Agent skill

Writing Voice

by EpicenterHQ in EpicenterHQ/epicenter

Shape prose so it sounds like Braden, with conversational precision, rhythm, humor, and earned poetic turns.

Custom licenceAuto-check passed

Install Writing Voice

skills CLI
$ npx skills add EpicenterHQ/epicenter --skill writing-voice -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install EpicenterHQ/epicenter writing-voice --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/EpicenterHQ/epicenter.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/writing-voice .claude/skills/writing-voice && 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
writing-voice
GitHub stars
4.8k
Token cost
~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
893 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
65
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Shape prose so it sounds like Braden, with conversational precision, rhythm, humor, and earned poetic turns.

  • Substantial drafting
  • SKILL.md covers Find The Expression, Hear The Whole Passage and Respect The Form
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Tone work in prose

What it does

Writing Voice is an agent skill from EpicenterHQ/epicenter. Shape prose so it sounds like Braden, with conversational precision, rhythm, humor, and earned poetic turns. Use for substantial drafting or revision, an ear pass, and explicit voice or tone work in prose, UI copy, documentation, or messages. Do not use to reopen wording selected for exact use.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/spoken-destinations.md`).

The repository describes itself as: Open-source, local-first apps.

When your agent uses it

  • Substantial drafting
  • Tone work in prose
  • Reopen wording selected for exact use

Example prompts

  • “/writing-voice”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5b4bb69. 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

Writing Voice loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 77 tokens; SKILL.md has 893 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~77
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.6k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.4k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 893 words (~1,569 tokens).

“Help the writing carry recognizable judgment and recognizable sound. Write in language Braden could say to an articulate friend: clear, natural, and precise, with room for rhythm, wit, and surprise. Find phrasing that makes the thought felt as well as…”

— opening of SKILL.md by EpicenterHQ, Custom licence
name
writing-voice

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in .agents/skills/writing-voice of EpicenterHQ/epicenter.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/spoken-destinations.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5b4bb69

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Questions about Writing Voice

What does Writing Voice do?

Shape prose so it sounds like Braden, with conversational precision, rhythm, humor, and earned poetic turns. Writing Voice is an agent skill from EpicenterHQ/epicenter. Shape prose so it sounds like Braden, with conversational precision, rhythm, humor, and earned poetic turns.

When should I use Writing Voice?

Writing Voice fits situations like: substantial drafting; tone work in prose; reopen wording selected for exact use.

How do I install Writing Voice in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Writing Voice in Codex?

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

Can I use Writing Voice 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 EpicenterHQ/epicenter --skill writing-voice -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/writing-voice, .gemini/skills/writing-voice, .github/skills/writing-voice and .opencode/skills/writing-voice in your project.

What does Writing Voice need to run?

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

Does Writing Voice 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 Writing Voice 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 Writing Voice use?

Writing Voice has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Writing Voice use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.3k 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 856 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Writing Voice?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Writing Voice: Modeling Conversion Metrics (PostHog/posthog, 40k stars), Cost Conversation (ruvnet/ruflo, 74k stars), Conversation Memory (davila7/claude-code-templates, 33k stars) and Conversation Archive (garrytan/gbrain, 31k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Writing Voice?

EpicenterHQ (a GitHub organization) maintains it in EpicenterHQ/epicenter, which has 4,822 GitHub stars. The repository holds 65 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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