Khazix WeChat Article Writer
KKKKhazix/khazix-skills
Writes long-form WeChat official account articles in the personal style of the Khazix account, from briefs, links, PDFs or rough notes, with a topic quality check.
Selects and applies journalistic story structures (WSJ Formula, Inverted Pyramid, Hourglass, Tick-Tock).
Install Structuring Articles
$ npx skills add rileyhilliard/claude-essentials --skill structuring-articles -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install rileyhilliard/claude-essentials structuring-articles --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/rileyhilliard/claude-essentials.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ce/skills/structuring-articles .claude/skills/structuring-articles && 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 "structuring-articles" agent skill from https://github.com/rileyhilliard/claude-essentials/tree/main/plugins/ce/skills/structuring-articles into .claude/skills/structuring-articles/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "structuring-articles", 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/rileyhilliard/claude-essentials/tree/main/plugins/ce/skills/structuring-articlesType 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 rileyhilliard/claude-essentials --skill structuring-articles -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install rileyhilliard/claude-essentials structuring-articles --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rileyhilliard/claude-essentials.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ce/skills/structuring-articles .agents/skills/structuring-articles && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "structuring-articles" agent skill from https://github.com/rileyhilliard/claude-essentials/tree/main/plugins/ce/skills/structuring-articles into .agents/skills/structuring-articles/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "structuring-articles", 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 rileyhilliard/claude-essentials --skill structuring-articles -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install rileyhilliard/claude-essentials structuring-articles --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rileyhilliard/claude-essentials.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ce/skills/structuring-articles .cursor/skills/structuring-articles && 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 "structuring-articles" agent skill from https://github.com/rileyhilliard/claude-essentials/tree/main/plugins/ce/skills/structuring-articles into .cursor/skills/structuring-articles/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "structuring-articles", 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/rileyhilliard/claude-essentials.git --path plugins/ce/skills/structuring-articles--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 rileyhilliard/claude-essentials --skill structuring-articles -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install rileyhilliard/claude-essentials structuring-articles --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rileyhilliard/claude-essentials.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ce/skills/structuring-articles .gemini/skills/structuring-articles && 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 "structuring-articles" agent skill from https://github.com/rileyhilliard/claude-essentials/tree/main/plugins/ce/skills/structuring-articles into .gemini/skills/structuring-articles/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "structuring-articles", 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 rileyhilliard/claude-essentials structuring-articlesInstalls 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 rileyhilliard/claude-essentials --skill structuring-articles -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rileyhilliard/claude-essentials.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ce/skills/structuring-articles .github/skills/structuring-articles && 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 "structuring-articles" agent skill from https://github.com/rileyhilliard/claude-essentials/tree/main/plugins/ce/skills/structuring-articles into .github/skills/structuring-articles/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "structuring-articles", 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 rileyhilliard/claude-essentials --skill structuring-articles -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install rileyhilliard/claude-essentials structuring-articles --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rileyhilliard/claude-essentials.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ce/skills/structuring-articles .opencode/skills/structuring-articles && 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 "structuring-articles" agent skill from https://github.com/rileyhilliard/claude-essentials/tree/main/plugins/ce/skills/structuring-articles into .opencode/skills/structuring-articles/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "structuring-articles", 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
structuring-articles- GitHub stars
- 130
- Token cost
- ~1.6k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 869 words
- Files
- 12 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 17
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Selects and applies journalistic story structures (WSJ Formula, Inverted Pyramid, Hourglass, Tick-Tock).
- Outlining articles
- SKILL.md covers How This Skill Relates to…, Framework Selection, Universal Elements and Sentence and Paragraph Rhythm, plus 1 more section
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Any narrative prose longer than a few paragraphs
What it does
Structuring Articles is an agent skill from rileyhilliard/claude-essentials. Selects and applies journalistic story structures (WSJ Formula, Inverted Pyramid, Hourglass, Tick-Tock). Use when writing or outlining articles, blog posts, essays, or any narrative prose longer than a few paragraphs.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 12 other files, including reference files (for example `references/accordion.md`, `references/braided-narrative.md` and `references/diamond.md`).
