Project Handover Documentation

Generate comprehensive handover documentation for Edge Delivery Services projects. This skill orchestrates the creation of guides for different audiences.

When to Use This Skill

"Generate project handover docs"
"Create handover documentation"
"Generate project guides"
"Handover package"
"Project documentation"

Available Documentation Types

Guide	Audience	Skill
Authoring Guide	Content authors and content managers	`authoring`
Developer Guide	Developers and technical team	`development`
Admin Guide	Site administrators and operations	`admin`

Execution Flow

Step 0: Navigate to Project Root and Verify Edge Delivery Services Project (MANDATORY FIRST STEP)

CRITICAL: You MUST execute this cd command before anything else. Do NOT use absolute paths — actually change directory.

# Navigate to git project root (works from any subdirectory)
cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"

# Verify it's an Edge Delivery Services project
ls scripts/aem.js

IMPORTANT:

You MUST run the cd command above using the Bash tool
All subsequent steps operate from project root
Do NOT use absolute paths to verify — actually navigate
Guides will be created at project-root/project-guides/

If scripts/aem.js does NOT exist, respond:

"This skill is designed for AEM Edge Delivery Services projects. The current directory does not appear to be an Edge Delivery Services project (scripts/aem.js not found).

Please navigate to an Edge Delivery Services project and try again."

STOP if check fails. Otherwise proceed — you are now at project root.

Step 0.5: Clean Up Stale Config

Remove any existing config to ensure fresh org and authentication for this project:

rm -f .claude-plugin/project-config.json

Step 1: Ask User for Documentation Type

MANDATORY: Use the AskUserQuestion tool with EXACTLY these 4 options:

AskUserQuestion({
  "questions": [{
    "question": "Which type of handover documentation would you like me to generate?",
    "header": "Guide Type",
    "options": [
      {"label": "All (Recommended)", "description": "Generate all three guides: Authoring, Developer, and Admin"},
      {"label": "Authoring Guide", "description": "For content authors and managers - blocks, templates, publishing"},
      {"label": "Developer Guide", "description": "For developers - codebase, implementations, design tokens"},
      {"label": "Admin Guide", "description": "For site administrators - permissions, API operations, cache"}
    ],
    "multiSelect": false
  }]
})

DO NOT omit any option. All 4 options MUST be presented.

Step 1.5: Get Organization Name (Required Before Generating Guides)

AFTER the user selects guide type(s), but BEFORE invoking any sub-skills, ensure the organization name is available.

1.5.1 Check for Saved Organization

# Check if org name is already saved
cat .claude-plugin/project-config.json 2>/dev/null | grep -o '"org"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*"[^"]*"' | head -1

1.5.2 Prompt for Organization Name (If Not Saved)

If no org name is saved, you MUST pause and ask the user directly:

"What is your Config Service organization name? This is the {org} part of your Edge Delivery Services URLs (e.g., https://main--site--{org}.aem.page). The org name may differ from your GitHub organization."

IMPORTANT RULES:

DO NOT use AskUserQuestion with predefined options — ask as a plain text question
Organization name is MANDATORY — do not offer a "skip" option
Wait for user to type the org name before proceeding
If user doesn't provide a valid org name, ask again

1.5.3 Save Organization Name

Once you have the org name, save it so sub-skills can use it:

# Create config directory if needed
mkdir -p .claude-plugin
# Ensure .claude-plugin is in .gitignore (contains auth tokens)
grep -qxF '.claude-plugin/' .gitignore 2>/dev/null || echo '.claude-plugin/' >> .gitignore

# Save org name to config file
# If "All" was selected, include allGuides flag to skip step 0 in sub-skills
echo '{"org": "{ORG_NAME}"}' > .claude-plugin/project-config.json
# OR if "All (Recommended)" was selected:
echo '{"org": "{ORG_NAME}", "allGuides": true}' > .claude-plugin/project-config.json

Note: Include "allGuides": true ONLY when user selected "All (Recommended)". This signals sub-skills to skip step 0 validation (orchestrator already validated).

Replace {ORG_NAME} with the actual organization name provided by the user.

Why this matters: The organization name is required by the Helix Admin API to determine if the project is repoless (multi-site). By gathering it once in the orchestrator, sub-skills running in parallel don't each need to prompt the user separately.

Step 1.6: Authenticate with Config Service (Browser Login)

AFTER saving the organization name, authenticate using Playwright browser automation.

1.6.1 Check for Existing Auth Token

AUTH_TOKEN=$(cat .claude-plugin/project-config.json 2>/dev/null | grep -o '"authToken"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*"[^"]*"' | sed 's/"authToken"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*"//' | sed 's/"$//')

1.6.2 Open Browser for Login (If No Token)

If no auth token exists, use Playwright CLI:

Install Playwright (if needed):

npx playwright --version 2>/dev/null || npm install -g playwright
npx playwright install chromium 2>/dev/null || true

Get first site name (unauthenticated):

ORG=$(cat .claude-plugin/project-config.json | grep -o '"org"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*"[^"]*"' | sed 's/"org"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*"//' | sed 's/"$//')
SITE=$(curl -s "https://admin.hlx.page/config/${ORG}/sites.json" | grep -o '"name"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*"[^"]*"' | head -1 | sed 's/"name"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*"//' | sed 's/"$//')

Get user acknowledgment before opening browser:

Use AskUserQuestion to ensure user is ready:

AskUserQuestion({
  "questions": [{
    "question": "A browser window will open for authentication. After signing in, CLOSE THE BROWSER WINDOW to continue. Ready?",
    "header": "Authentication Required",
    "options": [
      {"label": "Open Browser", "description": "I understand - open the browser for login"}
    ],
    "multiSelect": false
  }]
})

After user confirms, run:

mkdir -p .claude-plugin && npx playwright open --save-storage=.claude-plugin/auth-storage.json "https://admin.hlx.page/login/${ORG}/${SITE}/main"

1.6.3 Extract and Save Auth Token

After browser is closed, extract token from storage file:

echo "Browser closed. Extracting auth token..."

