Agent skill

Good Docs Writing

by ComposioHQ in ComposioHQ/composio

Writing style guide derived from Modal's documentation voice.

MITAuto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Good Docs Writing

skills CLI
$ npx skills add ComposioHQ/composio --skill good-docs-writing -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install ComposioHQ/composio good-docs-writing --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ComposioHQ/composio.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/good-docs-writing .claude/skills/good-docs-writing && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
good-docs-writing
GitHub stars
30k
Token cost
~355 tokens
SKILL.md length
158 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
7
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Writing style guide derived from Modal's documentation voice.

  • Draft new docs in this voice
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Revise existing prose toward it

What it does

Good Docs Writing is an agent skill from ComposioHQ/composio. Writing style guide derived from Modal's documentation voice. Apply when writing or editing docs, guides, tutorials, or technical prose that should read direct, second-person, confident, low-jargon, and example-first. Use to draft new docs in this voice or to revise existing prose toward it.

Its SKILL.md is about 360 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/style-guide.md`).

It sits in Writing & Content, covering Brand voice and tone. It works with Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: Composio powers 1000+ toolkits, tool search, context management, authentication, and a sandboxed workbench to help you build AI agents that turn intent into action. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Draft new docs in this voice
  • Revise existing prose toward it

Example prompts

  • “/good-docs-writing”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 18b6d46. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Good Docs Writing loads about 355 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 78 tokens; SKILL.md has 158 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~78
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~355
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.8k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from ComposioHQ/composio at commit 18b6d46, republished under its MIT licence (© ComposioHQ). 158 words, ~355 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/good-docs-writing/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
good-docs-writing
description
Writing style guide derived from Modal's documentation voice. Apply when writing or editing docs, guides, tutorials, or technical prose that should read direct, second-person, confident, low-jargon, and example-first. Use to draft new docs in this voice or to revise existing prose toward it.

Good docs writing

Write docs the way Modal writes them: direct, friendly, confident, and ruthlessly practical. Explain the why in one breath, then show working code. Treat the reader as a capable developer who wants to ship, not a student who needs a lecture.

Read references/style-guide.md for the full rule set (Voice, Structure, Terminology, Punctuation, Code examples, Formatting) and apply every rule while drafting.

The rules that matter most, before you open the reference:

  • Address the reader as "you", never "the user" or "one".
  • Open with the concept or benefit in the first sentence. No throat-clearing.
  • Put a minimal runnable example near the top, then explain what just happened.
  • Remove every em-dash. Use a period, comma, colon, or parentheses instead.
  • Cut vague intensifiers ("seamlessly", "powerful", "robust", "cutting-edge"). Show a thing being easy instead of calling it easy.
  • Backtick every code identifier, command, parameter, path, and filename.

To review existing prose against these rules instead of drafting, use good-docs-audit.

© ComposioHQ, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in .agents/skills/good-docs-writing of ComposioHQ/composio.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/style-guide.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 18b6d46

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Questions about Good Docs Writing

What does Good Docs Writing do?

Writing style guide derived from Modal's documentation voice. Good Docs Writing is an agent skill from ComposioHQ/composio. Writing style guide derived from Modal's documentation voice.

When should I use Good Docs Writing?

Good Docs Writing fits situations like: draft new docs in this voice; revise existing prose toward it.

How do I install Good Docs Writing in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add ComposioHQ/composio --skill good-docs-writing -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/good-docs-writing in ComposioHQ/composio) into .claude/skills/good-docs-writing in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Good Docs Writing in Codex?

Run `npx skills add ComposioHQ/composio --skill good-docs-writing -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/good-docs-writing in ComposioHQ/composio) into .agents/skills/good-docs-writing in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Good Docs Writing in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add ComposioHQ/composio --skill good-docs-writing -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/good-docs-writing, .gemini/skills/good-docs-writing, .github/skills/good-docs-writing and .opencode/skills/good-docs-writing in your project.

What does Good Docs Writing need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Good Docs Writing is instructions for the agent only.

Does Good Docs Writing access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Good Docs Writing safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Good Docs Writing use?

Good Docs Writing is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Good Docs Writing use?

About 355 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.4k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Good Docs Writing?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Good Docs Writing: Workshop Docs Style (quarkusio/quarkus-workshop-langchain4j, 110 stars), Publish Blog (indranilbanerjee/digital-marketing-pro, 859 stars), Translate Content (indranilbanerjee/digital-marketing-pro, 859 stars) and Search Knowledge (indranilbanerjee/digital-marketing-pro, 859 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Good Docs Writing?

ComposioHQ (a GitHub organization) maintains it in ComposioHQ/composio, which has 30,477 GitHub stars. The repository holds 7 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: ComposioHQ/composio on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.