Docs & Writing
Docs & writing agent skills turn AI agents into dependable technical writers: READMEs, API references, PDFs and Word documents, changelogs, and style-guide enforcement. Install one and your agent produces the same structure and tone every time it writes.
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brycewang-stanford Bundle Cost BenefitCost-benefit analysis. Produces economic NPV and financial NPV side by side, with BCR, optimism bias (with mitigation), Marginal Excess Tax Burden, real-terms rebasing, WELLBY / QALY / VPF wellbeing valuation, sensitivity, switching values, EANC for unequal-life options, validation gate, and a one-line headline verdict (socially worthwhile vs financially self-sustaining). Backed by the greenbook R package (HM Treasury Green Book primitives) when available, with graceful fallback. Supports HMT Green Book, EU Better Regulation, World Bank, ADB, and Victorian HVHR. Reads a longlist markdown file directly via --from.
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brycewang-stanford Bundle EdaComprehensive exploratory data analysis with publication-quality descriptive tables, correlation matrices, distribution plots, and assumption testing. Generates a standalone EDA report with Table 1 (gtsummary/great_tables), correlation heatmap, distribution diagnostics, VIF for multicollinearity, and normality/homoscedasticity tests. All figures are APA-formatted and colorblind-safe. Use when the user says "exploratory analysis," "EDA," "descriptive statistics," "explore the data," "Table 1," "correlations," "distributions," or when /data-clean completes successfully. Triggers on "EDA," "descriptive," "Table 1," "explore," "correlations."
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brycewang-stanford Skill Apsa StyleAPSA style checker for Quarto (.qmd) files. Checks numbers, capitalization, abbreviations, italics, in-text citations, titles of works, neutral and unbiased language, and APSA-specific terminology against the APSA Style Manual for Political Science (2018, updated 2023). Produces a structured markdown report organized by document section — never modifies the source file. Use when asked to check APSA style, fix citations, review capitalization, check number formatting, or flag biased language in a .qmd document. For grammar, spelling, and punctuation, use the proofread skill instead. Supports an optional output-file argument and an optional @sec-label argument to restrict checking to one section.
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brycewang-stanford Skill Write WellProse quality checker for Quarto (.qmd) files, grounded in William Zinsser's *On Writing Well* (30th Anniversary Edition). Checks for clutter, weak verbs, hollow qualifiers, clichés, inflated academic voice, poor leads and endings, pronoun and tense inconsistency, and unclear explanation. Produces a structured markdown report organized by document section — never modifies the source file. Use when asked to improve prose quality, tighten writing, reduce clutter, or apply Zinsser's writing principles to a draft. For grammar and punctuation, use the proofread skill. For APSA style rules, use the apsa-style skill. Supports an optional output-file argument and an optional @sec-label argument to restrict checking to one section.
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brycewang-stanford Bundle Foreign Cf Study根据研究者提供的**研究计划书(Research Proposal)**执行基于**外国(美国/欧盟/英国/日本/跨国)制度环境**的公司金融类实证研究全流程。**启动后第一件事:根据计划书的主题、识别策略、贡献边际与样本范围,从外国 CF 顶刊池(AER/QJE/JPE/JF/JFE/RFS/JFQA/JAR/JAE/MS/JCF/JBF 等 25+ 期刊)中推荐 5 本最匹配的目标期刊([J1]–[J5]),等待研究者明确选定一本;该期刊决定 main.tex 的 bibliographystyle、Section 骨架、Introduction 风格与表注规范**。然后用 Python 完成数据清洗、描述性统计、基准回归、内生性检验(IV/2SLS、DML)、平行趋势、异质性、机制、稳健性检验与图表绘制。LaTeX 表格和图像严格遵循 template/ 示例格式,研究逻辑与排版严格遵循 rule/ 下的《通用实证研究逻辑与规范总结》与《回归表写作规范总结》。数据集与政策集从 asset/ 中按计划书中的关键词检索(WRDS / NBER/Fed releases / FRED / 全球宏观库)。**当计划书预期的实证结果无法实现时(系数不显著、平行趋势不通过、IV 弱工具、机制不成立等),skill 自动切换备选方案直至完成研究项目**。最终交付物:Python 代码 + LaTeX 表格 + 图像(.pdf/.png)。触发条件:研究者提交研究计划书(含 X→Y 假设、识别策略、样本、政策冲击等)。
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brycewang-stanford Bundle Split PDFDownload, split, and deeply read academic PDFs. Use when asked to read, review, or summarize an academic paper. Splits PDFs into 4-page chunks, reads them in small batches, and produces structured reading notes — avoiding context window crashes and shallow comprehension.
