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Writing Skills

1 875 writing skills from 445 authors. They draft and edit prose. Half of them fit into 1 919 tokens or less — that is what one costs your context window when the agent loads it. 283 ship runnable scripts rather than instructions alone. We also found 213 copies of these same skills sitting in other people's repositories — counted once here, not 213 times.

1 875 unique 445 authors 1 106 updated this month 177 from vendors

1 919
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ship scripts
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213
copies elsewhere
counted once here, not once per repository

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Changelog Generator ×9
frostant

Automatically creates user-facing changelogs from git commits by analyzing commit history, categorizing changes, and transforming technical commits into clear, customer-friendly release notes. Turns hours of manual changelog writing into minutes of automated generation.

774 tokens
Test Driven Development ×7
w95

Use when implementing any feature or bugfix, before writing implementation code

2k tokens
Writing Skills ×4
ZhanlinCui

Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment

26k tokens scripts
Writing Plans ×4
ZhanlinCui

Use when you have a spec or requirements for a multi-step task, before touching code

816 tokens
Crafting Effective Readmes ×3
softaworks

Use when writing or improving README files. Not all READMEs are the same — provides templates and guidance matched to your audience and project type.

15k tokens
Humanizer ×3
softaworks

| Remove signs of AI-generated writing from text. Use when editing or reviewing text to make it sound more natural and human-written. Based on Wikipedia's inflated symbolism, promotional language, superficial -ing analyses, vague attributions, em dash overuse, rule of three, AI vocabulary words, negative parallelisms, and excessive conjunctive phrases.

6k tokens

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Changelog Generator ×9
frostant

Automatically creates user-facing changelogs from git commits by analyzing commit history, categorizing changes, and transforming technical commits into clear, customer-friendly release notes. Turns hours of manual changelog writing into minutes of automated generation.

774 tokens
Test Driven Development ×7
w95

Use when implementing any feature or bugfix, before writing implementation code

2k tokens
Writing Skills ×4
ZhanlinCui

Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment

26k tokens scripts
Writing Plans ×4
ZhanlinCui

Use when you have a spec or requirements for a multi-step task, before touching code

816 tokens
Crafting Effective Readmes ×3
softaworks

Use when writing or improving README files. Not all READMEs are the same — provides templates and guidance matched to your audience and project type.

15k tokens
Humanizer ×3
softaworks

| Remove signs of AI-generated writing from text. Use when editing or reviewing text to make it sound more natural and human-written. Based on Wikipedia's inflated symbolism, promotional language, superficial -ing analyses, vague attributions, em dash overuse, rule of three, AI vocabulary words, negative parallelisms, and excessive conjunctive phrases.

6k tokens
Opentrons Integration ×3
christophacham

Official Opentrons Protocol API for OT-2 and Flex robots. Use when writing protocols specifically for Opentrons hardware with full access to Protocol API v2 features. Best for production Opentrons protocols, official API compatibility. For multi-vendor automation or broader equipment control use pylabrobot.

9k tokens scripts
Scholar Evaluation ×3
christophacham

Systematically evaluate scholarly work using the ScholarEval framework, providing structured assessment across research quality dimensions including problem formulation, methodology, analysis, and writing with quantitative scoring and actionable feedback.

11k tokens scripts
Karpathy Guidelines ×3
hyyhf

Behavioral guidelines to reduce common LLM coding mistakes. Use when writing, reviewing, or refactoring code to avoid overcomplication, make surgical changes, surface assumptions, and define verifiable success criteria.

629 tokens
Ponytail ×2
DietrichGebert

> Forces the laziest solution that actually works, simplest, shortest, most task needs to exist at all (YAGNI), reach for the standard library before custom code, native platform features before dependencies, one line before code, and choosing libraries or dependencies. Also use whenever the user says "ponytail", "be lazy", "lazy mode", "simplest solution", "minimal solution", "yagni", "do less", or "shortest path", or complains about over-engineering, bloat, boilerplate, or unnecessary dependencies. Do NOT use for non-coding requests (general knowledge, prose, translation, summaries, recipes).

2k tokens
Codex ×2
softaworks

Use when the user asks to run Codex CLI (codex exec, codex resume) or references OpenAI Codex for code analysis, refactoring, or automated editing. Uses GPT-5.2 by default for state-of-the-art software engineering.

2k tokens
Writing Clearly And Concisely ×2
softaworks

Use when writing prose humans will read—documentation, commit messages, error messages, explanations, reports, or UI text. Applies Strunk's timeless rules for clearer, stronger, more professional writing.

