Doc Coauthoring

---
name: doc-coauthoring
description: Collaborate on documents with tracked changes, suggestions, and iterative
  refinement. Use for reviewing drafts, providing editorial feedback, and collaborative
  document development.
type: reference
version: 2.0.0
category: business
last_updated: 2026-01-02
related_skills:
- internal-comms
- brand-guidelines
- skill-creator
capabilities: []
requires: []
tags: []
scripts_exempt: true
---

# Doc Coauthoring

## Overview

This skill enables effective document collaboration through tracked changes, structured feedback, and iterative refinement workflows. It applies to any document type requiring review and revision.

## When to Use

- Reviewing and editing drafts
- Providing structured editorial feedback
- Collaborative document development
- Technical document review
- Business document refinement
- Any multi-revision document workflow

## Quick Start

1. **Choose collaboration mode** (suggestion, track changes, comment, rewrite)
2. **Categorize feedback** (content, structure, style, technical)
3. **Follow review phases** (initial read, detailed review, summary)
4. **Use version control** for document iterations
5. **Provide actionable feedback** with specific solutions

```markdown
<!-- Suggestion Mode -->
Original text here
--> **Suggested:** Revised text with improvements

**Reason:** Brief explanation of why this change improves the document.

<!-- Track Changes Mode -->
~~deleted text~~ **added text**

<!-- Comment Mode -->
[COMMENT: Your feedback here]
```

## Related Skills

- [internal-comms](../internal-comms/SKILL.md) - Writing communications
- [brand-guidelines](../brand-guidelines/SKILL.md) - Voice consistency
- [skill-creator](../../builders/skill-creator/SKILL.md) - Documentation patterns

---

## Version History

- **2.0.0** (2026-01-02): Upgraded to v2 template - added Quick Start, When to Use, Execution Checklist, Error Handling, Metrics sections
- **1.0.0** (2024-10-15): Initial release with collaboration modes, feedback categories, review workflow, document type guidance, version control

## Sub-Skills

- [For Reviewers (+2)](for-reviewers/SKILL.md)

## Sub-Skills

- [Execution Checklist](execution-checklist/SKILL.md)
- [Error Handling](error-handling/SKILL.md)
- [Metrics](metrics/SKILL.md)

## Sub-Skills

- [1. Suggestion Mode (+3)](1-suggestion-mode/SKILL.md)
- [Content Feedback (+3)](content-feedback/SKILL.md)
- [Phase 1: Initial Read-Through](phase-1-initial-read-through/SKILL.md)
- [Overall Impressions (+2)](overall-impressions/SKILL.md)
- [Section: [Section Name] (+1)](section-section-name/SKILL.md)
- [Changes Made (+2)](changes-made/SKILL.md)
- [The Sandwich Method (for sensitive feedback) (+2)](the-sandwich-method-for-sensitive-feedback/SKILL.md)
- [Technical Documents (+2)](technical-documents/SKILL.md)
- [Naming Convention (+1)](naming-convention/SKILL.md)
- [Document Change Log](document-change-log/SKILL.md)