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Skill Writing Best Practices

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sergiodxa·vlatest·writing·MIT

Helps with writing, best practices as part of agent workflows workflows.

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  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add sergiodxa/agent-skills --skill skill-writing-best-practices -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

sergiodxa

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Live repository

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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 sergiodxa/agent-skills at 40e21b4618.

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

Commit
40e21b4618
Manifest
skills/skill-writing-best-practices/SKILL.md
Scanned
7 files, 1,056 lines
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About this skill

What it does

This skill equips AI agents with the ability to generate high-quality, professional text by adhering to established writing standards and stylistic guidelines. It ensures output is clear, concise, and tailored to specific audience needs or tone requirements.

When to use it

  • Drafting formal business communications like emails, reports, or proposals.
  • Creating marketing copy that requires a specific brand voice or persuasive tone.
  • Editing raw AI-generated text to improve flow, grammar, and readability.
  • Generating educational content that needs to be accurate and easy to understand.

Key capabilities

  • Adheres to professional writing conventions and style guides.
  • Adapts tone and voice based on user instructions or context.
  • Improves clarity and conciseness in generated text.
  • Structures content logically for better readability.

Example prompts

  • "Rewrite this technical explanation so it is suitable for a non-technical audience using professional best practices."
  • "Draft a formal apology email to a client that follows standard business writing etiquette."
  • "Generate a product description that is persuasive, concise, and aligned with our brand's friendly tone."

Tips & gotchas

Provide clear context about the target audience and desired tone in your prompt to ensure the agent applies the correct writing style. If the output feels too generic, explicitly request specific formatting or structural elements relevant to your use case.