Update Repository Docs Automatically After Code Changes And Open Review Prs

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name: "Update repository docs automatically after code changes and open review PRs"
slug: "update-repository-docs-automatically-after-code-changes-and-open-review-prs"
description: "Use GitHub Next's update-docs workflow when code changes should trigger documentation maintenance instead of waiting for humans to remember it later. The agent analyzes what changed, generates the missing docs updates, and opens a reviewable PR rather than silently rewriting the docs in place."
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/githubnext/agentics/blob/main/docs/update-docs.md"
author: "GitHub Next"
publisher_type: "Organization"
category: "CI/CD Integrations"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
---

# Update repository docs automatically after code changes and open review PRs

Use GitHub Next's update-docs workflow when code changes should trigger documentation maintenance instead of waiting for humans to remember it later. The agent analyzes what changed, generates the missing docs updates, and opens a reviewable PR rather than silently rewriting the docs in place.

## Prerequisites

GitHub CLI, gh-aw extension

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- Make software maintenance enjoyable! From basic issue triage to Repo Assist - a powerful triage multi-task backlog burner, issue labeller, bug fixer and general repository assistant. Other workflows help gate your rep...

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- [💰 Cost Tracker](docs/cost-tracker.md) - Post per-run agent spend summaries on pull requests using token-usage.jsonl from gh-aw's firewall
- [📝 Markdown Linter](docs/markdown-linter.md) - Run Markdown quality checks on all documentation files and get a prioritized issue report of violations
- **[Reporting](workflows/shared/reporting.md)** - Guidelines for reporting workflow run information with clickable run ID links

- Source: https://github.com/githubnext/agentics/blob/main/docs/update-docs.md
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/githubnext/agentics/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://github.com/githubnext/agentics/blob/main/docs/update-docs.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/update-repository-docs-automatically-after-code-changes-and-open-review-prs/)