creative-writing
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Plan, draft, revise, and audit creative or long-form writing with a portable core workflow that does not depend on missing legacy templates.
4 other projects use a version of this.
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- nisarth/claude-skills-storetheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- fabioc-aloha/Alex_ACT_Editiontheir own version, first seen Oct 13, 2026
- ek0212/agent-ready-repo-kittheir own version, first seen Jul 23, 2026
- fabioc-aloha/alex-cognitive-architecturetheir own version, first seen Apr 26, 2026
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- nisarth/claude-skills-store★ 1same name
- ek0212/agent-ready-repo-kit★ 0same name
- fabioc-aloha/Alex_ACT_Edition★ 0same name
- fabioc-aloha/alex-cognitive-architecture★ 0same name
How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.
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The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
5 rules. 0 are common, 5 are distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.
0
Common
Most of the 4 edited versions we read keep these.
5
Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
0
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 25
Check tools, packages, credentials, network access, and runtime capabilities before execution.
- Distinctive: line 39
Run a final no-fabrication and canon check.
- Distinctive: line 48
Do not claim missing templates, checklists, or pipeline commands exist.
- Distinctive: line 49
Do not overwrite completed prose unless the user requests a rewrite.
- Distinctive: line 50
Keep facts, names, chronology, and established world rules stable.
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 4 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Rylai Codex-Hermes-Claude Edition | Original portable workflow by Rylai
Runtime Compatibility
- Codex: install under
~/.agents/skills/creative-writing. - Hermes: install under
~/.hermes/skills/creative-writingor expose the bundle throughskills.external_dirs. - Claude Code: install under
~/.claude/skills/creative-writingor<project>/.claude/skills/creative-writing. - Claude.ai and Cowork: upload and enable the matching per-skill ZIP.
- Resolve bundled files relative to this skill directory; do not depend on paths from another machine.
- Check tools, packages, credentials, network access, and runtime capabilities before execution.
- Upstream package status:
adapted-core. The main workflow was rewritten to avoid missing legacy resources; advanced upstream features may remain unavailable.
Portable Creative Writing
Plan, draft, revise, or audit prose while preserving the user's intended voice and canon.
Workflow
- Confirm form, audience, tone, point of view, tense, length, and non-negotiable canon.
- Inspect existing drafts, outlines, character notes, or style samples before writing.
- Define the scene or section objective, conflict, change, and ending beat.
- Draft with concrete sensory detail, varied sentence architecture, and purposeful dialogue.
- Revise for continuity, pacing, repetition, exposition, voice, and emotional logic.
- Run a final no-fabrication and canon check.
Bundled Starting Points
- Genre guides:
references/blog-writing.md,references/research-writing.md,references/fiction-writing.md,references/essay-writing.md, andreferences/marketing-writing.md. - Templates:
templates/blog-post.md,templates/research-article.md,templates/fiction-chapter.md,templates/essay.md, andtemplates/landing-page.md.
Boundaries
- Do not claim missing templates, checklists, or pipeline commands exist.
- Do not overwrite completed prose unless the user requests a rewrite.
- Keep facts, names, chronology, and established world rules stable.
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