44k tokens
Markdown Mermaid Writing ×2
christophacham

> Comprehensive markdown and Mermaid diagram writing skill that establishes text-based diagrams as the DEFAULT documentation standard. Use this skill when creating ANY scientific document, report, analysis, or visualization — it ensures all outputs are in version-controlled, token-efficient markdown with embedded Mermaid diagrams as the source of truth, with clear pathways to downstream Python or AI-generated images. Includes full style guides (markdown + mermaid), 24 diagram type references, and 9 document templates ready to use.

70k tokens
Vitepress ×2
christophacham

VitePress static site generator powered by Vite and Vue. Use when building documentation sites, configuring themes, or writing Markdown with Vue components.

16k tokens
Writing Skills ×2
christophacham

Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment

6k tokens
Test Driven Development ×2
ComeOnOliver

Use when implementing any feature or bugfix, before writing implementation code - write the test first, watch it fail, write minimal code to pass; ensures tests actually verify behavior by requiring failure first

6k tokens
Scientific Critical Thinking ×2
ComeOnOliver

Evaluate scientific claims and evidence quality. Use for assessing experimental design validity, identifying biases and confounders, applying evidence grading frameworks (GRADE, Cochrane Risk of Bias), or teaching critical analysis. Best for understanding evidence quality, identifying flaws. For formal peer review writing use peer-review.

29k tokens
Beautiful Prose ×2
ComeOnOliver

Hard-edged writing style contract for timeless, forceful English prose without AI tics

3k tokens
Memory Safety Patterns ×2
ComeOnOliver

Implement memory-safe programming with RAII, ownership, smart pointers, and resource management across Rust, C++, and C. Use when writing safe systems code, managing resources, or preventing memory bugs.

6k tokens
Modern Javascript Patterns ×2
ComeOnOliver

Master ES6+ features including async/await, destructuring, spread operators, arrow functions, promises, modules, iterators, generators, and functional programming patterns for writing clean, efficient JavaScript code. Use when refactoring legacy code, implementing modern patterns, or optimizing JavaScript applications.

9k tokens
Plan Writing ×2
ComeOnOliver

Structured task planning with clear breakdowns, dependencies, and verification criteria. Use when implementing features, refactoring, or any multi-step work.

4k tokens
Postmortem Writing ×2
ComeOnOliver

Write effective blameless postmortems with root cause analysis, timelines, and action items. Use when conducting incident reviews, writing postmortem documents, or improving incident response processes.

5k tokens
Prompt Library ×2
ComeOnOliver

Curated collection of high-quality prompts for various use cases. Includes role-based prompts, task-specific templates, and prompt refinement techniques. Use when user needs prompt templates, role-play prompts, or ready-to-use prompt examples for coding, writing, analysis, or creative tasks.

4k tokens
Zapier Make Patterns ×2
ComeOnOliver

No-code automation democratizes workflow building. Zapier and Make (formerly Integromat) let non-developers automate business processes without writing code. But no-code doesn't mean no-complexity - these platforms have their own patterns, pitfalls, and breaking points. This skill covers when to use which platform, how to build reliable automations, and when to graduate to code-based solutions. Key insight: Zapier optimizes for simplicity and integrations (7000+ apps), Make optimizes for power

3k tokens
Modern Javascript Patterns ×2
ComeOnOliver

Master ES6+ features including async/await, destructuring, spread operators, arrow functions, promises, modules, iterators, generators, and functional programming patterns for writing clean, efficient JavaScript code. Use when refactoring legacy code, implementing modern patterns, or optimizing JavaScript applications.

8k tokens
Humanizer ×1
blader

| Remove signs of AI-generated writing from text. Use when editing or reviewing text to make it sound more natural and human-written. Based on Wikipedia's inflated symbolism, promotional language, superficial -ing analyses, vague attributions, em dash overuse, rule of three, AI vocabulary words, passive voice, negative parallelisms, and filler phrases.

13k tokens scripts
Gh Fix CI vendor ×1
openai

Use when a user asks to debug or fix failing GitHub PR checks that run in GitHub Actions; use `gh` to inspect checks and logs, summarize failure context, draft a fix plan, and implement only after explicit approval. Treat external providers (for example Buildkite) as out of scope and report only the details URL.

8k tokens scripts
Workers Best Practices vendor ×1
openai

Reviews and authors Cloudflare Workers code against production best practices. Load when writing new Workers, reviewing Worker code, configuring wrangler.jsonc, or checking for common Workers anti-patterns (streaming, floating promises, global state, secrets, bindings, observability). Biases towards retrieval from Cloudflare docs over pre-trained knowledge.

8k tokens
Gsap vendor ×1
openai

GSAP animation reference for HyperFrames. Covers gsap.to(), from(), fromTo(), easing, stagger, defaults, timelines (gsap.timeline(), position parameter, labels, nesting, playback), and performance (transforms, will-change, quickTo). Use when writing GSAP animations in HyperFrames compositions.

