\n</code></pre>\n","files":[{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":2388,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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