Agent skill

Simplified Technical English

by superplanehq in superplanehq/superplane

Write user-facing and reviewer-facing technical text in ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English style.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Simplified Technical English

skills CLI
$ npx skills add superplanehq/superplane --skill simplified-technical-english -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install superplanehq/superplane simplified-technical-english --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/superplanehq/superplane.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/simplified-technical-english .claude/skills/simplified-technical-english && 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
simplified-technical-english
GitHub stars
7.7k
Token cost
~1.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
724 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
10
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Write user-facing and reviewer-facing technical text in ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English style.

  • Works in 6 steps: Prefer plain words with one meaning. Do… → Keep one technical noun per concept. Use… → Do not use slang, idioms, humor, or… → …
  • Drafting PR descriptions
  • SKILL.md covers When this applies, Core rules (must follow), SuperPlane technical nouns… and Before / after, plus 2 more sections
  • Calls just

What it does

Simplified Technical English is an agent skill from superplanehq/superplane. Write user-facing and reviewer-facing technical text in ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English style. Use when drafting PR descriptions, commit message bodies, UI copy, docs, error messages, procedures, onboarding text, or any product wording that must stay clear for non-native readers.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k 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 Development, covering Commit messages and Pull requests. The repository describes itself as: Open source factory for one-shot engineering.

When your agent uses it

  • Drafting PR descriptions
  • Commit message bodies
  • Onboarding text
  • Any product wording that must stay clear for non-native readers

Example prompts

  • “/simplified-technical-english”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Prefer plain words with one meaning. Do not use synonyms for the same idea
  2. Keep one technical noun per concept. Use SuperPlane vocabulary
  3. Do not use slang, idioms, humor, or jargon that the reader cannot act on.
  4. Use American English spelling.
  5. Prefer verbs for actions. Do not hide actions in nouns
  6. Keep multi-word technical nouns to three words or fewer when you invent

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9c4f19e. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • just

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • asd-ste100.org

    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

Simplified Technical English loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 79 tokens; SKILL.md has 724 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~79
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.4k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 724 words (~1,447 tokens).

“Write clear, unambiguous technical English. Prefer STE writing rules over clever or idiomatic phrasing.”

— opening of SKILL.md by superplanehq, Custom licence
name
simplified-technical-english

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/simplified-technical-english of superplanehq/superplane.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9c4f19e

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Questions about Simplified Technical English

What does Simplified Technical English do?

Write user-facing and reviewer-facing technical text in ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English style. Simplified Technical English is an agent skill from superplanehq/superplane. Write user-facing and reviewer-facing technical text in ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English style.

When should I use Simplified Technical English?

Simplified Technical English fits situations like: drafting PR descriptions; commit message bodies; onboarding text; any product wording that must stay clear for non-native readers.

How do I install Simplified Technical English in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add superplanehq/superplane --skill simplified-technical-english -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/simplified-technical-english in superplanehq/superplane) into .claude/skills/simplified-technical-english in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Simplified Technical English in Codex?

Run `npx skills add superplanehq/superplane --skill simplified-technical-english -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/simplified-technical-english in superplanehq/superplane) into .agents/skills/simplified-technical-english in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Simplified Technical English 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 superplanehq/superplane --skill simplified-technical-english -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/simplified-technical-english, .gemini/skills/simplified-technical-english, .github/skills/simplified-technical-english and .opencode/skills/simplified-technical-english in your project.

What does Simplified Technical English need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Simplified Technical English needs the command-line tools its instructions call (just).

Does Simplified Technical English access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: asd-ste100.org. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Simplified Technical English 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 Simplified Technical English use?

Simplified Technical English has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Simplified Technical English use?

About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.8k 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 Simplified Technical English?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Simplified Technical English: PR Finalize Review (microsoft/garnet, 12k stars), Git Workflow and Versioning (addyosmani/agent-skills, 104k stars), React Router Pull Request Creator (remix-run/react-router, 57k stars) and Verdaccio Pull Request Workflow (verdaccio/verdaccio, 18k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Simplified Technical English?

superplanehq (a GitHub organization) maintains it in superplanehq/superplane, which has 7,711 GitHub stars. The repository holds 10 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

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