5k tokens scripts
Declarative Agent Developer vendor ×1
microsoft

> Create, build, deploy, and localize declarative agents for M365 Copilot and Teams. USE THIS SKILL for ANY task involving a declarative agent — including localization, scaffolding, editing manifests, adding capabilities, and deploying. Localization requires tokenized manifests and language files that only this skill knows how to produce. "scaffold an agent", "new agent project", "add a capability", "add a plugin", "configure my agent", "deploy my agent", "fix my agent manifest", "edit my agent", "localize my agent", "add localization", "translate my agent", "multi-language agent", "add an API plugin", "add an MCP plugin", "add OAuth to my plugin", "review instructions", "improve instructions", "fix my instructions"

66k tokens
Docs Write ×1
Microck

Write documentation following Metabase's conversational, clear, and user-focused style. Use when creating or editing documentation files (markdown, MDX, etc.).

865 tokens
Blog Post Writer ×1
nicepkg

Transform brain dumps into polished blog posts in Nick Nisi's voice. Use when the user wants to write a blog post with scattered ideas, talking points, and conclusions that need organization into a cohesive narrative with Nick's conversational, authentic, and thoughtful tone.

3k tokens
Email Subject Line Optimizer ×1
nicepkg

A/B test subject line variations using proven copywriting frameworks. Predict open rates based on historical performance.

356 tokens
Search First ×1
loulanyue

Research-before-coding workflow. Search for existing tools, libraries, and patterns before writing custom code. Invokes the researcher agent.

2k tokens
Angular Best Practices ×1
lingxling

Angular performance optimization and best practices guide. Use when writing, reviewing, or refactoring Angular code for optimal performance, bundle size, and rendering efficiency.

4k tokens
Azure AI Translation Text Py ×1
lingxling

Azure AI Text Translation SDK for real-time text translation, transliteration, language detection, and dictionary lookup. Use for translating text content in applications.

2k tokens
Azure AI Translation Ts ×1
lingxling

Text and document translation with REST-style clients.

2k tokens
Copy Editing ×1
lingxling

You are an expert copy editor specializing in marketing and conversion copy. Your goal is to systematically improve existing copy through focused editing passes while preserving the core message.

3k tokens
Copywriting ×1
lingxling

Write rigorous, conversion-focused marketing copy for landing pages and emails. Enforces brief confirmation and strict no-fabrication rules.

1k tokens
Documentation ×1
lingxling

Documentation generation workflow covering API docs, architecture docs, README files, code comments, and technical writing.

1k tokens
I18n Localization ×1
lingxling

Internationalization and localization patterns. Detecting hardcoded strings, managing translations, locale files, RTL support.

3k tokens scripts
Humanizer ×1
jjmartres

| Remove signs of AI-generated writing from text. Use when editing or reviewing text to make it sound more natural and human-written. Based on Wikipedia's inflated symbolism, promotional language, superficial -ing analyses, vague attributions, em dash overuse, rule of three, AI vocabulary words, negative parallelisms, and excessive conjunctive phrases.

4k tokens
Writing Clearly And Concisely ×1
jjmartres

Use when writing prose humans will read—documentation, commit messages, error messages, explanations, reports, or UI text. Applies Strunk's timeless rules for clearer, stronger, more professional writing.

43k tokens
Article Writing ×1
BioTender-max

Write articles, guides, blog posts, tutorials, newsletter issues, and other long-form content in a distinctive voice derived from supplied examples or brand guidance. Use when the user wants polished written content longer than a paragraph, especially when voice consistency, structure, and credibility matter.

785 tokens
Hipaa Compliance ×1
BioTender-max

Ensure HIPAA compliance when handling PHI (Protected Health Information). Use when writing code that accesses user health data, check-ins, journal entries, or any sensitive information. Activates for audit logging, data access, security events, and compliance questions.

2k tokens
Peer Review Methodology ×1
BioTender-max

Structured peer review of manuscripts and grants. 7-stage evaluation: initial assessment, section review, statistical rigor, reproducibility, figure integrity, ethics, writing. Covers CONSORT/STROBE/PRISMA and report structure. For evidence quality see scientific-critical-thinking; scoring see scholar-evaluation.

3k tokens
Edge Strategy Designer ×1
BaggaT236

Convert abstract edge concepts into strategy draft variants and optional exportable ticket YAMLs for edge-candidate-agent export/validation.

7k tokens scripts
Eos Style ×1
neurofoo

Strunk & White style review using the 21 reminders from "Elements of Style" Chapter V. Use when editing prose, reviewing drafts, or improving writing clarity and tone.

1k tokens