How do I install the Writing Skills skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add muhammedalkhudiry/writing-skills 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.

What does the Writing Skills skill do?

AI agent skill and instruction-file writing and maintenance. It is listed under AI & ML on SkillMD.

Is Writing Skills safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. Capability flags: docs only. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Writing Skills?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Writing Skills free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Writing Skills?

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

Writing Skills by muhammedalkhudiry

Name: Writing Skills
Rating: 4.666666666666667 (3 reviews)
Author: MuhammedAlkhudiry

File contents

Content

Assume the agent is capable. Keep only reusable task-specific workflows, domain knowledge, tool contracts, and preferences unavailable from broader instructions or authoritative sources.
Make the skill route to authoritative code, live help, schemas, metadata, catalogs, or another skill. Do not mirror discoverable inventories, syntax, options, behavior, or implementation.
Remove textbook material, generic advice, copied global rules, duplication, mood, decorative examples, stale guidance, and no-op steps before adding anything.
For CLI-backed skills, require the agent to read the narrowest relevant live help before acting. Never copy, summarize, explain, or maintain CLI commands, options, syntax, installation steps, or behavior that help exposes. Keep only task-specific workflow, decisions, safety boundaries, and completion contracts that the CLI cannot provide.
Bundle source material only when it is unavailable at execution time, prohibitively expensive to retrieve, or needs a stable task-specific interpretation.
State the intended rule or boundary directly, omit redundant prohibitions.
Keep exact command shapes only when live help cannot determine the task-specific invocation. Keep file structures and output templates only when they prevent guessing.
Give workflow steps checkable completion conditions when done would otherwise be ambiguous.

Structure

Use only name and description YAML frontmatter. The lowercase hyphenated name must match its folder.
Make the description the trigger contract: lead with the domain or action and include only distinct trigger branches.
Inline any reference loaded on every invocation; keep separate references only for conditional branches.
Reference another skill as $skill-name.
Co-locate each concept's rule, caveat, and completion signal. Remove empty sections, hidden references, vague triggers, and unnecessary files.

Instruction files

Apply the same content rules to always-loaded instruction files. Edit the authoritative source, never a generated copy. Move task-specific workflows into a skill, script, checklist, or project document and keep always-loaded context for durable, broadly applicable rules. Replace stale or overlapping rules instead of layering exceptions.

---name: writing-skillsdescription: AI agent skill and instruction-file writing and maintenance.---## Content- Assume the agent is capable. Keep only reusable task-specific workflows, domain knowledge, tool contracts, and preferences unavailable from broader instructions or authoritative sources.- Make the skill route to authoritative code, live help, schemas, metadata, catalogs, or another skill. Do not mirror discoverable inventories, syntax, options, behavior, or implementation.- Remove textbook material, generic advice, copied global rules, duplication, mood, decorative examples, stale guidance, and no-op steps before adding anything.- For CLI-backed skills, require the agent to read the narrowest relevant live help before acting. Never copy, summarize, explain, or maintain CLI commands, options, syntax, installation steps, or behavior that help exposes. Keep only task-specific workflow, decisions, safety boundaries, and completion contracts that the CLI cannot provide.- Bundle source material only when it is unavailable at execution time, prohibitively expensive to retrieve, or needs a stable task-specific interpretation.- State the intended rule or boundary directly, omit redundant prohibitions.- Keep exact command shapes only when live help cannot determine the task-specific invocation. Keep file structures and output templates only when they prevent guessing.- Give workflow steps checkable completion conditions when done would otherwise be ambiguous.## Structure- Use only `name` and `description` YAML frontmatter. The lowercase hyphenated name must match its folder.- Make the description the trigger contract: lead with the domain or action and include only distinct trigger branches.- Inline any reference loaded on every invocation; keep separate references only for conditional branches.- Reference another skill as `$skill-name`.- Co-locate each concept's rule, caveat, and completion signal. Remove empty sections, hidden references, vague triggers, and unnecessary files.## Instruction filesApply the same content rules to always-loaded instruction files. Edit the authoritative source, never a generated copy. Move task-specific workflowsinto a skill, script, checklist, or project document and keep always-loaded context for durable, broadly applicable rules. Replace stale oroverlapping rules instead of layering exceptions.

Frequently asked questions

Writing Skills