It sits in Writing & Content, covering Blog and article writing. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Outlining articles
- Any narrative prose longer than a few paragraphs
Example prompts
- “Use the structuring-articles skill to select and applies journalistic story structures (WSJ Formula, Inverted Pyramid, Hourglass, Tick-Tock)”
- “/structuring-articles”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3a67a01. 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
Structuring Articles loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~13k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 60 tokens; SKILL.md has 869 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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from rileyhilliard/claude-essentials at commit 3a67a01, republished under its MIT licence (© rileyhilliard). 869 words, ~1,619 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/structuring-articles/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 11 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- structuring-articles
- description
- Selects and applies journalistic story structures (WSJ Formula, Inverted Pyramid, Hourglass, Tick-Tock). Use when writing or outlining articles, blog posts, essays, or any narrative prose longer than a few paragraphs.
Structuring Articles
Professional journalists don't just write — they select a structure that serves their material. A trend piece about remote work demands a different architecture than a breaking news story about a policy change. This skill helps you match content to the right framework, then execute it.
How This Skill Relates to Other Skills
This skill handles structure — the bones of an article. It tells you what goes where and why.
For voice, tone, and anti-AI rhetoric, load the writer skill. These two skills are designed to work together: structure from here, style from there.
For executive/strategy documents (board decks, business cases, market analysis), the strategy-writer skill is more appropriate — those follow their own conventions.
Framework Selection
Match the content to a framework before writing. The decision depends on three things: what kind of story is it, what's the strongest material you have, and how much space do you have?
| You're writing about... | Strongest material | Framework | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| A systemic trend or issue, and you have a compelling person affected by it | A character whose experience illustrates the bigger picture | WSJ Formula | references/wsj-formula.md |
| Breaking news, a new report, or a policy announcement | The headline fact — what just happened and why it matters | Inverted Pyramid | references/inverted-pyramid.md |
| A news event that also needs narrative depth | Both the headline fact AND a rich chronological story behind it | Hourglass | references/hourglass.md |
| A sequential news event you want to narrate after the headline | The headline fact AND a chronological sequence of what happened | Martini Glass | references/martini-glass.md |
| A complex topic you want to ease readers into gradually | A specific person or scene AND broad research/data | Diamond | references/diamond.md |
| A major event and you want to reconstruct how it unfolded | Detailed sourcing on what happened when — timestamps, scenes, dialogue | Tick-Tock | references/tick-tock.md |
| A story with a dramatic climax moment | A gripping scene you can open with before rewinding | Nine Structure | references/nine-structure.md |
| Two parallel storylines that illuminate each other | Multiple characters or threads that intersect | Braided Narrative | references/braided-narrative.md |
| A data-driven story with a central human character | Both quantitative data AND a compelling personal story | Accordion | references/accordion.md |
| You're on deadline and need to organize material fast | A pile of notes, quotes, and facts that need ordering | Five Boxes | references/five-boxes.md |
If you're unsure, default to the WSJ Formula for features/essays or the Inverted Pyramid for news. They're the workhorses.
After selecting a framework, read the relevant reference file for the step-by-step structure.
Universal Elements
Every framework shares a few building blocks. These apply regardless of which structure you choose.
The Nut Graf
The single most important paragraph in any article. It answers "so what?" — why this story matters, why now, why the reader should care. If a reader skimmed only your headline and nut graf, they should grasp the central point.
In the WSJ Formula, the nut graf appears after the opening anecdote. In the Inverted Pyramid, it's the second or third paragraph. In every other structure, find its natural home — but it must exist, and it must appear early.
A nut graf that's missing or buried is the #1 reason a draft feels aimless.
See references/prose-craft.md for detailed guidance on writing nut grafs, plus ledes, transitions, kickers, data integration, and quote handling.
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The Lede
The opening that earns the reader's attention. Seven major types exist (summary, anecdotal, scene-setting, question, contrast, staccato, delayed) — each suited to different material. The framework you choose often implies the lede type: WSJ Formula calls for an anecdotal lede, Inverted Pyramid calls for a summary lede. But these aren't rigid rules.
See references/prose-craft.md for the full lede taxonomy.
