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Writing Quality Agent Skill

by vercel-labs

Generic writing-quality rules for any prose meant for humans to read: keep it natural, plain, and free of AI-sounding phrasing, and check it against the AI-phrases and plain-English reference lists. Load before drafting, editing, or reviewing content. Not needed for code or configuration work.

4k tokens
context cost
the whole folder, loaded on every use
3
files
instructions only
0
copies elsewhere
how many repositories repackaged it
4
stars on the repo
on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository 
npx skills add https://github.com/vercel-labs/typefully-eve-template --skill writing-quality

What comes with it

14 110 bytes besides the instruction
references/ai-phrases-to-avoid.md
references/plain-english-alternatives.md

What it tells the agent to use

found in the instruction text
Read reads your files

The instruction itself

4 sections, as written by the author

Writing Quality

House-neutral rules for making prose read like a person wrote it, and for judging whether it does. They apply to any surface: a social post, a Notion page, a thread, release notes. Platform- or brand-specific voice guidance layers on top of them.

When to Apply

Load this skill before:

  • Drafting new content
  • Editing or rewriting existing content
  • Reviewing a draft

Core Rules

  • Kill the AI tells: em-dash overuse, "delve", "leverage", "it's not just X, it's Y", rule-of-three padding, and the rest of the patterns in references/ai-phrases-to-avoid.md.
  • Prefer plain English. Swap bloated or vague wording for the shorter, concrete alternative. references/plain-english-alternatives.md is the lookup table.
  • Front-load the point. Lead sentences, paragraphs, and sections with the conclusion, because readers scan.
  • Concrete over abstract. Show an example before stating a principle, and cut hedges like "just", "simply", "very", and "really".
  • Match the user's voice, not a default. When working with existing content, keep its register and conventions. These rules trim the noise; they don't impose a personality.

References

  • references/ai-phrases-to-avoid.md: words, phrases, and punctuation patterns that mark text as AI-generated, with replacements.
  • references/plain-english-alternatives.md: plain-English swaps for corporate, padded, or vague wording.

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take vercel-labs/typefully-eve-template-writing-quality from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.