timschoch Writing rules
One list, one copy, synced from the hub — rules update here, never in a consumer. Enforcement varies per repo; the rules do not.
The rules live in sidecar files, one per style, so only what applies gets injected:
- rules/all.md — every file: audience, words and links, the never list, where a statement lives
- rules/plain.md — a person reads it: README, docs, code comments
- rules/dense.md — only an agent reads it: CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, skill files, agent docs; where both could apply, dense wins
- rules/git.md — commits, PRs, issues; the format is enforced by setup-repo's commit gate
Reviewing or writing prose by hand? Read the sidecars above — this file holds no rule.
Injection on write actions
scripts/inject-writing-rules.mjs is a PreToolUse hook: on every file-writing tool call it prints the matching rules (all + plain|dense by path) as additional context, so the writer sees them without loading this skill. /setup-repo wires it into .claude/settings.json. Markdown files only; node_modules, .temp/ and the synced .claude/skills/.claude/rules trees are skipped.