academish-voice SKILL.md skillF

academish-voice from bdsqqq/dots is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add bdsqqq/dots/academish-voice@git:20261015.080d818

Pins git:20261015.080d818 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

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Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
bdsqqq/dots
Path
modules/agents/skills/academish-voice/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
1
Latest version
git:20261015.080d818, committed Oct 15, 2026
Size
5,590 bytes
Repository stars
64
License
none declared

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Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

## Academish Voice

pvh / Aug 2022

Our publications follow what we call “academish” voice. We follow a largely academic style in our writing but avoid certain academic tendencies.

### Academic Style

Make no claims without support. If you have made an unsupported claim consider its centrality to your argument. If “many developers agree”, we should be able to link to a source or describe how we know that. If you can’t defend it, you should get rid of it.

Avoid absolutist language. It’s not “the main problem”, it’s “a problem”. (Unless, of course, you can defend the claim.)

Be precise and specific with your descriptions. Instead of saying something “feels great”, describe how it feels. Don’t say something “is a problem” unless you describe what the problem is or to whom. If you’re tempted to say something vague because you’re not sure, either do enough research until you’re sure, or don’t say it.

Avoid hyperbole. Use adjectives to add precision, not to persuade. Claiming “immense benefits” is only appropriate if you have developed a commercially viable fusion power plant. Delete words that are only for emphasis, and keep only those that add substance (e.g. quantify).
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Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add bdsqqq/dots/academish-voice@sha256:aec60e0108349067

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261015.080d818, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 15, 2026.

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Audit of the latest version

F  16 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • FAIL, critical: No zero-width or bidi control characters (matched: ​)
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5590 bytes)
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.

Source

GitHub

bdsqqq/dots · 64 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_6agwp3rmiofg27ga
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=bdsqqq/dots/academish-voice
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/aec60e010834906729e8d2e2dc42527f3c420fc87fd4b2e0f5c3f71bf2745473

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