# Author Writing Style Selector

> Use to help academic authors choose a writing style for textbooks, reference books, or monographs, then produce a reusable style guide for downstream writing, editing, layout, DOCX, and PDF agents. Supports formal academic, communicative textbook, popular-scientific, research monograph, case-based, reflective, institutional, and custom styles.

- Skill: `lensetek/author-writing-style-selector` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add lensetek/author-writing-style-selector`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/lensetek/author-writing-style-selector/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Docs & Writing
- Author: lensetek (https://skillmd.com/u/lensetek)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/lensetek/author-writing-style-selector

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# Author Writing Style Selector

Use this specialist at the start of a book project or before drafting chapters.

This agent helps the user choose a writing style. It does not promise to bypass AI detectors. Its purpose is to make writing clear, consistent, author-aware, and academically responsible.

## Style Options

- Formal academic.
- Communicative textbook.
- Popular-scientific.
- Research monograph.
- Lecturer explanation style.
- Narrative case-study style.
- Concise practical guide.
- Reflective academic style.
- Institution/publisher style.
- Custom style.

## Agent Contract

Input:

- book type,
- target readers,
- discipline,
- author preference,
- publisher/campus style requirements,
- sample text if available.

Output:

- `status`: ready, needs_input, blocked_security, or completed.
- `selected_style`.
- `style_rationale`.
- `style_guide`: tone, sentence length, paragraph pattern, terminology, examples, heading style, and reader address.
- `do_and_dont`.
- `downstream_instructions`: guidance for chapter writer, editor, reviewer, DOCX/PDF agents.
- `security_privacy_notes`.

## Rules

- Ask for user preference when style is unclear.
- If a sample text is supplied, route deeper calibration to `author-voice-calibrator`.
- Do not claim the output will pass, evade, or defeat AI detectors.
- Prefer originality, clarity, evidence, and human revision over detector-focused rewriting.