Reviewing Documentation
microsoft-foundry/foundry-agent-webapp
Provides documentation audit checklists and quality standards.
Create, refactor, or debug agent skills and their loading. An agent skill from pedronauck/skills.
Install Writing Skills
$ npx skills add pedronauck/skills --skill writing-skills -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install pedronauck/skills writing-skills --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pedronauck/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/mine/writing-skills .claude/skills/writing-skills && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "writing-skills" agent skill from https://github.com/pedronauck/skills/tree/main/skills/mine/writing-skills into .claude/skills/writing-skills/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "writing-skills", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/pedronauck/skills/tree/main/skills/mine/writing-skillsType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add pedronauck/skills --skill writing-skills -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install pedronauck/skills writing-skills --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pedronauck/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/mine/writing-skills .agents/skills/writing-skills && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "writing-skills" agent skill from https://github.com/pedronauck/skills/tree/main/skills/mine/writing-skills into .agents/skills/writing-skills/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "writing-skills", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add pedronauck/skills --skill writing-skills -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install pedronauck/skills writing-skills --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pedronauck/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/mine/writing-skills .cursor/skills/writing-skills && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "writing-skills" agent skill from https://github.com/pedronauck/skills/tree/main/skills/mine/writing-skills into .cursor/skills/writing-skills/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "writing-skills", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/pedronauck/skills.git --path skills/mine/writing-skills--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add pedronauck/skills --skill writing-skills -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install pedronauck/skills writing-skills --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pedronauck/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/mine/writing-skills .gemini/skills/writing-skills && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "writing-skills" agent skill from https://github.com/pedronauck/skills/tree/main/skills/mine/writing-skills into .gemini/skills/writing-skills/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "writing-skills", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install pedronauck/skills writing-skillsInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add pedronauck/skills --skill writing-skills -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pedronauck/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/mine/writing-skills .github/skills/writing-skills && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "writing-skills" agent skill from https://github.com/pedronauck/skills/tree/main/skills/mine/writing-skills into .github/skills/writing-skills/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "writing-skills", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add pedronauck/skills --skill writing-skills -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install pedronauck/skills writing-skills --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pedronauck/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/mine/writing-skills .opencode/skills/writing-skills && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "writing-skills" agent skill from https://github.com/pedronauck/skills/tree/main/skills/mine/writing-skills into .opencode/skills/writing-skills/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "writing-skills", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
writing-skills- GitHub stars
- 634
- Used in
- 1 other repo
- Token cost
- ~919 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 448 words
- Files
- 7 (incl. scripts, references, assets)
- Skills in repo
- 65
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
Create, refactor, or debug agent skills and their loading. An agent skill from pedronauck/skills.
- Works in 5 steps: Identify the outcome, owning files,… → Keep the minimum common contract in… → State required order only for… → …
- Tasks that involve Skill authoring
- SKILL.md covers Choose the Scope, Create or Revise and Diagnose and Measure
- Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python3
What it does
Writing Skills is an agent skill from pedronauck/skills. Create, refactor, or debug agent skills and their loading. Use writing-agents-md for AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md; excludes general docs and READMEs.
Its SKILL.md is about 920 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 9 other files, including scripts, reference files and assets (for example `assets/SKILL.template.md`, `references/authoring-procedure.md` and `references/checklist.md`).
It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Skill authoring, Agent instruction files and Technical documentation. The repository describes itself as: My personal favorite skills.
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Skill authoring
- Tasks that involve Agent instruction files
- Tasks that involve Technical documentation
Example prompts
- “/writing-skills”
Requirements
- Python 3
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Identify the outcome, owning files, known failure, and existing instructions. Reuse the current conversation's evidence; recollect only…
- Keep the minimum common contract in SKILL.md; link branch-specific references with a condition and the section needed. Read a complete…
- State required order only for dependencies, mutations, authorization, or cleanup. Let independent searches batch and let the agent choose…
- Define completion by the requested deliverable and its applicable checks. Reuse evidence for unchanged inputs. Do not add a mandatory…
- Check changed triggers, links, metadata, and any affected helper behavior. For a small prose edit, summarize this review; for a new skill…
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
Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
python3
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 Skills loads about 919 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 39 tokens; SKILL.md has 448 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
SKILL.md
Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 448 words (~919 tokens).
“A skill supplies task-specific knowledge or a reliable operation the model would otherwise have to rediscover. Optimize for correct outcomes, useful evidence, and low overhead. Identical process on every run is useful only where ordering is part of the contract.”
- name
- writing-skills
- 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)
Files
SKILL.md and 6 other files (scripts, references, assets) in skills/mine/writing-skills of pedronauck/skills.
- SKILL.md
- assets/SKILL.template.md
- references/authoring-procedure.md
- references/checklist.md
- references/glossary.md
- references/loading-diagnosis.md
- scripts/validate-metadata.py
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.
Compare with similar skills
Writing Skills 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.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writing Skills this skillpedronauck/skills | 634 | 1 repos | ~919 | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Reviewing Documentationmicrosoft-foundry/foundry-agent-webapp | 127 | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Skill Best Practicesaiskillstore/marketplace | 433 | — | ~3.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Neat-Freak Knowledge CloseoutKKKKhazix/khazix-skills | 21k | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Harness Agent Team Designerrevfactory/harness | 9.1k | — | ~4.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Skill Creatormgechev/skills-best-practices | 2.3k | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | None |
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Questions about Writing Skills
What does Writing Skills do?
Create, refactor, or debug agent skills and their loading. An agent skill from pedronauck/skills. Writing Skills is an agent skill from pedronauck/skills. Create, refactor, or debug agent skills and their loading.
When should I use Writing Skills?
Writing Skills fits situations like: tasks that involve Skill authoring; tasks that involve Agent instruction files; tasks that involve Technical documentation.
How do I install Writing Skills in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add pedronauck/skills --skill writing-skills -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/mine/writing-skills in pedronauck/skills) into .claude/skills/writing-skills in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Writing Skills in Codex?
Run `npx skills add pedronauck/skills --skill writing-skills -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/mine/writing-skills in pedronauck/skills) into .agents/skills/writing-skills in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Writing Skills 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-skills -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-skills, .gemini/skills/writing-skills, .github/skills/writing-skills and .opencode/skills/writing-skills in your project.
What does Writing Skills need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Writing Skills needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python3). Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Writing Skills 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 Skills 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
What licence does Writing Skills use?
No licence was found for Writing Skills or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Writing Skills use?
About 919 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.7k 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 1.8k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Writing Skills?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Writing Skills: Reviewing Documentation (microsoft-foundry/foundry-agent-webapp, 127 stars), Skill Best Practices (aiskillstore/marketplace, 433 stars), Neat-Freak Knowledge Closeout (KKKKhazix/khazix-skills, 21k stars) and Harness Agent Team Designer (revfactory/harness, 9.1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Writing Skills?
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.