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Agent skill

Voice

by jvm-skills in jvm-skills/jvm-skills

Make prose sound like Thomas, not like a generic technical writer.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Voice

skills CLI
$ npx skills add jvm-skills/jvm-skills --skill voice -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install jvm-skills/jvm-skills 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/jvm-skills/jvm-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/voice .claude/skills/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
voice
GitHub stars
139
Token cost
~592 tokens
SKILL.md length
277 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
16
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Make prose sound like Thomas, not like a generic technical writer.

  • Works in 3 steps: Read references/voice-profile.md before… → Draft or edit to match the habits: real… → Run the never-do list as a check: no…
  • Reviewing any blog post
  • SKILL.md covers How to use, Precedence over stop-slop, Relationship to the other docs and Refresh
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Voice is an agent skill from jvm-skills/jvm-skills. Make prose sound like Thomas, not like a generic technical writer. Use whenever drafting, editing, or reviewing any blog post, page, or bio for tschuehly.de — even a small edit. Loads an empirical voice profile extracted from real pre-AI-era posts.

Its SKILL.md is about 590 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/voice-profile.md`).

It sits in Writing & Content, covering Brand voice and tone, Blog and article writing and Technical writing. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Reviewing any blog post
  • Bio for tschuehly.de — even a small edit

Example prompts

  • “/voice”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Read references/voice-profile.md before drafting or doing a voice pass. It is the source of truth: pronoun discipline, reasoning habits…
  2. Draft or edit to match the habits: real numbers over hand-waves, examples before theory, candor about what didn't work, energy that's…
  3. Run the never-do list as a check: no long wind-up, no abstract-first, no corporate hedging, no em-dash drama, no pronoun blurring, no…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit c6d477f. 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

Voice loads about 592 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 64 tokens; SKILL.md has 277 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~64
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~592
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2k

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 jvm-skills/jvm-skills at commit c6d477f, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© jvm-skills). 277 words, ~592 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/voice/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
voice
description
Make prose sound like Thomas, not like a generic technical writer. Use whenever drafting, editing, or reviewing any blog post, page, or bio for tschuehly.de — even a small edit. Loads an empirical voice profile extracted from real pre-AI-era posts.
metadata.trigger
Writing or editing posts, pages, or bios; any prose that ships under Thomas's name

Voice

Match the author's real voice. This skill carries an empirical profile — durable habits distilled from 15 posts Thomas wrote 2021–2024. It is the "sounds like you" layer that generic slop-removal can't supply. It captures how he reasons and addresses the reader, not dated catchphrases to paste.

How to use

  1. Read references/voice-profile.md before drafting or doing a voice pass. It is the source of truth: pronoun discipline, reasoning habits (get-to-the-point, show-then-explain, concrete-over-vague, honest about friction), and a never-do list. Reproduce the moves, never the literal example wording.
  2. Draft or edit to match the habits: real numbers over hand-waves, examples before theory, candor about what didn't work, energy that's earned by a real moment.
  3. Run the never-do list as a check: no long wind-up, no abstract-first, no corporate hedging, no em-dash drama, no pronoun blurring, no manufactured enthusiasm.

Precedence over stop-slop

stop-slop removes generic AI tells. This skill keeps Thomas-specific ones. Where they conflict, voice wins — these are authentic, not slop:

  • An earned exclamation on a genuine milestone (not sprinkled on for tone).
  • leverage in its architectural sense ("leverage Dependency Injection / backend patterns"). Still cut it in the generic business sense.

Run stop-slop first to strip generic slop, then this skill to restore the real habits — don't let the slop pass flatten genuine voice into something anonymous.

Relationship to the other docs

  • WRITING_STYLE.md — mechanics and structure (headings, code blocks, "In detail:" notation).
  • PERSONA.md — public positioning. More restrained and serious than the real blog voice; see the reconciliation notes in the profile before trusting it for post prose.

Refresh

This profile is a snapshot of 2021–2024 writing. Re-extract from newer non-AI-assisted posts as the voice moves.

© jvm-skills, Apache-2.0. 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/voice of jvm-skills/jvm-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/voice-profile.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit c6d477f

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Voice next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Voice this skilljvm-skills/jvm-skills139—~592Automated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Khazix WeChat Article WriterKKKKhazix/khazix-skills21k1 repos~2.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Brand Voice Content Creatordavila7/claude-code-templates33k3 repos~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Voice Buildercharlie947/social-media-skills3.8k—~3.3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Xe Writing StyleXe/x337—~2.2kAutomated safety check: PassCC0-1.0
Content CreatoraAAaqwq/AGI-Super-Team1053 repos~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Categories

Questions about Voice

What does Voice do?

Make prose sound like Thomas, not like a generic technical writer. Voice is an agent skill from jvm-skills/jvm-skills. Make prose sound like Thomas, not like a generic technical writer.

When should I use Voice?

Voice fits situations like: reviewing any blog post; bio for tschuehly.de — even a small edit.

How do I install Voice in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Voice in Codex?

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

Can I use 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 jvm-skills/jvm-skills --skill 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/voice, .gemini/skills/voice, .github/skills/voice and .opencode/skills/voice in your project.

What does Voice need to run?

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

Does 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 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 Voice use?

Voice is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Voice use?

About 592 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.4k 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 1.5k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Voice?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Voice: Khazix WeChat Article Writer (KKKKhazix/khazix-skills, 21k stars), Brand Voice Content Creator (davila7/claude-code-templates, 33k stars), Voice Builder (charlie947/social-media-skills, 3.8k stars) and Xe Writing Style (Xe/x, 337 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Voice?

jvm-skills (a GitHub organization) maintains it in jvm-skills/jvm-skills, which has 139 GitHub stars. The repository holds 16 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 31, 2026.

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