write-like-me SKILL.md skillA
write-like-me from vinta/hal-9000 is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add vinta/hal-9000/write-like-me@git:20261105.7cdfb3bPins git:20261105.7cdfb3b in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- vinta/hal-9000
- Path
skills/write-like-me/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 25
- Latest version
- git:20261105.7cdfb3b, committed Nov 5, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 10, 2026
- Size
- 14,147 bytes
- Repository stars
- 142
- License
- MIT
Use before producing any English text the user signs — READMEs, PRs, issues, PR and issue comments, code comments, emails, blog posts, human-facing docs — drafted or rewritten at native fluency in the voice of the skill's author, Vinta Chen. Fires mid-task too: a comment drafted inside another skill's workflow, or text the user will approve before it ships. Not for text addressed to agents unless the user asks.
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
# Write Like Me Draft, rewrite, or check English prose that reads as the user's own writing at native fluency: their sentence structure and casual-opinionated register, never a ghostwriter's. One voice for everything the user signs. The text itself is English only; what you say about it follows the language the user is asking in. ## Main rule Start from the user's sentence structure. A sentence the user wrote stays theirs: fix in place only what is wrong and local, a word or two, and report anything bigger. A sentence you write is short and plain, the way they write. Every other rule in this skill loses to this one. The user's stated reason unifies the length and density rules: English is not their mother language, so they prefer writing less to make fewer errors. You don't make their errors, but the page must still look like theirs — when in doubt about a sentence you drafted, drop it rather than polish it. ## The user's own sentences …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add vinta/hal-9000/write-like-me@sha256:829c1c71361fca50The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261105.7cdfb3b, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_6okd6nsuxr6tbnov)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 25 versions of this file, between Aug 10, 2026 and Nov 5, 2026, about one every 4 days.
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| git:20261105.7cdfb3b latest | 2026-11-05 | 7cdfb3b | 14,147 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261029.c0f5342 | 2026-10-29 | c0f5342 | 11,787 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261024.24c72a4 | 2026-10-24 | 24c72a4 | 11,327 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261016.990f23e | 2026-10-16 | 990f23e | 10,525 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20261016.46723b2 | 2026-10-16 | 46723b2 | 10,860 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20261003.deedbdc | 2026-10-03 | deedbdc | 10,224 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20260927.c683654 | 2026-09-27 | c683654 | 10,224 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20260927.b839427 | 2026-09-27 | b839427 | 9,789 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260926.1cb5e96 | 2026-09-26 | 1cb5e96 | 9,810 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260923.0d30b8a | 2026-09-23 | 0d30b8a | 9,782 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260923.a3bc187 | 2026-09-23 | a3bc187 | 9,610 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260923.c9c552f | 2026-09-23 | c9c552f | 9,600 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260913.d1fc12a | 2026-09-13 | d1fc12a | 9,353 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260913.4fd9ac1 | 2026-09-13 | 4fd9ac1 | 8,605 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260913.4e43c08 | 2026-09-13 | 4e43c08 | 8,602 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260909.ede0b9b | 2026-09-09 | ede0b9b | 7,252 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260907.5a3dd76 | 2026-09-07 | 5a3dd76 | 7,256 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260907.b0561a7 | 2026-09-07 | b0561a7 | 6,161 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260907.9812a6b | 2026-09-07 | 9812a6b | 6,158 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260907.975b015 | 2026-09-07 | 975b015 | 6,188 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260902.6f84761 | 2026-09-02 | 6f84761 | 6,108 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260823.c92e2df | 2026-08-23 | c92e2df | 5,821 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260818.14329a4 | 2026-08-18 | 14329a4 | 5,787 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260810.cd3b142 | 2026-08-10 | cd3b142 | 5,686 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260810.4281214 | 2026-08-10 | 4281214 | 5,659 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (14147 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- 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
Source
vinta/hal-9000 · 142 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_6okd6nsuxr6tbnov GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=vinta/hal-9000/write-like-me GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/829c1c71361fca503c35cafd342d5400955f4cbf84c2a6a2a5f0daaca464dd7a
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