How do I install the Imitate Writing skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add ccsang/imitate-writing in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

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Is Imitate Writing free to use?

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Who published Imitate Writing?

ccsang (@ccsang) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Imitate Writing by ccsang — Agent Skill

Name: Imitate Writing
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: ccsang

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imitate-writing

imitate-writing is a Claude skill that uses Google Gemini to analyze the writing style of texts (from URLs or files) and generate a prompt instruction to imitate that style.

Key Features:

Continuous Learning: Feed multiple articles into the same style to evolve it.
No Recency Bias: Synthesizes a master style guide from all observed sources.
Localized: Automatically generates instructions in the same language as the source text.
Deep Structure & Tone Analysis: Specifically targets Article Structure and Tone/Voice to capture the essence of the author's logic and persona.

Prerequisites

GEMINI_API_KEY environment variable must be set.

Usage

Learn & Evolve a Style

Analyze a webpage or file. If the style name already exists, it will evolve the style by integrating the new source.

# Create a new style
imitate-writing learn https://paulgraham.com/avg.html --name paul-graham

# Evolve it with another article (improves the style)
imitate-writing learn ./another-essay.txt --name paul-graham

List Styles

See all learned styles and their source counts.

imitate-writing list

Get Style Instruction

Retrieve the generated system prompt for a style.

imitate-writing get paul-graham

Relearn / Refresh

Force a re-synthesis of the style from all its saved sources. Useful after model updates or code changes.

imitate-writing relearn paul-graham

Delete Style

imitate-writing delete paul-graham

Storage

Styles are stored as folders in ~/.imitate-writing/styles/.

instructions.md: The compiled master System Prompt.
sources/: Directory containing analysis of every source text added.
manifest.json: Metadata.

---name: imitate-writingdescription: Learn and imitate writing styles from URLs or text files. Support continuous learning from multiple sources.---# imitate-writing`imitate-writing` is a Claude skill that uses Google Gemini to analyze the writing style of texts (from URLs or files) and generate a prompt instruction to imitate that style. **Key Features:**- **Continuous Learning:** Feed multiple articles into the same style to evolve it.- **No Recency Bias:** Synthesizes a master style guide from all observed sources.- **Localized:** Automatically generates instructions in the same language as the source text.- **Deep Structure & Tone Analysis:** Specifically targets **Article Structure** and **Tone/Voice** to capture the essence of the author's logic and persona.## Prerequisites* `GEMINI_API_KEY` environment variable must be set.## Usage### Learn & Evolve a StyleAnalyze a webpage or file. If the style name already exists, it will **evolve** the style by integrating the new source.```bash# Create a new styleimitate-writing learn https://paulgraham.com/avg.html --name paul-graham# Evolve it with another article (improves the style)imitate-writing learn ./another-essay.txt --name paul-graham```### List StylesSee all learned styles and their source counts.```bashimitate-writing list```### Get Style InstructionRetrieve the generated system prompt for a style.```bashimitate-writing get paul-graham```### Relearn / RefreshForce a re-synthesis of the style from all its saved sources. Useful after model updates or code changes.```bashimitate-writing relearn paul-graham```### Delete Style```bashimitate-writing delete paul-graham```---## StorageStyles are stored as folders in `~/.imitate-writing/styles/`.- `instructions.md`: The compiled master System Prompt.- `sources/`: Directory containing analysis of every source text added.- `manifest.json`: Metadata.

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