AUTH_TOKEN=$(node -e "
const fs = require('fs');
const data = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('.claude-plugin/auth-storage.json', 'utf8'));
const cookie = data.cookies.find(c => c.name === 'auth_token');
console.log(cookie ? cookie.value : '');
")

ORG=$(cat .claude-plugin/project-config.json | grep -o '"org"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*"[^"]*"' | sed 's/"org"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*"//' | sed 's/"$//')
echo "{\"org\": \"${ORG}\", \"authToken\": \"${AUTH_TOKEN}\"}" > .claude-plugin/project-config.json

rm -f .claude-plugin/auth-storage.json
echo "Auth token saved."

Why authenticate in orchestrator: By authenticating once here, all sub-skills running in parallel can use the saved token without each prompting for login separately.

Step 2: Invoke Appropriate Skill(s)

Based on user selection:

Selection	Action
All	Invoke all three skills in parallel (see Step 3)
Authoring Guide	`Skill({ skill: "project-management:authoring" })`
Developer Guide	`Skill({ skill: "project-management:development" })`
Admin Guide	`Skill({ skill: "project-management:admin" })`

Step 3: For "All" Selection

Execute all three guides in PARALLEL with streaming progress updates.

IMPORTANT: Provide immediate feedback to user before starting parallel execution:

"Starting parallel generation of all 3 handover guides:
  📄 Authoring Guide - analyzing blocks, templates, configurations...
  📄 Developer Guide - analyzing code, patterns, architecture...
  📄 Admin Guide - analyzing deployment, security, operations...

You'll see progress updates as each guide moves through its phases."

Launch all three skills simultaneously using parallel Agent tool calls (foreground mode):

In a SINGLE message, invoke three Agent tools in parallel. Foreground agents have full tool permissions and run concurrently:

// All three in ONE message - runs in parallel with full permissions
Agent({
  description: "Generate authoring guide",
  prompt: "Invoke skill project-management:authoring to generate the authoring guide PDF. Show progress as you complete each phase."
})

Agent({
  description: "Generate developer guide",
  prompt: "Invoke skill project-management:development to generate the developer guide PDF. Show progress as you complete each phase."
})

Agent({
  description: "Generate admin guide",
  prompt: "Invoke skill project-management:admin to generate the admin guide PDF. Show progress as you complete each phase."
})

Why foreground agents:

Run all 3 in parallel (~3x faster than sequential)
Full tool permissions (Bash, Read, Write, Glob, Skill)
Progress updates stream as each agent works

When all three complete, report final summary:

"Handover documentation complete:

project-guides/
├── AUTHOR-GUIDE.pdf (full guide for content authors)
├── DEVELOPER-GUIDE.pdf (full guide for developers)
└── ADMIN-GUIDE.pdf (full guide for administrators)

All PDFs generated. Source files cleaned up."

Benefits of parallel execution:

~3x faster than sequential execution
User sees continuous progress updates
Each guide generates independently

Output Files

Selection	Output Files
All	`project-guides/AUTHOR-GUIDE.pdf`, `project-guides/DEVELOPER-GUIDE.pdf`, `project-guides/ADMIN-GUIDE.pdf`
Authoring Guide	`project-guides/AUTHOR-GUIDE.pdf`
Developer Guide	`project-guides/DEVELOPER-GUIDE.pdf`
Admin Guide	`project-guides/ADMIN-GUIDE.pdf`

Note: Each sub-skill generates a PDF only. All source files (.md, .html, .plain.html) are cleaned up after PDF generation.

⚠️ CRITICAL PATH REQUIREMENT

ALL FILES MUST BE SAVED TO project-guides/ FOLDER:

project-guides/AUTHOR-GUIDE.md
project-guides/DEVELOPER-GUIDE.md
project-guides/ADMIN-GUIDE.md

WHY THIS MATTERS: Files must be in project-guides/ for proper organization and PDF conversion.

BEFORE WRITING ANY FILE: Run mkdir -p project-guides first.

MANDATORY RULES

STRICTLY FORBIDDEN:

❌ Do NOT read or analyze fstab.yaml — it does NOT exist in most projects and does NOT show all sites
❌ Do NOT create .plain.html files
❌ Do NOT use convert_markdown_to_html tool
❌ Do NOT tell user to "convert markdown to PDF manually"
❌ Do NOT say "PDF will be generated later" — each sub-skill generates PDF immediately
❌ Do NOT save markdown to root directory or any path other than project-guides/

REQUIRED:

✅ Run mkdir -p project-guides before writing any files
✅ Each sub-skill MUST save markdown to project-guides/ folder (EXACT PATH)
✅ Markdown files MUST have title and date fields in frontmatter
✅ Each sub-skill MUST invoke project-management:whitepaper to generate PDF immediately after saving markdown
✅ Each sub-skill MUST cleanup ALL source files (.md, .html, .plain.html) after PDF generation
✅ Final output is .pdf files ONLY in project-guides/ folder

Related Skills

This skill invokes:

project-management:authoring - Author/content manager guide (generates PDF immediately)
project-management:development - Developer technical guide (generates PDF immediately)
project-management:admin - Admin operations guide (generates PDF immediately)
project-management:whitepaper - PDF generation (invoked by each sub-skill after saving markdown)

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