We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent

14 rules. About 0 are common, 13 are distinctive, and 1 is very specific to this project.

• ≈0

  Common · estimate

  Many files like this have a rule of this kind.

• ≈13

  Distinctive · estimate

  This author's own choices. Worth a look.

• 1

  Very specific

  Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.

• Common
• Distinctive
• Very specific

1. Distinctive:

   Write new science files following canon standards.

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2. Distinctive:

   Read CLAUDE.md for conventions

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3. Very specific:

   Read references/writing-standards.md for detailed prose rules

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4. Distinctive:

   Read all files this content depends on (upstream science)

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5. Distinctive:

   Search for relevant research if grounding is needed (/researching-papers)

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6. Distinctive:

   Write in dependency order — define terms before using them

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7. Distinctive:

   Every mechanism derives from established upstream science

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8. Distinctive:

   Use in-universe terminology in science files

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9. Distinctive:

   Add YAML frontmatter: title, tags, status: draft

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10. Distinctive:

    Add ## References with citations and one-sentence annotations

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11. Distinctive:

    Add ## Cross-References with relative paths to related files

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12. Distinctive:

    Does NOT write civilization or narrative content (use /writing-worldbuilding).

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13. Distinctive:

    Does NOT audit existing content (use /auditing-physics or /auditing-canon).

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14. Distinctive:

    Does NOT search for research papers (use /researching-papers).

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≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 350,495 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.