Agent skill

Scholarship Essay

by mohitagw15856 in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Write a scholarship essay that stands out — a genuine, specific story that answers the prompt and shows why you deserve the award, without clichés.

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Install Scholarship Essay

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill scholarship-essay -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills scholarship-essay --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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/scholarship-essay .claude/skills/scholarship-essay && 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
scholarship-essay
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
580 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,348
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Write a scholarship essay that stands out — a genuine, specific story that answers the prompt and shows why you deserve the award, without clichés.

  • Works in 6 steps: Decode the prompt and the giver.… → Find a specific, genuine angle. Draw a… → Hook, build, land. Open with something… → …
  • Asked to help with a scholarship essay
  • SKILL.md covers What This Skill Produces, Required Inputs, Framework: Specific, True,… and Output Format, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Scholarship Essay is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Write a scholarship essay that stands out — a genuine, specific story that answers the prompt and shows why you deserve the award, without clichés. Use when asked to help with a scholarship essay, write my scholarship application, essay about why I deserve this scholarship, or make my application essay stronger. Produces a read of the prompt and what the committee is really looking for, a strong angle drawn from your real story, a structure that hooks and builds, specifics over platitudes, and a voice that's…

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked to help with a scholarship essay
  • Write my scholarship application
  • Essay about why I deserve this scholarship
  • Make my application essay stronger

Example prompts

  • “/scholarship-essay”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Decode the prompt and the giver. Understand what's being asked and what the scholarship values — align your essay with both, not a generic…
  2. Find a specific, genuine angle. Draw a real story or theme from the person's experience that's distinctive; specificity is what separates…
  3. Hook, build, land. Open with something that pulls the reader in, develop the story/argument with real detail, and close by connecting to…
  4. Show, don't platitude. Concrete moments and details beat "I've always been passionate about..." Cut the clichés.
  5. Keep it authentically theirs. Preserve the applicant's own voice and truth — an essay that sounds AI-written or fabricated backfires.
  6. Answer the actual question. However good the story, it must clearly address the prompt within the word limit.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. 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

Scholarship Essay loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 156 tokens; SKILL.md has 580 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~156
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k

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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 580 words, ~1,171 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/scholarship-essay/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
scholarship-essay
description
Write a scholarship essay that stands out — a genuine, specific story that answers the prompt and shows why you deserve the award, without clichés. Use when asked to help with a scholarship essay, write my scholarship application, essay about why I deserve this scholarship, or make my application essay stronger. Produces a read of the prompt and what the committee is really looking for, a strong angle drawn from your real story, a structure that hooks and builds, specifics over platitudes, and a voice that's authentically yours — guiding you to write it, not fabricating experiences you didn't have.

Scholarship Essay

Scholarship committees read hundreds of essays that all say "education is important to me" and "I want to help people." Yours stands out by being specific and true: a real story, a genuine angle, and a clear tie to who you are and what the scholarship is for. This helps you find that angle and shape it — drawing the essay out of your experience, never inventing one.

What This Skill Produces

  • A prompt decode — what the question is actually asking and what the committee is looking for (fit with the scholarship's values, not just need)
  • Your angle — a specific, genuine story or theme from your real experience that answers the prompt distinctively
  • A structure — an opening hook, a story/argument that builds, and a close that ties to the future and the award
  • Specifics over platitudes — concrete details and moments instead of the generic sentiments everyone writes
  • Your authentic voice — phrasing that sounds like you, not a thesaurus
  • Drawn from you — prompts to surface your real material; it helps you write, it doesn't fabricate experiences

Required Inputs

Ask for these if not provided:

  • The prompt — the exact essay question and any word limit
  • The scholarship — who gives it and what they value (mission, criteria)
  • Your story — relevant experiences, challenges, goals, and what matters to you (as much as you'll share)
  • Your goal — the field/path and how the scholarship fits it
  • Any drafts — what you've written so far

Framework: Specific, True, On-Prompt

  1. Decode the prompt and the giver. Understand what's being asked and what the scholarship values — align your essay with both, not a generic "why I deserve money."
  2. Find a specific, genuine angle. Draw a real story or theme from the person's experience that's distinctive; specificity is what separates a memorable essay from the pile.
  3. Hook, build, land. Open with something that pulls the reader in, develop the story/argument with real detail, and close by connecting to the future and the award's purpose.
  4. Show, don't platitude. Concrete moments and details beat "I've always been passionate about..." Cut the clichés.
  5. Keep it authentically theirs. Preserve the applicant's own voice and truth — an essay that sounds AI-written or fabricated backfires.
  6. Answer the actual question. However good the story, it must clearly address the prompt within the word limit.
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Output Format

Scholarship essay: [prompt] · [scholarship values] · limit [x words]

What they're looking for: [prompt intent + scholarship's values/fit]. Your angle: [the specific, genuine story/theme to build on]. Structure

  • Hook: [an opening that pulls in].
  • Body: [the story/argument with real specifics].
  • Close: [tie to your future + why this scholarship].

Make it specific: [replace platitudes with concrete moments]. Your voice: [keep it authentically yours].

Written from your real experiences — this helps you tell your story, it won't invent one.

Quality Checks

  • Decodes the prompt and the scholarship's values
  • Builds on a specific, genuine angle from the applicant's story
  • Has a hook-build-close structure
  • Replaces platitudes with concrete specifics
  • Preserves the applicant's authentic voice
  • Answers the prompt within the word limit; nothing fabricated

Anti-Patterns

  • Generic sentiments ("education matters," "I want to help people") everyone writes.
  • Ignoring the scholarship's specific values.
  • A great story that doesn't answer the prompt.
  • Fabricated experiences or hardship.
  • A thesaurus-y voice that isn't the applicant's.

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "Help me write my scholarship essay — here's the prompt."
  • "Make my application essay stand out from the crowd."
  • "I don't know what angle to take for this scholarship — help."
  • "Why-I-deserve-this-scholarship essay, but not cheesy."
  • "Strengthen my draft scholarship essay."

© mohitagw15856, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/scholarship-essay of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0

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Questions about Scholarship Essay

What does Scholarship Essay do?

Write a scholarship essay that stands out — a genuine, specific story that answers the prompt and shows why you deserve the award, without clichés. Scholarship Essay is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Write a scholarship essay that stands out — a genuine, specific story that answers the prompt and shows why you deserve the award, without clichés.

When should I use Scholarship Essay?

Scholarship Essay fits situations like: asked to help with a scholarship essay; write my scholarship application; essay about why I deserve this scholarship; make my application essay stronger.

How do I install Scholarship Essay in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill scholarship-essay -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/scholarship-essay in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/scholarship-essay in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Scholarship Essay in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill scholarship-essay -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/scholarship-essay in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/scholarship-essay in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Scholarship Essay 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill scholarship-essay -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/scholarship-essay, .gemini/skills/scholarship-essay, .github/skills/scholarship-essay and .opencode/skills/scholarship-essay in your project.

What does Scholarship Essay need to run?

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

Does Scholarship Essay 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 Scholarship Essay 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 Scholarship Essay use?

Scholarship Essay 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 Scholarship Essay use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Scholarship Essay?

mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,434 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

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