better-writing SKILL.md skillA
better-writing from bjornmelin/dev-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add bjornmelin/dev-skills/better-writing@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- bjornmelin/dev-skills
- Path
skills/better-writing/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Aug 5, 2026
- Size
- 10,731 bytes
- Repository stars
- 8
- License
- none declared
UX writing and interface copy, from button labels to error messages and empty states. Use when writing or reviewing any user-facing text: button and link labels, form errors, placeholders, settings labels, onboarding flows, notifications, or empty states. Docs and marketing prose belong to writing-guidelines. Triggers on UX writing, microcopy, interface copy, product copy, copywriting, button labels, link text, error messages, empty states, placeholder text, settings labels, capitalization…
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
# Writing that disappears into the interface Clear and brief beats clever, consistency beats variety, and the best error message is the interaction redesigned so the error can't happen. Apply these principles when writing or reviewing any user-facing text. How copy renders (capitalization via `text-transform`, truncation, smart punctuation) is covered by the `better-typography` skill; error markup and announcements (`aria-invalid`, live regions) by the `better-accessibility` skill; room for translated strings by the `better-layout` skill. If those skills are unavailable, keep these local minimums: rendering (capitalize with `text-transform` only when the source stays natural case, and truncate with `text-overflow: ellipsis` on a wrapping container); error markup (mark invalid inputs with `aria-invalid="true"` and tie the visible message to the field with `aria-describedby`); announcements (announce post-submit results in a live region, e.g. `role="status"`, and keep messages concise); translated strings (leave at least 30% headroom for expansion in buttons, labels, and table headers, and never build copy by concatenating fragments across languages). ## Core Principles …
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How to install
mdr add bjornmelin/dev-skills/better-writing@sha256:5f08730bbf17c10bThe line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_p7kz6kenyfxslwfq)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Aug 5, 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 (10731 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
bjornmelin/dev-skills · 8 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-10-27 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_p7kz6kenyfxslwfq GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=bjornmelin/dev-skills/better-writing GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/5f08730bbf17c10be9ae245f2392e8e170a6b97185130d510944edb07bbdd949
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