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writing-clearly-and-concisely

Skill594 starsChanged 3 months agoNo licenceView on GitHub

Apply Strunk's timeless writing rules to ANY prose humans will read—documentation, commit messages, error messages, explanations, reports, or UI text. Makes your writing clearer, stronger, and more professional.

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9 rules. 9 are common, 0 are distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.

  • 9

    Common

    Most of the 18 edited versions we read keep these.

  • 0

    Distinctive

    This author's own choices. Worth a look.

  • 0

    Very specific

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

No licence file, so all rights are reserved — read it at the source. We count its rules but don't quote them. Read them on GitHub.

“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 18 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.

  • Other versions23 projects use a version of this.

    Word for word · 4

    1. nilecui/SkillsBase★ 27100% same
    2. AJBcoding/claude-skill-eval★ 4100% same
    3. chryzsh/claude-skills★ 1100% same
    4. patinaproject/skills★ 1100% same

    Wrote their own version · 1

    1. itsmostafa/agent-skills★ 2same 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.

  • Used alongsideProjects with it also use canvas-design, vercel-react-best-practices and 2 more.

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    Files found in the same public projects as a version of this one, more often than they turn up anywhere else. Each project counts once, large collections count for less, and this file's own repository is left out.
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      Also in 3 projects that use this

    • VercelSkill

      vercel-react-best-practices

      React and Next.js performance optimization guidelines from Vercel Engineering. This skill should be used when writing, reviewing, or refactoring React/Next.js code to ensure optimal performance patterns. Triggers on tasks involving React components, Next.js pages, data fetching, bundle optimization, or performance improvements.

      Also in 3 projects that use this

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      Helps users discover and install agent skills when they ask questions like "how do I do X", "find a skill for X", "is there a skill that can...", or express interest in extending capabilities. This skill should be used when the user is looking for functionality that might exist as an installable skill.

      Also in 3 projects that use this

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