better-writing SKILL.md skillA

better-writing from jpcaparas/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add jpcaparas/skills/better-writing@v2.4.0

Pins v2.4.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: jpcaparas/skills
Path: skills/writing/better-writing/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 2
Latest version: v2.4.0, committed Sep 25, 2026
First version recorded: Sep 12, 2026
Size: 16,181 bytes
Repository stars: 56
License: none declared

Draft, rewrite, review, humanise, or adapt prose without losing facts, voice, or uncertainty. Use for technical docs, wikis, product, editorial, marketing, personal, or AI-like writing. Skip code-only tasks.

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

# Better writing

Make prose clear, faithful, specific, well-shaped, and recognisably owned by its writer.

## Route the request

Choose the job before touching the prose.

| Job | Use it when | Primary references |
|---|---|---|
| Draft | The user needs new prose from notes, evidence, or a brief | `references/operating-contract.md`, `references/genre-modes.md` |
| Rewrite | A draft exists and may be restructured or recast | `references/revision-pass-stack.md`, `references/quality-gates.md` |
| Line edit | The shape works; sentences need clarity, rhythm, or economy | `references/foundations.md`, `references/voice-and-rhythm.md` |
| Review | The user wants diagnosis or comments, not a rewritten artefact | `references/quality-gates.md` |
| Humanise | The prose feels generic, machine-smooth, formulaic, or unlike its author | `references/ai-isms-and-humanisation.md`, `references/genericity-and-stiffness.md`; add `references/formulaic-language-catalogue.md` for explicit avoidance or dense formulae |
| Adapt | The substance should stay while audience, genre, channel, length, or voice changes | `references/genre-modes.md`, `references/style-bundles.md` |
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add jpcaparas/skills/better-writing@sha256:800260e3fa16f218

The line at the top of this page pins the label v2.4.0, 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.

Badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_kkoz7ulclsiojp4o.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_kkoz7ulclsiojp4o)

5 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Sep 12, 2026 and Sep 25, 2026, about one every 13 days.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
v2.4.0 latest	2026-09-25	692d684	16,181 B	A	view · diff
v2.4.0	2026-09-12	938fe03	14,359 B	A	view

Audit of the latest version

A 17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.

pass: Frontmatter block present
pass: Frontmatter declares a name
pass: Frontmatter declares a description
pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (16181 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

GitHub

jpcaparas/skills · 56 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_kkoz7ulclsiojp4o
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jpcaparas/skills/better-writing
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/800260e3fa16f2181fcbcc5eb88552605676ca0418fa104c348175dbff21b81f

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

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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