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Skill7 starsChanged 18 days agoMITView on GitHub
Use this when turning a seed, interview, or set of facts into a writing plan before drafting an article.
9 other projects use a version of this.
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- Vortiago/mcp-outlinetheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- DoKu67/claude-code-skilstheir own version, first seen Oct 16, 2026
- oakreader/oakreadertheir own version, first seen Oct 16, 2026
- inovve/homelab-agent-skillstheir own version, first seen Jul 14, 2026
- sanjay3290/ai-skillstheir own version, first seen Jul 6, 2026
- tance-mang/chinese-webnovel-skillstheir own version, first seen Jun 12, 2026
Other versions9 projects use a version of this.
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Wrote their own version · 9
- sanjay3290/ai-skills★ 452same name
- Vortiago/mcp-outline★ 158same name
- tance-mang/chinese-webnovel-skills★ 97same name
- oakreader/oakreader★ 46same name
- rainday/smart-blog-skills★ 35same name
- howells/fiction★ 23same name
- DoKu67/claude-code-skils★ 4same name
- tansuasici/claude-research-kit★ 4same name
- inovve/homelab-agent-skills★ 1same 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.
In this repository19 other files it gives its agents.
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- overheard-setupSkill
- overheardSkill
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- transcript-healthcheckSkill
- diagram-designSkill
- engineering-playbookSkill
- show-meSkill
- chatgpt-images-browser-playbookSkill
- aeo-geo-siteSkill
- exact-match-intent-seoSkill
- coachSkill
- draftSkill
- no-ai-slopSkill
- social-copywritingSkill
- source-checkSkill
- top-editSkill
- x-articleSkill
The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
1 rule. 0 are common, 1 is distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.
0
Common
Most of the 7 edited versions we read keep these.
1
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 26
After the outline is signed, draft section by section.
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 7 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
Outline
Turn a seed, interview, or signed facts into a writing plan. Do not write the article yet.
Arc
- Opening hook — 2–3 specific options from lived detail, not “open with an anecdote.”
- Problem / question — the tension. Why the reader should care.
- Mechanism — the system or pattern that explains it.
- Evidence — named facts, files, measurements. Flag gaps.
- Implications — what the reader can actually do.
- Close — how to return to the opening. No fake-profound kicker.
Rules
- Teach test: name the one thing the reader will learn.
- Vary section length. Do not make every block the same shape.
- Present the outline for sign-off before drafting.
- Invent nothing. If a number, quote, or source is missing, mark the gap.
- After the outline is signed, draft section by section. Then run source-check, then No AI slop.
Source: adapted from Nadiem Mahmoud, outline. MIT; see third-party notices.
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