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Pre Write Checklist

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wordflowlab·vlatest·productivity·MIT

Generate a tailored checklist of essential writing steps based on your project's goals and content type.

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  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add wordflowlab/novel-writer-skills --skill pre-write-checklist -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.

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wordflowlab

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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

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

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned wordflowlab/novel-writer-skills at 5bc9b373ff.

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

Commit
5bc9b373ff
Manifest
templates/skills/quality-assurance/pre-write-checklist/SKILL.md
Scanned
1 file, 490 lines
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About this skill

What it does

This skill generates a structured checklist of tasks and considerations before an AI agent begins writing or generating content. It ensures that all necessary context, constraints, and requirements are explicitly defined to prevent errors or omissions in the final output.

When to use it

  • Before instructing an agent to draft long-form articles or stories to verify plot points or tone alignment.
  • When initiating complex coding tasks to confirm logic flows, library dependencies, and error handling strategies.
  • Prior to generating marketing copy to ensure brand voice guidelines and key messaging are captured.
  • At the start of research projects to list required sources, formats, and analysis methods.

Key capabilities

  • Analyzes user intent to extract implicit requirements.
  • Formats output as a clear, actionable checklist.
  • Highlights potential gaps in context or missing constraints.
  • Organizes items logically for sequential review.

Example prompts

  • "Create a pre-write checklist for drafting a technical tutorial on Python data visualization."
  • "Generate a checklist of requirements I need to provide before you start writing my novel's first chapter."
  • "List the specific constraints and context needed before you generate a response about renewable energy policy."

Tips & gotchas

Ensure you provide high-level goals in your prompt so the skill can infer specific sub-tasks for the checklist. This tool is best used as a verification step; always review the generated list against your actual needs before proceeding with generation.