What happens if a standard already exists?

The skill identifies the conflict and offers you the choice to replace the existing content, merge the new sections, or skip the update entirely.

Where are the documentation files stored?

All standards are stored as structured Markdown files within your project's .maister/docs/standards/ directory, making them easy to version control.

How does Maister Standards Update detect new conventions?

The skill analyzes the last 15-20 messages in your Claude Code conversation to find patterns like 'we should always' or 'prefer X over Y', then suggests documenting them.

Does this work with GitHub Copilot?

Yes, the skill automatically verifies and updates .github/copilot-instructions.md to ensure your standards are respected by other AI tools.

Can I import standards from another repository?

Yes, using the --from flag followed by the project path, you can sync, compare, and merge standards from one repository into another.

Maister Standards Update

Name: Maister Standards Update
Author: SkillPanel

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Learning & Documentation

Captures and codifies project-specific standards and conventions directly from your development workflow.

Maister Standards Update is a specialized tool for Claude Code that automates the creation and maintenance of project documentation. It intelligently extracts coding conventions from active conversations, accepts direct descriptions to update standards files, and facilitates syncing guidelines across multiple repositories. By maintaining a living set of documentation in the .maister directory, it ensures long-term consistency across your codebase and significantly enhances Claude's contextual awareness of your team's unique preferences and architectural decisions.

Key Features

01Conflict Management: Provides clear diff summaries and merge options when updating existing project standards.

02Automated Documentation: Generates and updates Markdown files, INDEX.md, and GitHub Copilot instructions without manual editing.

03Multi-Project Syncing: Seamlessly imports and merges standards from external directories to maintain consistency across the organization.

04Category Intelligence: Automatically matches new standards to baseline categories like frontend and backend or custom user-defined folders.

0560 GitHub stars

06Contextual Extraction: Automatically identifies new conventions from your recent chat history with Claude.

Use Cases

01Codifying a new architectural pattern or library preference discovered during a collaborative design session.

02Quickly onboarding new developers by maintaining an up-to-date, AI-readable index of project-specific do's and don'ts.

03Standardizing coding styles across a suite of microservices by syncing from a central 'source of truth' repository.

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add skillpanel/maister standards-update

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

Key Features

01Conflict Management: Provides clear diff summaries and merge options when updating existing project standards.

02Automated Documentation: Generates and updates Markdown files, INDEX.md, and GitHub Copilot instructions without manual editing.

03Multi-Project Syncing: Seamlessly imports and merges standards from external directories to maintain consistency across the organization.

04Category Intelligence: Automatically matches new standards to baseline categories like frontend and backend or custom user-defined folders.

0560 GitHub stars

06Contextual Extraction: Automatically identifies new conventions from your recent chat history with Claude.

Use Cases

01Codifying a new architectural pattern or library preference discovered during a collaborative design session.

02Quickly onboarding new developers by maintaining an up-to-date, AI-readable index of project-specific do's and don'ts.

03Standardizing coding styles across a suite of microservices by syncing from a central 'source of truth' repository.