write-plain-english SKILL.md skillA
This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed, one of 3 indexed copies. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.
write-plain-english from theonly1me/shadowclone is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add theonly1me/shadowclone/write-plain-english@git:20261009.95ca1efPins git:20261009.95ca1ef in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- theonly1me/shadowclone
- Path
.agents/skills/write-plain-english/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261009.95ca1ef, committed Oct 9, 2026
- Size
- 4,493 bytes
- Repository stars
- 21
- License
- MIT
Use when writing or editing prose that people read, such as documents, pull requests, commit messages, review comments, chat replies, or skills. Also use it when the user says "make this clearer", "simplify the wording", or "this is a wall of text". Rewrites the text in plain technical English, with one idea in each sentence and no dashes. Then runs a checker that reports long sentences and dashes. Not for checking code behavior (use `verify-and-review`).
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 Plain English ## Use when You write or edit any text that a person reads. Examples are a document, a pull request, a commit message, a review comment, a chat reply, and a skill. This skill is always on, so load it before you write. The rules come from ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English, at about 80% strictness. Fix every checker error. Fix each warning, or keep it and give a reason. Clarity comes first. If a rule makes the text wrong or unclear, break the rule. ## Gates 1. Does each sentence carry one idea, with 20 words or fewer for an instruction and 25 or fewer for a description? 2. Is each instruction in the active voice, with the condition before the action? 3. Do you use one term for one thing, every time? 4. Is the text free of em dashes and en dashes? 5. Did you run `scripts/check-ste.mjs` on the text, fix every error, and fix or explain each warning? 6. Are code, commands, paths, and product names exactly as they were? ## Process …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add theonly1me/shadowclone/write-plain-english@sha256:41e84fb489a63e18The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261009.95ca1ef, 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_islldppcqet5stis)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 9, 2026.
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 (4493 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
theonly1me/shadowclone · 21 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_islldppcqet5stis GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=theonly1me/shadowclone/write-plain-english GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/41e84fb489a63e1859ba231c278e25ad5a3aa227c9649138f521d956c3104c91
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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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