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Elements Of Style

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penkzhou·vlatest·writing

This skill analyzes text for clarity and conciseness, applying principles from "The Elements of Style" to improve writing quality.

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Install on your platform

Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add penkzhou/swiss-army-knife-plugin --skill elements-of-style -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

penkzhou

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Install target

Live repository

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No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

scanned

This skill passed all 6 checks. We read its files at one commit and looked for the things that make a skill dangerous to run — not for whether it works.

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No undeclared network calls: passed

    Makes no network calls.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned penkzhou/swiss-army-knife-plugin at 552b269052.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
552b269052
Manifest
swiss-army-knife/skills/elements-of-style/SKILL.md
Scanned
2 files, 1,094 lines
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About this skill

What it does

This skill allows AI agents to apply stylistic elements and formatting rules to text. It can adjust tone, formality, and readability based on specified guidelines. The agent can also reformat existing content according to provided style guides or specific instructions.

When to use it

  • Content rewriting: Refine marketing copy to match a brand's voice and style.
  • Document formatting: Ensure consistency in reports, articles, or other written documents.
  • Tone adjustment: Modify the tone of an email from casual to professional.
  • Readability improvement: Simplify complex text for a broader audience.

Key capabilities

  • Style guide application
  • Tone adjustment (formal/informal)
  • Readability enhancement
  • Content reformatting

Example prompts

  • "Rewrite this paragraph in a more formal tone: [paragraph]"
  • "Apply the Associated Press style guide to this article: [article]"
  • "Make this email sound friendlier: [email]"
  • "Simplify this text for an 8th-grade reading level: [text]"

Tips & gotchas

The quality of the output depends heavily on the clarity and specificity of the instructions provided. Providing a sample style guide or clear examples will improve results.