swyx-writing SKILL.md skillA
swyx-writing from swyxio/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add swyxio/skills/swyx-writing@git:20261103.1acf58fPins git:20261103.1acf58f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- swyxio/skills
- Path
swyx-writing/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20261103.1acf58f, committed Nov 3, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 12, 2026
- Size
- 9,012 bytes
- Repository stars
- 194
- License
- MIT
Apply swyx's reusable nonfiction writing preferences when drafting or materially revising prose, including technical posts, essays, research memos, reports, documentation, profiles, scripts, announcements, and publishing copy. Use as the shared style and editing layer alongside the skill that owns the subject or format. Do not use for verbatim transcription, code-only work, or fiction unless the user explicitly asks for swyx's nonfiction voice.
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
# swyx writing Write so a smart reader can understand the point once, remember the useful model, and decide what to do next. Preserve the author's real judgment and the messiness that earned it. Do not imitate a generic founder, marketer, or technical-blog persona. This skill owns voice, explanation, and editing. Pair it with the skill that owns the facts or format: - use `research-grounded-writing` when claims require external or primary evidence; - use `ai-devblog` for technical story selection and publication; - use `ai-readme` for executable repository documentation; - use `person-profile-writing` for biographies and identity research; - use `video-talk-to-essay` for recorded-talk articles. The genre skill decides what belongs. This skill decides how the prose reads. ## Start with the reader's change Before substantial drafting, identify privately: - what the reader currently believes, misunderstands, or cannot do; - what they should believe, understand, feel, or try afterward; - the one question the piece answers; - the strongest fact, example, or tension that earns their attention; - tempting material that belongs somewhere else. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add swyxio/skills/swyx-writing@sha256:ad6716b73749aa59The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261103.1acf58f, 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_fpe33vbgwec2jzji)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Sep 12, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026, about one every 17 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261103.1acf58f latest | 2026-11-03 | 1acf58f | 9,012 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260928.53ba292 | 2026-09-28 | 53ba292 | 8,724 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260916.4ece224 | 2026-09-16 | 4ece224 | 8,159 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260912.6ee419c | 2026-09-12 | 6ee419c | 6,610 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 (9012 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
swyxio/skills · 194 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_fpe33vbgwec2jzji GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=swyxio/skills/swyx-writing GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/ad6716b73749aa590c97a020253e96333dd35271b9ceec0a393218756658c839
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