diff --git a/src/docs2vecs/subcommands/indexer/config/config_schema.yaml b/src/docs2vecs/subcommands/indexer/config/config_schema.yaml
index a177b6c..13c4c5b 100644
--- a/src/docs2vecs/subcommands/indexer/config/config_schema.yaml
+++ b/src/docs2vecs/subcommands/indexer/config/config_schema.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ definitions:
         schema:
           type:
             type: string
-            allowed: ['exporter', 'embedding', 'vector-store', 'uploader', 'splitter', 'integrated_vec', 'file-scanner', 'file-reader', 'loader']
+            allowed: ['exporter', 'embedding', 'vector-store', 'uploader', 'splitter', 'integrated_vec', 'file-scanner', 'file-reader', 'loader', 'writer']
             required: True
           name:
             type: string
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ definitions:
                 type: integer
                 required: False
                 min: 0
+              # JSONWriterSkill params
+              output_path:
+                type: string
+                required: False
               # ConfluenceFAQSplitter params
               min_heading_level:
                 type: integer
diff --git a/src/docs2vecs/subcommands/indexer/skills/__init__.py b/src/docs2vecs/subcommands/indexer/skills/__init__.py
index 7cbd07a..1305ca3 100644
--- a/src/docs2vecs/subcommands/indexer/skills/__init__.py
+++ b/src/docs2vecs/subcommands/indexer/skills/__init__.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 from .faiss_vector_store_skill import FaissVectorStoreSkill
 from .teams_qna_loader_skill import TeamsQnALoaderSkill
 from .confluence_faq_splitter_skill import ConfluenceFAQSplitter
+from .json_writer_skill import JSONWriterSkill
 
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -35,4 +36,5 @@
     "FaissVectorStoreSkill",
     "TeamsQnALoaderSkill",
     "ConfluenceFAQSplitter",
+    "JSONWriterSkill",
 ]
diff --git a/src/docs2vecs/subcommands/indexer/skills/factory.py b/src/docs2vecs/subcommands/indexer/skills/factory.py
index 3747519..71d80cd 100644
--- a/src/docs2vecs/subcommands/indexer/skills/factory.py
+++ b/src/docs2vecs/subcommands/indexer/skills/factory.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from docs2vecs.subcommands.indexer.skills import FaissVectorStoreSkill
 from docs2vecs.subcommands.indexer.skills.confluence_faq_splitter_skill import ConfluenceFAQSplitter
 from docs2vecs.subcommands.indexer.skills.teams_qna_loader_skill import TeamsQnALoaderSkill
+from docs2vecs.subcommands.indexer.skills.json_writer_skill import JSONWriterSkill
 
 
 class SkillType(StrEnum):
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ class SkillType(StrEnum):
     UPLOADER = "uploader"
     SPLITTER = "splitter"
     LOADER = "loader"
+    WRITER = "writer"
 
 
 class AvailableSkillName(StrEnum):
@@ -63,6 +65,9 @@ class AvailableSkillName(StrEnum):
     JIRA_LOADER = "jira-loader"
     TEAMS_QNA_LOADER = "teams-qna-loader"
 
+    # writers
+    JSON_WRITER = "json-writer"
+
 
 AVAILABLE_SKILLS = {
     SkillType.EXPORTER: {
@@ -92,6 +97,9 @@ class AvailableSkillName(StrEnum):
         AvailableSkillName.JIRA_LOADER: JiraLoaderSkill,
         AvailableSkillName.TEAMS_QNA_LOADER: TeamsQnALoaderSkill,
     },
+    SkillType.WRITER: {
+        AvailableSkillName.JSON_WRITER: JSONWriterSkill,
+    },
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/docs2vecs/subcommands/indexer/skills/json_writer_skill.py b/src/docs2vecs/subcommands/indexer/skills/json_writer_skill.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d077da5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/docs2vecs/subcommands/indexer/skills/json_writer_skill.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+"""Skill that extracts chunk content from Documents and writes it to a JSON file.
+
+Use this skill at any point in a pipeline to capture intermediate state,
+e.g. after a splitter, so the output can be checksummed for change detection
+without running expensive downstream skills like embedding and indexing.
+
+Only the chunk text content is written as a sorted JSON array of strings —
+volatile metadata like filenames, document IDs, and timestamps are excluded
+so the checksum remains stable when the underlying text hasn't changed.
+"""
+
+import json
+import os
+from typing import List, Optional
+
+from docs2vecs.subcommands.indexer.config.config import Config
+from docs2vecs.subcommands.indexer.document import Document
+from docs2vecs.subcommands.indexer.skills.skill import IndexerSkill
+
+
+class JSONWriterSkill(IndexerSkill):
+    """Extract text content from all chunks and write it as a sorted JSON array.
+
+    The output is a flat list of strings (one per non-empty chunk), sorted
+    alphabetically for deterministic checksumming. Documents are passed
+    through unchanged for downstream skills.
+
+    Config params:
+        output_path (str): Path to the output JSON file (default:
+                           ``data/pipeline_output.json``). Parent
+                           directories are created automatically.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, skill_config: dict, global_config: Config) -> None:
+        super().__init__(skill_config, global_config)
+        self._output_path = self._config.get("output_path", "data/pipeline_output.json")
+
+    def run(self, input: Optional[List[Document]] = None) -> List[Document]:
+        if not input:
+            self.logger.warning("JSONWriterSkill received no input — nothing to write.")
+            return input or []
+
+        # Collect only the content from every chunk across all documents
+        contents = []
+        for doc in input:
+            for chunk in doc.chunks:
+                if chunk.content:
+                    contents.append(chunk.content)
+
+        # Sort for deterministic output (stable checksums)
+        contents.sort()
+
+        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(self._output_path) or ".", exist_ok=True)
+
+        with open(self._output_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            json.dump(contents, f, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
+
+        self.logger.info(
+            "Wrote %d chunk content entries to %s",
+            len(contents),
+            self._output_path,
+        )
+
+        # Pass-through: downstream skills can still consume the documents
+        return input