Topic · Writing & Content
Best plain language and style rules skills for Claude Code, Codex and other agents.
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Plain language and style rules skills, ranked
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| # | Skill | Repository | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A skill your agent uses when English text must be parsed without a human to resolve ambiguity — tool descriptions, error messages, inter-agent instructions, system prompts, status reports — and… | danyuchn/ | 3.9k | — | ~4.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 3 days ago |
| 2 | Turn a rough bug report, feature request, support note, or pull request into a short, plain-language issue focused on the problem and desired behavior. | every-app/ | 23k | 1 repo | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | yesterday |
| 3 | Writes and edits Japanese business documents so they read clearly and naturally, removes AI-sounding phrasing and can score how AI-like a text reads. | coji/ | 1.9k | — | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 1 mo ago |
| 4 | Applies four layers of technical-writing rules to docs, RFCs, readmes, PR descriptions and commit messages so a tired engineer follows them on the first read. | cursor/ | 10k | 10 repos | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | No licence | yesterday |
| 5 | Builds a Cap feature in an isolated Git worktree with disposable dev resources, verification, a recorded demo and a neutral pull request, started with /building. | CapSoftware/ | 23k | — | ~2.5k | Automated safety check: Warn | Unknown | yesterday |
| 6 | Audit a session-metrics JSON export for token-usage waste and produce a plain-English findings report. | centminmod/ | 2.7k | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 10 days ago |
| 7 | 7.Pgjev Install, configure, query and explain pgjev (the jev PostgreSQL extension that filters, ranks and classifies rows with plain-language conditions via TypeSafe's Jev model). | realZachi/ | 1k | — | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Unknown | yesterday |
| 8 | Cuts defensive disclaimers, stacked hedging and self-protective narration from proposals and summaries, keeping only limits that affect the reader's decision. | lennney/ | 2.5k | 1 repo | ~902 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 2 days ago |
| 9 | Write, edit, or review C (and C-compatible header) code according to C coding style rules, then check and run clang-format to enforce formatting. | MaJerle/ | 1.4k | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 28 days ago |
| 10 | Baseline cross-project coding conventions for naming, readability, immutability, and code-quality review. | KartikLabhshetwar/ | 147 | 4 repos | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | 4 mo ago |
| 11 | Create, update, render, and visually verify polished Bruin CLI terminal demos with VHS. | bruin-data/ | 1.8k | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | today |
| 12 | Generates a complete, customized Non-Disclosure Agreement with plain English annotations, tailored to the specific parties and situation | zubair-trabzada/ | 1.8k | 1 repo | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | No licence | 6 mo ago |
| 13 | Write or rewrite text in plain, layman-readable English in the spirit of ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English: short sentences, active voice, simple tenses, one word one meaning, condition before… | ropensci/ | 104 | 3 repos | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 15 days ago |
| 14 | 14.Talk Normal Installs an always-on set of rules into your agent's workspace config that cuts filler, hedging and padded closings from its replies. | hexiecs/ | 1.9k | — | ~784 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 15 | Writes or reviews documentation pages for the 33 JavaScript Concepts project, following its structure, a beginner-friendly voice and rules against AI-sounding language. | leonardomso/ | 67k | — | ~14k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 27 days ago |
| 16 | 16.Color Audit Audit a design system's color palette against measurable color-science disciplines — WCAG/APCA contrast of declared token pairs, perceptual (OKLCH) ramp uniformity, color-blindness safety of… | rome-os/ | 717 | — | ~2.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | today |
| 17 | 17.Suiko 日本語文書のAI由来の均一さ、翻訳調、不自然さ、論旨、読解負荷を、決定的なRust CLIと目視で診断し、依頼に応じて書く・直す。日本語の学術論文・研究報告では、中心命題、用語、論証、DOCX/PDF納品を監査契約で確認する。Use when the user explicitly mentions suiko, asks whether Japanese text looks… | nwiizo/ | 114 | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | today |
| 18 | 18.Typeset Improve typography by fixing font choices, hierarchy, sizing, weight consistency, and readability. | sudomakes/ | 162 | 10 repos | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 3 mo ago |
| 19 | 19.Caveman Mode Switches the agent to a terse reply style that gives the answer first, drops filler, and keeps every technical fact, command and number exact. | JuliusBrussee/ | 110k | — | ~1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
