Guide Creator is a specialized documentation system that generates and maintains standardized project guides to ensure seamless AI context recovery and development continuity.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install guide-creator
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install guide-creator using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Guide Creator?
Guide Creator is an essential utility designed to solve the problem of lost context in long-term AI-assisted development. By implementing a standardized documentation architecture consisting of a start.md file and a dedicated guide/ directory, it creates a persistent memory for your project. This tool is a cornerstone for developers using Openclaw Skills who want to maintain a professional, technical source of truth that covers design philosophy, technical architecture, and versioned update logs.
The skill operates in three distinct phases: initialization, active updating, and context recovery. Whether you are building games, web applications, or CLI tools, Guide Creator ensures that every code change is documented and every hard-earned lesson is recorded in a way that AI agents can easily parse and respect in future sessions.
Guide Creator Use Cases
- Initializing a standardized documentation skeleton for new software projects.
- Automating the generation of changelogs and version increments during feature development.
- Documenting technical pitfalls and lessons learned to prevent recurring bugs.
- Facilitating rapid context recovery for AI agents in new chat sessions.
- Creating structured architectural overviews for complex systems using Mermaid diagrams.
How Guide Creator Works
- The user initializes the project documentation using a specialized script to generate a standard folder hierarchy and template files.
- Key project metadata, startup commands, and file manifests are populated in the start.md file for immediate agent orientation.
- During the development lifecycle, the user triggers update commands to append new changelog entries and record pitfalls.
- The system synchronizes version numbers and file references across the guide/ directory to maintain data integrity.
- When starting a new session, the AI agent follows a hierarchical reading strategy—from quick-start info to version history—to fully reconstruct the project context.
Guide Creator Setup
To begin using this skill for your project, follow these installation steps:
- Ensure Python 3.x is installed on your system.
- Run the initialization script to create your documentation framework:
python3 scripts/init_guide.py --project-name "Your Project Name" --type general --root /path/to/project
- Define your project type (game, web, cli, lib, or general) to receive optimized templates.
- Complete the metadata in start.md and guide/guide.md to provide the baseline context for Openclaw Skills.
Guide Creator Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill organizes project intelligence into a strict file hierarchy:
| File/Folder | Description | Criticality |
|---|---|---|
| start.md | Startup instructions, service addresses, and file manifest. | Required |
| guide/guide.md | Main index, technical stack, and architecture overview. | Required |
| guide/01-design.md | Core design philosophy and project positioning. | Required |
| guide/06-tech.md | Technical architecture and folder structure details. | Required |
| guide/08-changelog.md | Versioned history (vX.Y) with sub-system grouping. | Required |
| guide/09-pitfalls.md | Record of problems, root causes, and solutions. | Required |
| guide/02-05 | Domain-specific docs (e.g., API routes, NPC systems). | Optional |
Guide Creator Advanced Features
- Multi-mode operational support for Init, Update, and Recovery workflows.
- Domain-optimized templates for Game, Web, and CLI development.
- Automatic version incrementing and cross-file metadata synchronization.
- Intelligent archiving logic that moves large changelogs to a dedicated archive directory.
- Standardized pitfall tracking with a high-priority General Development Principles section to enforce agent constraints.
- Tiered context recovery strategies (Fast, Full, Targeted, or Review) based on the specific developer task.
SKILL.md
Loading
Related Openclaw Skills
Red Team - Adversarial Debate Engine
An adversarial multi-agent engine that orchestrates AI personas with conflicting worldviews to stress-test decisions and strategies through structured debate.
TooToo
Sync your personal TooToo codex to monitor and enforce AI agent alignment with your core values and principles.
food402 - TGO Yemek Delivery
A comprehensive AI agent skill for searching restaurants and ordering food from Trendyol GO in Turkey.
XHS Enhancer
A 24/7 autonomous optimization engine designed to continuously improve and refine Xiaohongshu content performance using AI-driven logic.
Presentation & Technical Content Generator
An automated system for generating professional Reveal.js slide decks and technical articles directly from source code and research papers.
Suno Headless Music Creator
A specialized AI agent skill designed to automate Suno AI music production on headless Linux cloud servers using virtual display technology.
Featured*
