# Trails Language Styleguide

> Compatibility pointer for older Trails prompts. Prefer `trails-writing-voice`, `trails-writing-style`, `trails-writing-docs`, or `trails-editorial` when writing or reviewing Trails docs, ADRs, agent prompts, examples, comments, or contributor guidance.

- Skill: `outfitter-dev/trails-language-styleguide` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add outfitter-dev/trails-language-styleguide`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/outfitter-dev/trails-language-styleguide/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: outfitter-dev (https://skillmd.com/u/outfitter-dev)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/outfitter-dev/trails-language-styleguide

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# Trails Language Styleguide

This skill remains for compatibility with older prompts and installed plugin versions. New writing work should load the current writing skills instead:

1. `trails-writing-voice` for stance, audience, and tone.
2. `trails-writing-style` for prose craft, examples, and vocabulary discipline.
3. `trails-writing-docs` for document placement and maintenance.
4. `trails-editorial` for a full review workflow.

If a prompt explicitly asks for this older skill, continue by reading `trails-writing-style` and, when the task is broader than vocabulary, also read `trails-writing-voice` and `trails-writing-docs`.

