Agent skill

Writing Agents Md

by pedronauck in pedronauck/skills

Write or audit AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md instructions. An agent skill from pedronauck/skills.

No licenceAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Writing Agents Md

skills CLI
$ npx skills add pedronauck/skills --skill writing-agents-md -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install pedronauck/skills writing-agents-md --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/pedronauck/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/mine/writing-agents-md .claude/skills/writing-agents-md && 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-agents-md
GitHub stars
634
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~769 tokens
SKILL.md length
380 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
65
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Write or audit AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md instructions. An agent skill from pedronauck/skills.

  • Works in 5 steps: Read the relevant instructions, current… → Review rules by concern: keep, rewrite,… → Resolve contradictions using the user's… → …
  • Tasks that involve Agent instruction files
  • SKILL.md covers Keep, Move, or Remove and Work
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Writing Agents Md is an agent skill from pedronauck/skills. Write or audit AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md instructions. Use writing-skills for on-demand skills; excludes human-facing docs and READMEs.

Its SKILL.md is about 770 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 Agent Workflows, covering Agent instruction files, Technical documentation and Skill authoring. The repository describes itself as: My personal favorite skills.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Agent instruction files
  • Tasks that involve Technical documentation
  • Tasks that involve Skill authoring

Example prompts

  • “/writing-agents-md”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Read the relevant instructions, current repository contracts, and user decisions. Check recent changes before pruning policy; keep…
  2. Review rules by concern: keep, rewrite, relocate, or remove. Record material policy changes and relocations in a concise summary; a…
  3. Resolve contradictions using the user's current direction and the repository's authoritative policy. Ask only if a remaining conflict…
  4. Edit the canonical owning file and update its pointers. Preserve symlinks and tool-generated blocks; avoid parallel copies that drift.
  5. Check that important invariants and real commands remain reachable, nested instructions agree, and removed rules are not silently…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 0422940. 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 Agents Md loads about 769 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 37 tokens; SKILL.md has 380 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~37
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~769

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 380 words (~769 tokens).

“Keep AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md focused on project decisions the agent cannot reliably infer from nearby code or tooling. Instruction loading differs by harness; verify which root and nested files apply before counting their context cost.”

— opening of SKILL.md by pedronauck
name
writing-agents-md
metadata.author
Pedro Nauck
metadata.github
https://github.com/pedronauck
metadata.repository
https://github.com/pedronauck/skills
metadata.credits
Doctrine adapted from writing-great-skills (mattpocock/skills)

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/mine/writing-agents-md of pedronauck/skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 0422940

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in pedronauck/skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Categories

Questions about Writing Agents Md

What does Writing Agents Md do?

Write or audit AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md instructions. An agent skill from pedronauck/skills. Writing Agents Md is an agent skill from pedronauck/skills.md instructions.

When should I use Writing Agents Md?

Writing Agents Md fits situations like: tasks that involve Agent instruction files; tasks that involve Technical documentation; tasks that involve Skill authoring.

How do I install Writing Agents Md in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Writing Agents Md in Codex?

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

Can I use Writing Agents Md 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 pedronauck/skills --skill writing-agents-md -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-agents-md, .gemini/skills/writing-agents-md, .github/skills/writing-agents-md and .opencode/skills/writing-agents-md in your project.

What does Writing Agents Md need to run?

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

Does Writing Agents Md 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 Agents Md 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 Agents Md use?

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

How many tokens does Writing Agents Md use?

About 769 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.1k 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 Agents Md?

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Who maintains Writing Agents Md?

pedronauck (a GitHub user) maintains it in pedronauck/skills, which has 634 GitHub stars. The repository holds 65 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 14, 2026.

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