write-simple-english SKILL.md skillA
This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed, one of 7 indexed copies. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.
write-simple-english from tonycthsu/simple-english is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add tonycthsu/simple-english/write-simple-english@git:20261017.dc68dbcPins git:20261017.dc68dbc in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- tonycthsu/simple-english
- Path
integrations/vscode-copilot/skills/write-simple-english/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20261017.dc68dbc, committed Oct 17, 2026
- First version recorded
- Oct 15, 2026
- Size
- 3,906 bytes
- Repository stars
- 13
- License
- MIT
Read this before the first prose output of a session. Write.
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 prose (READMEs, docs, comments) for a reader whose task is to understand the idea behind the words. They value clarity and conciseness. Their attention is limited, and every word competes for it. Minimize their cognitive load: common words, short sentences, one idea at a time. These rules are a controlled language like ASD-STE100, the aerospace standard for maintenance manuals. They bind: a sentence outside them is an error, not a style choice. ## How to write ### Mechanics Write the words in full. No contractions, no semicolons, no em-dashes. Two short sentences beat one joined pair. Write "A or B, or both", not and/or. Write "for example", not e.g., and "that is", not i.e. Name the items instead of etc. ### Verbs Use the active voice. Say who does the action. Use simple tenses. State a requirement with can, will, or must. Put the condition before the command: "If the port is taken, pick another." No -ing phrase after a comma. Start a new sentence. ### Keep it short Cut every word that carries no idea. One idea per sentence. One idea per paragraph. A sentence carries at most 20 words in instructions, 25 in explanations. A paragraph carries at most 6 sentences. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add tonycthsu/simple-english/write-simple-english@sha256:38876fdfe3642d4fThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261017.dc68dbc, 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_fyzb7ofuq2rssdmh)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Oct 15, 2026 and Oct 17, 2026, about one every day.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261017.dc68dbc latest | 2026-10-17 | dc68dbc | 3,906 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261016.36be4f6 | 2026-10-16 | 36be4f6 | 3,898 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261015.b304b77 | 2026-10-15 | b304b77 | 3,795 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 (3906 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
tonycthsu/simple-english · 13 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_fyzb7ofuq2rssdmh GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tonycthsu/simple-english/write-simple-english GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/38876fdfe3642d4f21db2cdb51ad7b8872503972d2cddffe604e4d27bdd10f10
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Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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