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brycewang-stanford Skill DefuddleExtract clean markdown content from web pages using Defuddle CLI, removing clutter and navigation to save tokens. Use instead of WebFetch when the user provides a URL to read or analyze, for online documentation, articles, blog posts, or any standard web page.
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brycewang-stanford Bundle Market ResearchIndustry and market research. Market sizing, structure, competition, regulation, supply chains, pricing, M&A. Produces a single compact, source-cited research report with Porter's Five Forces, HHI / CR4, PESTLE, and trade flows. Supports UK, US, EU, Australia, and global scope, with multi-geography comparison.
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sickn33 Skill ReadmeYou are an expert technical writer creating comprehensive project documentation. Your goal is to write a README.md that is absurdly thorough—the kind of documentation you wish every project had.
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sickn33 Bundle ShadcnManages shadcn/ui components and projects, providing context, documentation, and usage patterns for building modern design systems.
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sickn33 Skill C4 CodeExpert C4 Code-level documentation specialist. Analyzes code directories to create comprehensive C4 code-level documentation including function signatures, arguments, dependencies, and code structure.
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mattpocock Bundle TriageMove issues and external PRs through a state machine of triage roles, categorise, verify, grill if needed, and write agent-ready briefs.
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mattpocock Bundle Ask MattAsk which skill or flow fits your situation. A router over the skills in this repo.
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mattpocock Bundle ResearchInvestigate a question against high-trust primary sources and capture the findings as a Markdown file in the repo. Use when the user wants a topic researched, docs or API facts gathered, or reading legwork delegated to a background agent.
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mattpocock Bundle WayfinderPlan a huge chunk of work (more than one agent session can hold) as a shared map of decision tickets on your issue tracker, and resolve them one at a time until the way to the destination is clear.
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mattpocock Bundle GrillingGrill the user relentlessly about a plan, decision, or idea. Use when the user wants to stress-test their thinking, or uses any 'grill' trigger phrases.
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mattpocock Bundle Code ReviewReview the changes since a fixed point (commit, branch, tag, or merge-base) along two axes: Standards (does the code follow this repo's documented coding standards?) and Spec (does the code match what the originating issue/spec asked for?). Runs both reviews in parallel sub-agents and reports them side by side. Use when the user wants to review a branch, a PR, work-in-progress changes, or asks to "review since X".
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mattpocock Bundle Implement SpecImplement a specification in code.
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mattpocock Bundle To QuestionnaireTurn a decision you can't fully answer into a questionnaire for someone else to fill in.
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mattpocock Bundle Setup Matt Pocock SkillsConfigure this repo for the engineering skills: set up its issue tracker, triage label vocabulary, and domain doc layout. Run once before first use of the other engineering skills.
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mattpocock Bundle Improve Codebase ArchitectureScan a codebase for deepening opportunities, present them as a visual HTML report, then grill through whichever one you pick.
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mohitagw15856 Bundle Qbr DeckBuild a Quarterly Business Review (QBR) deck structure and narrative for a customer account. Use when asked to prepare a QBR, business review meeting, executive review, or quarterly check-in with a customer. Produces a slide-by-slide QBR structure with talking points, metrics review, value narrative, and mutual next steps.
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mohitagw15856 Bundle One PagerDistil anything — a startup, product, project, or idea — into a single persuasive page. Use when asked to make a one-pager, a one-page summary, a leave-behind, a startup/product one-sheet, or a tl;dr brief. Produces a structured single page — headline + tagline, the problem, the solution, why-now/proof, and a clear ask/CTA — designed to be skimmed and remembered, ready to export as a typeset PDF.
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mohitagw15856 Skill Soap NoteStructure a clinical encounter into a clean SOAP note. Use when asked to write a SOAP note, document a patient encounter, turn visit notes into clinical documentation, or structure subjective/objective/assessment/plan. Produces a well-organised SOAP note — Subjective, Objective, Assessment (with differential), and Plan — from the provided encounter details, in standard clinical-documentation style.
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mohitagw15856 Skill Bug ReportWrite a clear, reproducible bug report that gets fixed fast. Use when asked to write a bug report, file a defect, report an issue, or turn 'it's broken' into an actionable ticket. Produces a structured report — a precise title, steps to reproduce, expected vs. actual, environment, severity/priority, and evidence — so a developer can reproduce and fix it without a back-and-forth.
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mohitagw15856 Bundle Cover LetterWrite a specific, non-generic cover letter that connects your evidence to the role. Use when asked to write a cover letter, an application letter, or a note to accompany a resume. Produces a tight 3–4 paragraph letter — a real hook, two evidence paragraphs mapping your proof to the job's needs, and a confident close — tailored to the company, ready to export as a designed PDF.
