📝 Goal
This skill quickly creates a concise goal.md by a brief interview to plan technical tasks, ensuring a single actionable document.
npx playbooks add skill steveclarke/dotfiles --skill goal
About Goal
This skill quickly creates a concise goal.md by a brief interview to plan technical tasks, ensuring a single actionable document.
Its 20-word system prompt specializes your agent in documentation with structured methodology and proven output formats. Install with one command to activate immediately.
Use Cases
- Writing API references and README files
- Generating inline code comments and docstrings
- Creating architecture decision records (ADRs)
- Keeping docs in sync with code changes
Example Prompts
System Prompt (20 words)
This skill quickly creates a concise goal.md by a brief interview to plan technical tasks, ensuring a single actionable document.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Goal?
Goal is a free documentation skill for AI coding agents. This skill quickly creates a concise goal.md by a brief interview to plan technical tasks, ensuring a single actionable document.. It provides a specialized system prompt that configures your agent with documentation expertise.
How do I use Goal with Claude Code?
Run npx playbooks add skill steveclarke/dotfiles --skill goal in your terminal to install Goal into your Claude Code session. It works immediately after installation.
Which AI coding agents work with Goal?
Goal is compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, OpenClaw, Cline, and any AI agent that supports custom system prompts or .cursorrules files.
Is Goal free to use?
Yes, Goal is completely free and open source. The full source is available on GitHub at https://github.com/steveclarke/dotfiles/tree/main/ai/skills/goal. You only need a subscription to the AI agent you use it with.
