voice-update SKILL.md skillA

voice-update from kalyvask/winning-writing is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add kalyvask/winning-writing/voice-update@git:20260522.bafc1e5

Pins git:20260522.bafc1e5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
kalyvask/winning-writing
Path
skills/voice-update/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
1
Latest version
git:20260522.bafc1e5, committed May 22, 2026
Size
13,559 bytes
Repository stars
17
License
MIT

Update `context/voice-and-style.md` or `context/about-me.md` from one of three sources. Manual (user dictates a single new rule, sample, or career fact). Memory (batch pull from Claude Code's auto-memory in `~/.claude/projects/<slug>/memory/`). Sent-mail (analyze the last 20-50 sent Gmail messages and propose updates from observed patterns). Always proposes diffs and requires per-file approval; never auto-writes. Use when the user says "save this to my voice file," "remember this style…

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

# Voice update

Source of truth: `context/voice-and-style.md` and `context/about-me.md`. This skill is the only writer to those files; every update flows through it.

## What this skill does

Three sources behind one skill. Each source pulls voice / identity information from a different upstream, but all flow into the same downstream (proposed diffs to the two context files):

| Source | Reads | Use when |
|---|---|---|
| **manual** | One dictated rule, paragraph, or fact from the user | User just noticed something about their voice and wants to capture it now |
| **memory** | Claude Code auto-memory dir (`~/.claude/projects/<slug>/memory/`) | Periodic batch pull — what has Claude learned about my style across recent sessions? |
| **sent-mail** | Last 20-50 sent Gmail messages via the connected Gmail MCP | Audit voice files against ground truth — how do you *actually* write vs how you claim to |

`--source` is required. There is no default — the three sources have different scopes and contracts, and picking automatically would hide the trade-off.

## How to invoke

```
/voice-update --source manual "save this rule: I never use 'leverage' as a verb"
/voice-update --source memory
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add kalyvask/winning-writing/voice-update@sha256:2d3ab6e1e569ff44

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260522.bafc1e5, 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.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on May 22, 2026.

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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 (13559 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

kalyvask/winning-writing · 17 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-05 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_wlxa4dhb2g6dkjxt
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=kalyvask/winning-writing/voice-update
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/2d3ab6e1e569ff4410d70732e7b556fbfebece5a900fc71a6ece6a336375d59f

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