writing-style SKILL.md skillA

writing-style from umputun/cc-thingz is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add umputun/cc-thingz/writing-style@git:20260330.c77a2aa

Pins git:20260330.c77a2aa in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
umputun/cc-thingz
Path
plugins/review/skills/writing-style/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
git:20260330.c77a2aa, committed Mar 30, 2026
First version recorded
Feb 17, 2026
Size
5,352 bytes
Repository stars
492
License
MIT

Use for technical communication - GitHub/GitLab tickets, PR/MR descriptions, issue comments, code review comments, commit messages. Direct, brief style with no AI-speak. NOT for README.md, public docs, or blog posts.

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

# Technical Communication Style Guide

## User Override Check

Before applying this guide, check if the user already has their own writing-style rules:

1. Check CLAUDE.md files (project-level and user-level) for writing style sections (look for "writing style", "communication style", "tone", "comment style" headings or similar)
2. Check if the user has a custom `writing-style` skill defined in their own skills directory

**If user-defined writing rules exist**: defer to those rules entirely. Do not apply this guide. Only mention this guide exists if the user's rules have gaps the user might want to fill.

**If no user-defined rules exist**: apply this guide as the default.

---

**USE THIS STYLE FOR:**
- GitHub/GitLab issue comments
- PR/MR descriptions and comments
- Code review comments
- Commit messages
- Technical discussions in tickets
- Internal team communication

## Exceptions - Use proper English instead for:
- **README.md** - public-facing documentation
- **Official documentation** - user guides, API docs, tutorials
- **Public blog posts** - articles, announcements
- **Release notes** (public-facing) - changelog entries visible to users
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add umputun/cc-thingz/writing-style@sha256:a4303fb1a00a4806

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260330.c77a2aa, 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 badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_tkdsvn5pjquw6int.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_tkdsvn5pjquw6int)

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

Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Feb 17, 2026 and Mar 30, 2026, about one every 40 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260330.c77a2aa latest2026-03-30 c77a2aa 5,352 BA view · diff
git:20260217.70b947f2026-02-17 70b947f 7,192 BA 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 (5352 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

umputun/cc-thingz · 492 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-25 · branch master

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_tkdsvn5pjquw6int
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=umputun/cc-thingz/writing-style
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a4303fb1a00a4806c95c48ec3f5b3655309e285acf9a252865dceeb825164ec8

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.

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