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mohitagw15856 Skill Deck AutopsyAutopsy a slide deck from photos or screenshots of its slides — the narrative arc, the numbers, and what each slide is hiding. Use when given slide images (a competitor's pitch, a conference talk, your own deck before a big meeting) and asked what the deck argues, whether it holds up, or how to counter or improve it. Produces a slide-by-slide read, the reconstructed argument chain, weak links, and the questions the deck is engineered to avoid. Requires image input.
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mohitagw15856 Skill Personal BioWrite a professional bio in the three lengths you actually need. Use when asked to write a bio, an 'about me', a speaker/author bio, or a short profile blurb. Produces three ready-to-use versions — a one-liner, a short (~50-word) bio, and a long (~150-word) bio — in a consistent third-person voice, plus a first-person variant.
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mohitagw15856 Skill Deck From DocTurn the user's REAL doc into a slide deck — open the source, structure the narrative, and build the actual .pptx — not slide-writing tips. Use when asked to make a deck from this doc, turn my brief into slides, build the presentation from my Drive doc, or deckify this in Cowork. Reads the document via the Google Drive/Docs connector, maps it to a one-idea-per-slide narrative, and produces a real presentation artifact (.pptx) with speaker notes plus a slide-by-slide outline.
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mohitagw15856 Skill Impact ReportWrite a compelling nonprofit impact or annual report that shows donors what their money achieved. Use when asked to write an impact report, an annual report, a grant outcomes report, or to report results to funders/donors. Produces a structured report — mission and year in brief, outcomes with real numbers and a beneficiary story, financials at a glance, and a forward ask — that builds trust and renews giving.
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mohitagw15856 Bundle Word DocumentBuild a real, formatted Word (.docx) document — headings, styles, tables, TOC-ready. Use when asked to produce a Word doc, a .docx, a formatted report/contract/proposal/letter as an actual file (not markdown). Produces an actual .docx via a generated python-docx script with proper heading styles, body text, tables, and page structure. Requires a code-execution environment (Claude Code, the API code tool, or Claude.ai).
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mohitagw15856 Skill All Hands DeckBuild an all-hands that lands with everyone from intern to VP — the mixed-altitude structure (the story for all, the numbers for some), the wins-with-names section done right, the hard-news slide handled straight, and the Q&A design that gets real questions. Use when asked build the all-hands deck, make the monthly town hall not boring, how do we share the numbers with everyone, or announce this change at all-hands. Produces the segment structure, the altitude-mixed content rules, the hard-news handling, and the Q&A mechanics.
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mohitagw15856 Bundle Churn AnalysisProduce a structured churn analysis that separates avoidable from unavoidable churn. Use when investigating why customers are leaving, identifying at-risk segments, calculating net revenue retention, or building a retention intervention plan. Produces a churn report with rate calculations, categorised reasons by avoidability, segment breakdown, timing analysis, early warning signals, and prioritised interventions ranked by estimated impact.
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mohitagw15856 Skill Dispute LetterWrite a letter to dispute an incorrect charge, bill, or record. Use when asked to dispute a credit-card charge, contest a bill or invoice, challenge a credit-report error, or formally dispute a fee. Produces a clear dispute letter — what's being disputed, why it's wrong, the evidence, and the correction requested — in the firm, paper-trail tone these situations need.
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mohitagw15856 Skill Teach The GameBuild a 5-minute teach script for any board game so the table starts playing instead of listening — theme first, goal second, a turn third, exceptions only when they come up. Use when someone says 'how do I explain Catan/Wingspan/this game', 'teaching my family a game tonight', 'my rules explanations kill the mood', or 'make a teach script'. Produces a spoken-word teach script with a first-turn walkthrough and a what-to-skip list.
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mohitagw15856 Bundle API Docs WriterWrite clear, developer-facing API documentation. Use when asked to document an API endpoint, write API reference docs, create a developer guide, or turn a raw spec/Postman collection into documentation. Produces endpoint documentation with descriptions, parameters, request/response examples, and error codes.
Frequently asked questions
What are Docs & Writing agent skills?
Docs & writing agent skills turn AI agents into dependable technical writers: READMEs, API references, PDFs and Word documents, changelogs, and style-guide enforcement. Install one and your agent produces the same structure and tone every time it writes.
Which Docs & Writing skills are most installed?
Popular Docs & Writing skills on SkillMD right now include grilling, research, setup-matt-pocock-skills. Rankings shift as installs change; sort this page by "Most installs" for the live list.
Do Docs & Writing skills work with Claude Code and Cursor?
Yes. Every skill here ships as a SKILL.md file, an open format that works in Claude Code, Claude.ai, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, and 60+ other agents. Install one with npx skillmds@latest add <owner>/<name>, or copy the file into your agent's skills directory.