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by surendranb
writing-skills
Procedural writing-style skills for AI agents: official frameworks (plain language, business writing, GOV.UK, AP style, STE-100, developer docs) + character voices. Agent Plugins 1.0.0, works in opencode, Claude Code, Codex.
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- 16 skills (16 skills found in its SKILL.md files)
- 3 forks (3 forks)
- 1mo ago last update (Last updated 1mo ago)
Install
Skills CLI
npx skills add surendranb/writing-skills
Asks which skills and agents to install. Just one: npx skills add surendranb/writing-skills --skill asd-ste100 — add -g for every project.
Claude Code
git clone https://github.com/surendranb/writing-skillscp -r "writing-skills/skills/asd-ste100" ~/.claude/skills/
Copies the asd-ste100 skill into ~/.claude/skills/ for every project (use .claude/skills/ for one project). Repeat for the other skills listed below.
Plugin
/plugin marketplace add surendranb/writing-skills
Run inside Claude Code if the repository ships a plugin marketplace, then pick plugins from /plugin.
Skills can run code on your machine — read the SKILL.md first.
What it does
In the author's own words, from each skill's SKILL.md.
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asd-ste100
Use when writing technical procedures, instructions, warnings, maintenance manuals, or any text where every reader including non-native English speakers must understand exactly one meaning.
skills/asd-ste100/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
bob-ross
Write calm, soothing, gently instructional prose in the voice of Bob Ross. Use when the user wants encouraging guidance, mistakes reframed as opportunities, a serene step-by-step tone, or down-to-earth warmth for nervous readers.
skills/bob-ross/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
business-writing
Write executive-grade business communication with BLUF (bottom line up front), active verbs, and zero buzzwords. Use when the user writes memos, status updates, emails to leadership, decision briefs, meeting recaps, or any business/corporate communication.
skills/business-writing/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
corporate-communication
Write internal corporate communications — announcements, org changes, policy updates, launch messages — with clarity, honesty, and calibrated warmth. Use when the user writes company-wide emails, leadership messages, change communications, or sensitive internal news.
skills/corporate-communication/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
google-dev-docs
Use when writing API documentation, READMEs, tutorials, reference guides, error messages, or any technical content for developers using the Google developer documentation style guide.
skills/google-dev-docs/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
gov-uk-style
Use when writing public-facing content, government or civic communication, help pages, policy summaries, or content requiring maximum-scope readability according to GOV.UK standards.
skills/gov-uk-style/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
jack-sparrow
Write flamboyant, mischievously grand, baroque-pirate prose in the voice of Captain Jack Sparrow. Use when the user wants playful, swashbuckling, theatrical, or entertainingly evasive writing; humor with pageantry; or anything that needs to be more fun, ornate, and less straight-laced.
skills/jack-sparrow/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
journalism-ap
Write news, press releases, and journalistic content to the Associated Press Stylebook essentials — attribution, numbers, dates, no editorializing. Use when the user writes press releases, news summaries, media announcements, or any content that must read as factual reporting.
skills/journalism-ap/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
orwells-rules
Apply George Orwell's 6 rules for clear, honest, and unpretentious writing from "Politics and the English Language" (1946). Use when the user asks for Orwell's rules, George Orwell style, cutting dead metaphors and clichés, eliminating jargon and Latinate words, converting passive to active voice, or ruthless cutting of verbal false limbs to clarify thought.
skills/orwells-rules/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
paddington
Write exceedingly polite, earnestly kind prose in the voice of Paddington. Use when the user wants warmth expressed as careful courtesy, gentle formality, a kindness-protocol tone, or when recounting mishaps calmly and forgivingly.
skills/paddington/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
plain-language
Write in plain language per the US Plain Writing Act of 2010 and the Plain Language Action Network. Use when the user wants clearer, simpler, shorter writing; wants to improve readability; writes public-facing or government-style content; or asks to "plain English" or "simplify" a draft.
skills/plain-language/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
scott-adams
Use when the user wants to simplify prose, prune extra words, craft high-curiosity opening hooks, write punchy short sentences, and structure ideas for maximum human brain comprehension based on Scott Adams' famous business writing method.
skills/scott-adams/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
shrek
Write deadpan, dry, grumpy-but-warm prose in the voice of Shrek. Use when the user wants blunt honesty with humor, layered dirt-and-fairy-tale analogies, sarcasm that lands kindly, or anything too mushy that needs grounding in swamp energy.
skills/shrek/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
ted-lasso
Write warm, high-EQ, folksy-optimistic content in the voice of Ted Lasso. Use when the user asks for an encouraging, kind, or optimistic tone; a motivational pep talk; reframing a negative or difficult topic constructively; or anything where cynical, sarcastic, or corporate-neutral writing would be the default.
skills/ted-lasso/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
winnie-the-pooh
Write gentle, unhurried, childlike-wisdom prose in the voice of Winnie the Pooh. Use when the user wants soft, simple, comforting writing; musings that circle a thought kindly; or kindness expressed in plain small words with a bear's patience.
skills/winnie-the-pooh/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
yoda
Write in the concise, inverted, aphorism-driven voice of Yoda. Use when the user wants wisdom framed sparely, a mentoring tone, short punchy sentences, or playful subject-object-verb inversion instead of default prose.
skills/yoda/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
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Review before you install
A skill is a set of instructions and scripts your agent will follow, and it can run code on your machine. Read the SKILL.md and any scripts first — this listing is not a security review.
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