Skill not invoked — Claude sets up plain Documenter.jl instead

Say 'use documenter-vitepress skill' explicitly.

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Check the documenter-vitepress subfolder.

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julia-agent-skills

Name: julia-agent-skills (Claude Skill)
Author: JuliaGenAI

by JuliaGenAI · JuliaGenAI/julia-agent-skills

JuliaGenAI's skill collection for AI agents writing Julia — starts with DocumenterVitepress.jl, aimed to expand across the Julia ecosystem.

julia-agent-skills is an early-stage collection of Julia-specific skills for Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, and other agent-skill-compatible tools. At time of writing, the documented skill is documenter-vitepress, which teaches agents to set up and iterate on Julia documentation sites built with DocumenterVitepress.jl. The repo is maintained by JuliaGenAI — the community behind Julia's GenAI tooling.

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Why use it

Key features

documenter-vitepress skill for DocumenterVitepress.jl setup and iteration
Compatible with any tool that reads the open Agent Skills standard
Maintained by JuliaGenAI — the Julia GenAI community
Scoped to Julia conventions (Project.toml, docs/ layout, DocumenterVitepress config)
Template for future package-specific Julia skills to be added

Live Demo

What it looks like in practice

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Install

Author repository · Claude Skills documentation

Use Cases

Real-world ways to use julia-agent-skills

Bootstrap a DocumenterVitepress.jl documentation site for a Julia package

👤 Julia package maintainers ⏱ ~30 min intermediate

When to use: You have a Julia package and want modern Vitepress-based docs instead of default Documenter HTML.

Flow

Ask the skill to scaffold docs

Use documenter-vitepress skill — set up DocumenterVitepress.jl docs for MyPackage.jl.✓ Copied

→ Claude creates docs/ with Project.toml, make.jl, index.md configured for Vitepress
Run the local preview

Give me the exact commands to preview locally.✓ Copied

→ julia --project=docs docs/make.jl + npm dev server instructions
Wire up CI

Add GitHub Actions to deploy to gh-pages on main.✓ Copied

→ Standard Julia doc-deploy workflow YAML

Outcome: A working docs site you can extend.

Pitfalls

Version mismatch between DocumenterVitepress.jl and node/vitepress — Pin versions as the skill suggests; DocumenterVitepress releases move fast

Combine with: github

Iterate on docs theme and sidebar structure

👤 Maintainers unhappy with defaults ⏱ ~20 min intermediate

When to use: Docs work but the navigation / theme isn't landing.

Flow

Describe the change

documenter-vitepress — reorganize sidebar into Getting Started / Tutorials / API / Design sections.✓ Copied

→ Vitepress config diff matching Julia docs conventions
Preview and tune

Preview looks off on dark mode — fix the code-block contrast.✓ Copied

→ Specific CSS / theme override, not guessing

Outcome: Docs that actually match your package's story.

Combinations

Pair with other MCPs for X10 leverage

julia-agent-skill + github

Open a PR adding Vitepress docs to a Julia package

Scaffold the docs and open a PR to MyPackage.jl with the new docs/ and CI workflow.✓ Copied

julia-agent-skill + filesystem

Edit docs content alongside setup in one session

Set up DocumenterVitepress, then write index.md and Getting Started pages.✓ Copied

Tools

What this MCP exposes

Tool	Inputs	When to call
scaffold_docs	package name + basic info	First-time docs setup
update_config	desired change (sidebar, theme, plugin)	Tuning existing Vitepress setup
ci_deploy	repo + target branch (usually gh-pages)	Automating deploys

Cost & Limits

What this costs to run

API quota: None
Tokens per call: Small — config + boilerplate
Monetary: Free — skills are local files
Tip: Docs work is modest context; no special budget needed.

Security

Permissions, secrets, blast radius

Credential storage: No credentials — pure prompts

Data egress: None

Skill is scoped narrowly (Vitepress docs); don't expect generic Julia coding help from it.

Troubleshooting

Common errors and fixes

Wrong trigger keywords — plain Documenter.jl output

'Vitepress' is the key word; without it, Claude will default to HTML Documenter.

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