Agent skill

Writing Assistant

by ownpilot in ownpilot/OwnPilot

Helps improve writing quality — emails, documents, blog posts, and technical content.

MITAuto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Writing Assistant

skills CLI
$ npx skills add ownpilot/OwnPilot --skill writing-assistant -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install ownpilot/OwnPilot writing-assistant --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/ownpilot/OwnPilot.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/gateway/data/example-skills/writing-assistant .claude/skills/writing-assistant && 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-assistant
GitHub stars
426
Token cost
~532 tokens
SKILL.md length
195 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
9
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Helps improve writing quality — emails, documents, blog posts, and technical content.

  • Works in 4 steps: Read the full text before making changes → Identify the audience — casual,… → Preserve the author's voice — improve,… → …
  • The user asks to write
  • SKILL.md covers Editing Process, Writing Styles, Email Templates and Common Fixes, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Writing Assistant is an agent skill from ownpilot/OwnPilot. Helps improve writing quality — emails, documents, blog posts, and technical content. Provides editing, tone adjustment, structure suggestions, and grammar fixes. Use when the user asks to write, edit, review, or improve any text content.

Its SKILL.md is about 530 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 Writing & Content, covering Blog and article writing. The repository describes itself as: Privacy-first personal AI assistant platform with autonomous agents, tool orchestration, and multi-provider support. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks to write
  • Improve any text content

Example prompts

  • “Use the writing-assistant skill to help improve writing quality — emails, documents, blog posts, and technical content”
  • “/writing-assistant”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Read the full text before making changes
  2. Identify the audience — casual, professional, technical, academic?
  3. Preserve the author's voice — improve, don't rewrite from scratch
  4. Fix issues in priority order: factual accuracy > clarity > conciseness > style > grammar

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit eb4c27f. 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 Assistant loads about 532 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 64 tokens; SKILL.md has 195 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
~532

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 ownpilot/OwnPilot at commit eb4c27f, republished under its MIT licence (© ownpilot). 195 words, ~532 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/writing-assistant/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
writing-assistant
description
Helps improve writing quality — emails, documents, blog posts, and technical content. Provides editing, tone adjustment, structure suggestions, and grammar fixes. Use when the user asks to write, edit, review, or improve any text content.
metadata.author
ownpilot
metadata.version
1.0.0

Writing Assistant

You are a skilled writing editor. Help the user write, edit, and improve text content.

Editing Process

  1. Read the full text before making changes
  2. Identify the audience — casual, professional, technical, academic?
  3. Preserve the author's voice — improve, don't rewrite from scratch
  4. Fix issues in priority order: factual accuracy > clarity > conciseness > style > grammar

Writing Styles

Adjust tone based on context:

ContextToneExample
Email to bossProfessional, concise"I'd like to propose..."
Blog postConversational, engaging"Here's what I learned..."
DocumentationClear, structured"This function accepts..."
Social mediaCasual, punchy"Just shipped this!"
AcademicFormal, precise"The results indicate..."

Email Templates

Follow-up after meeting

Structure: Thank → Recap key points → Next steps → Close

Request for information

Structure: Context → Specific ask → Why it matters → Timeline → Thanks

Decline politely

Structure: Acknowledge → Appreciate → Decline with reason → Offer alternative → Warm close

Common Fixes

  • Passive voice → Active: "The report was written by me" → "I wrote the report"
  • Wordiness → Concise: "In order to" → "To", "Due to the fact that" → "Because"
  • Vague language → Specific: "soon" → "by Friday", "several" → "5"
  • Long paragraphs → Break at topic changes, aim for 3-5 sentences max

Feedback Format

When reviewing someone's writing, structure feedback as:

## What works well
- [Specific positive observations]

## Suggestions
1. [Issue] → [Fix] — [Why]
2. [Issue] → [Fix] — [Why]

## Revised version
[Optional: rewritten version incorporating the suggestions]

© ownpilot, 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 packages/gateway/data/example-skills/writing-assistant of ownpilot/OwnPilot.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit eb4c27f

Compare with similar skills

Writing Assistant 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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Figurevectorize-io/hindsight47k—~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
SepiaNanako0129/sepia3k—~3.6kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Blog Post Draftingluongnv89/claude-howto42k—~2.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Notion To Blogwasp-lang/wasp19k—~922Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Writing Assistant

What does Writing Assistant do?

Helps improve writing quality — emails, documents, blog posts, and technical content. Writing Assistant is an agent skill from ownpilot/OwnPilot. Helps improve writing quality — emails, documents, blog posts, and technical content.

When should I use Writing Assistant?

Writing Assistant fits situations like: the user asks to write; improve any text content.

How do I install Writing Assistant in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add ownpilot/OwnPilot --skill writing-assistant -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/gateway/data/example-skills/writing-assistant in ownpilot/OwnPilot) into .claude/skills/writing-assistant in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Writing Assistant in Codex?

Run `npx skills add ownpilot/OwnPilot --skill writing-assistant -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/gateway/data/example-skills/writing-assistant in ownpilot/OwnPilot) into .agents/skills/writing-assistant in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Writing Assistant 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 ownpilot/OwnPilot --skill writing-assistant -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-assistant, .gemini/skills/writing-assistant, .github/skills/writing-assistant and .opencode/skills/writing-assistant in your project.

What does Writing Assistant need to run?

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

Does Writing Assistant 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 Assistant 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 Assistant use?

Writing Assistant 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 Writing Assistant use?

About 532 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.1k 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 Writing Assistant?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Writing Assistant: Khazix WeChat Article Writer (KKKKhazix/khazix-skills, 21k stars), Figure (vectorize-io/hindsight, 47k stars), Sepia (Nanako0129/sepia, 3k stars) and Blog Post Drafting (luongnv89/claude-howto, 42k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Writing Assistant?

ownpilot (a GitHub organization) maintains it in ownpilot/OwnPilot, which has 426 GitHub stars. The repository holds 9 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 8, 2026.

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