The Kicker
The ending. Six types (circle, quote, echo, future-looking, experiential, surprise/revelation). The best endings are discovered during reporting, not manufactured afterward. If your planned ending isn't working, the real ending is probably a few paragraphs earlier.
See references/prose-craft.md for kicker guidance.
Sentence and Paragraph Rhythm
This is not about structure — it's about the texture of the prose within any structure. But it's so foundational it belongs here alongside framework selection.
Vary sentence length deliberately. Short sentences punch. Long sentences build complexity and momentum. Uniform sentence length is one of the clearest signals of machine-generated prose. Gary Provost's famous demonstration:
"This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It's like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety.
Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony."
Read your work aloud. If everything sounds the same length, it will feel monotonous regardless of content.
Paragraph length works the same way. Short paragraphs accelerate. Long paragraphs slow the reader for reflection. A one-sentence paragraph carries enormous weight — the white space around it says "this matters."
When NOT to Use This Skill
Not everything is an article. Skip this skill for:
- Technical documentation, READMEs, API docs → use the
writerskill's Engineer persona - Commit messages, PRs, changelogs → use the
writerskill's Contributor persona - UI copy, error messages → use the
writerskill's UX Writer persona - Executive strategy documents → use the
strategy-writerskill - Quick social posts or comments → use the
writerskill's Poster/LinkedIn persona
© rileyhilliard, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 11 other files (references) in plugins/ce/skills/structuring-articles of rileyhilliard/claude-essentials.
- SKILL.md
- references/accordion.md
- references/braided-narrative.md
- references/diamond.md
- references/five-boxes.md
- references/hourglass.md
- references/inverted-pyramid.md
- references/martini-glass.md
- references/nine-structure.md
- references/prose-craft.md
- references/tick-tock.md
- references/wsj-formula.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3a67a01
Compare with similar skills
Structuring Articles 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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Structuring Articles this skillrileyhilliard/claude-essentials | 130 | — | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Khazix WeChat Article WriterKKKKhazix/khazix-skills | 21k | 2 repos | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Figurevectorize-io/hindsight | 46k | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| SepiaNanako0129/sepia | 3k | — | ~3.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Blog Post Draftingluongnv89/claude-howto | 42k | — | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Notion To Blogwasp-lang/wasp | 19k | — | ~922 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Structuring Articles
What does Structuring Articles do?
Selects and applies journalistic story structures (WSJ Formula, Inverted Pyramid, Hourglass, Tick-Tock). Structuring Articles is an agent skill from rileyhilliard/claude-essentials. Selects and applies journalistic story structures (WSJ Formula, Inverted Pyramid, Hourglass, Tick-Tock).
When should I use Structuring Articles?
Structuring Articles fits situations like: outlining articles; any narrative prose longer than a few paragraphs.
How do I install Structuring Articles in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add rileyhilliard/claude-essentials --skill structuring-articles -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/ce/skills/structuring-articles in rileyhilliard/claude-essentials) into .claude/skills/structuring-articles in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Structuring Articles in Codex?
Run `npx skills add rileyhilliard/claude-essentials --skill structuring-articles -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/ce/skills/structuring-articles in rileyhilliard/claude-essentials) into .agents/skills/structuring-articles in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Structuring Articles 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 rileyhilliard/claude-essentials --skill structuring-articles -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/structuring-articles, .gemini/skills/structuring-articles, .github/skills/structuring-articles and .opencode/skills/structuring-articles in your project.
What does Structuring Articles need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Structuring Articles is instructions for the agent only.
Does Structuring Articles 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 Structuring Articles 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 Structuring Articles use?
Structuring Articles 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 Structuring Articles use?
About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.5k 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 11k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Structuring Articles?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Structuring Articles: Khazix WeChat Article Writer (KKKKhazix/khazix-skills, 21k stars), Figure (vectorize-io/hindsight, 46k 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 Structuring Articles?
rileyhilliard (a GitHub user) maintains it in rileyhilliard/claude-essentials, which has 130 GitHub stars. The repository holds 17 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 18, 2026.
Source: rileyhilliard/claude-essentials on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.