Agent skill

Human Writing

by kylesnowschwartz in kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude

A skill your agent uses when writing or editing a Slack message, email, pull request body, GitHub issue, Reddit post, agenda, or doc.

No licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Human Writing

skills CLI
$ npx skills add kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude --skill human-writing -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude human-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/kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/sc-skills/skills/human-writing .claude/skills/human-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
human-writing
GitHub stars
114
Token cost
~4k tokens
SKILL.md length
2,314 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
12
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when writing or editing a Slack message, email, pull request body, GitHub issue, Reddit post, agenda, or doc.

  • Works in 3 steps: What the change does → Why it's needed → Anything non-obvious they should look at…
  • Editing a Slack message
  • SKILL.md covers Sound like a person, Casual register, State what exists and Include what the reader needs, plus 15 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Human Writing is an agent skill from kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude. Use when writing or editing a Slack message, email, pull request body, GitHub issue, Reddit post, agenda, or doc. Enforces a direct, warm, unfilled tone and removes AI tells. Always scores the final draft and runs a self-audit pass before delivery.

Its SKILL.md is about 4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Development, covering Pull requests. It works with GitHub, Slack and Reddit. The repository describes itself as: Practical minimalism for AI assisted programming with Claude Code.

When your agent uses it

  • Editing a Slack message
  • Pull request body

Example prompts

  • “/human-writing”

Workflow steps

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

  1. What the change does
  2. Why it's needed
  3. Anything non-obvious they should look at (trade-offs, follow-ups, risks)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit abb293b. 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

Human Writing loads about 4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 66 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,314 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~66
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 2,314 words (~4,044 tokens).

“Write like a person who respects the reader's time, which means being direct and warm without padding or chill. When rules conflict, pick whatever's clearer for the reader.”

— opening of SKILL.md by kylesnowschwartz
name
human-writing

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in plugins/sc-skills/skills/human-writing of kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit abb293b

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PR Babysitteropeninterpreter/openinterpreter69k3 repos~4.2kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Check PRonyx-dot-app/onyx32k2 repos~2.3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Categories

Questions about Human Writing

What does Human Writing do?

A skill your agent uses when writing or editing a Slack message, email, pull request body, GitHub issue, Reddit post, agenda, or doc. Human Writing is an agent skill from kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude. Use when writing or editing a Slack message, email, pull request body, GitHub issue, Reddit post, agenda, or doc.

When should I use Human Writing?

Human Writing fits situations like: editing a Slack message; pull request body.

How do I install Human Writing in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude --skill human-writing -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/sc-skills/skills/human-writing in kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude) into .claude/skills/human-writing in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Human Writing in Codex?

Run `npx skills add kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude --skill human-writing -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/sc-skills/skills/human-writing in kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude) into .agents/skills/human-writing in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Human 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 kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude --skill human-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/human-writing, .gemini/skills/human-writing, .github/skills/human-writing and .opencode/skills/human-writing in your project.

What does Human Writing need to run?

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

Does Human 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 Human 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 Human Writing use?

No licence was found for Human Writing or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Human Writing use?

About 4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 16k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Human Writing?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Human Writing: Process PR Reviews (nexu-io/nexu, 3.3k stars), Ade Deeplinks (arul28/ADE, 114 stars), Video To Gif (cognyai/claude-code-marketing-skills, 104 stars) and PR Babysitter (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Human Writing?

kylesnowschwartz (a GitHub user) maintains it in kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude, which has 114 GitHub stars. The repository holds 12 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

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