cartographer

Name: cartographer Review
Item: cartographer
Rating: 2.8
Author: Aaron Matthews

Skill Development Usable

Works inClaude Code

Usable Scanned — metadata only

Enables teams to maintain centralized, version-controlled documentation that AI agents can safely update without corrupting institutional knowledge, reducing…

A shared, git-backed wiki your team's AI agents maintain but can't break — Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and any MCP client.

Generate living documentation that Claude automatically updates as your codebase evolves.
Ask Claude to store architectural decisions in version-controlled wiki pages your team references.
Maintain a shared knowledge base Claude agents can read but never accidentally overwrite or corrupt.

45 starsApache-2.0 (commercial OK)FreeQuick setup

Usable rating — This tool is functional but has notable gaps. Review the evaluation notes below before deploying.

Why it matters

Enables teams to maintain centralized, version-controlled documentation that AI agents can safely update without corrupting institutional knowledge, reducing manual doc maintenance while preserving audit trails.

Best for

Engineering teams using multiple AI coding agents who need reliable, collaborative documentation that survives agent iterations.

Works in

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Source

https://github.com/BeppeTemp/cartographer

By BeppeTemp

How to Get It

Option 1: Claude Desktop App (Code Mode)Click the + button next to the prompt box → Plugins → Add plugin. Search and click Install. Skills work in Claude Code only.

Option 2: Paste into Claude CodeCopy the command below and paste it into your conversation. Claude will install it.

Command

claude plugins install BeppeTemp/cartographer

Tip: Paste this into a Claude Code conversation. Verify command matches your Claude Code version.

Auto-generated from the tool's public listing — not hands-on verified. Cross-check against the source repo's README before running.

First thing to try

After installing, paste this into Claude:

Help me generate living documentation that Claude automatically updates as my codebase evolves

CostFree

Trust Signals Auto-scanned

Stars45Contributors7Last updated2026-10-23LicenseApache-2.0 (OK for commercial use)Known CVEsNone foundSources: GitHub Advisory Database + OSV.dev · Scanned 2026-10-24 · scanner v1

Community Pulse Growing

Discussed on Hacker News

Cartographers have been hiding illustrations inside Switzerland’s maps (2020) — Hacker News · 351 pts
Cartographers of North Korea (2019) — Hacker News · 317 pts
The Wisconsin cartographer who mapped Tolkien's fantasy world — Hacker News · 233 pts

3 mentions across 1 sources

Reviewer notes

Auto-scanned review. These are observations, not a security certification.

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 38 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license Apache-2.0.

Things to check

Scanned, not hands-on tested — this entry was auto-scanned from public metadata (GitHub metrics, license, security flags). No reviewer has run it, and no tool-specific limitations have been documented yet.

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Evaluation Scores

Evaluation

Ease of Use

3/5

Versatility

2/5

Reliability

3/5

Security

3/5

Overall score2.75 / 5.00 UsableEvaluatedOct 2026

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 38 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license Apache-2.0.

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