| 20 | Refactor code to reduce cyclomatic complexity so it stays readable, maintainable, and aligned with the long-term vision of the codebase, not just optimized for AI comprehension. | saurabhkumar8112/ | 405 | — | ~761 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | 1 mo ago |
| 21 | A skill your agent uses when a docs page or section has been written or rewritten and is about to be handed over, when the operator says "reader review", "does this read like a human wrote it", "too… | prisma/ | 1.1k | — | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | No licence | today |
| 22 | Audit, redesign, generate, and improve IEEE manuscript figures, tables, captions, result presentation, plotting scripts, visual polish, hybrid Python/R plus vector-editor workflows… | CloudWave818/ | 353 | — | ~1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 1 mo ago |
| 23 | Convert a web URL into cleaned Markdown with deterministic routing. | rookie-ricardo/ | 935 | — | ~894 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 2 mo ago |
| 24 | 24.UX Writing Applies UX writing practice to interface copy such as buttons, errors, forms and onboarding, using four quality standards and accessibility guidance. | content-designer/ | 222 | — | ~3.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 4 mo ago |
| 25 | Software design philosophy guide based on John Ousterhout's "A Philosophy of Software Design." Use this skill during: code reviews, architecture discussions, API design, module decomposition… | luoling8192/ | 344 | — | ~3.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 2 mo ago |
| 26 | 26.Wisensehub Guided WiSenseHub assistant for downloading WiFi CSI dataset samples, installing the processing environment, standardizing data, creating task-specific views and splits, inspecting outputs, and… | wisensehub/ | 108 | — | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 1 mo ago |
| 27 | 27.Docs Check Cross-check RLinf documentation against code, natural explanation flow, and other docs, including English-Chinese parity. | RLinf/ | 5.4k | — | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | 5 days ago |
| 28 | Review or write CLI documentation. An agent skill from CelestoAI/celesto. | CelestoAI/ | 1k | — | ~805 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | today |
| 29 | Systematically reduce the shipped bundle size of a JS/TS library without sacrificing code readability or breaking consumer APIs. | kcsujeet/ | 351 | — | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 4 days ago |
| 30 | 30.Bro Re-explain the previous assistant message in a much simpler way — for when the reply made you go 'bro what'. | luchasarie/ | 376 | 1 repo | ~421 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 1 mo ago |
| 31 | A skill your agent uses when a user asks how many tokens (or how much context/cost) ContextPilot has saved, or wants a ContextPilot savings status/summary inside Hermes Agent — e.g. | EfficientContext/ | 140 | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 days ago |
| 32 | Enforces this monorepo's coding style rules by inspecting git diffs, reading .agents/skills/style-checker/references/styleguidance.md, fixing style violations, and reporting the result. | noumena-labs/ | 121 | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | 18 days ago |
| 33 | Assesses how ready an organization is to produce plain language, through evidence sweeps, interviews and a maturity gap report. | GaZmagik/ | 188 | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | yesterday |
| 34 | Sets writing rules for Chinese technical docs: short plain sentences, consistent typography and a checklist for removing AI-sounding filler. | leter/ | 332 | — | ~656 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 13 days ago |
| 35 | Route TavernWeave work to bundled development guides, the standing A0 checklist, screened design and motion catalogs, concept/source references, and the offline picker. | LiarMTTT/ | 148 | — | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | Unknown | 3 days ago |
| 36 | 36.Issue Brief Explain a GitHub issue, discussion, or feature request in plain language before deciding whether to build it. | VasiHemanth/ | 376 | — | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | yesterday |
| 37 | 37.Iso 24495 A skill your agent uses when text must be easy for its intended reader to find, understand, and act on — reports, emails, documentation, UI text, announcements, explanations, AI output that reads as… | danyuchn/ | 150 | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 1 mo ago |
| 38 | A skill your agent uses for planning, researching, drafting, revising, or auditing technical write-ups, textbooks, papers, reports, READMEs, research notes, PR narratives, and public technical prose. | tokenbender/ | 367 | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | 2 mo ago |
| 39 | Add a fluent extension to Nice3point.Revit.Extensions with C 14 extension(Type){} blocks that wrap the raw Revit API for readability and chaining. | Nice3point/ | 168 | — | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | yesterday |
| 40 | Reviews and lints Avalonia documentation pages against house style rules, content boundaries, anti-marketing standards, accessibility, and SEO. | AvaloniaUI/ | 166 | — | ~4.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | No licence | today |
| 41 | A skill your agent uses when asked to explain a topic, codebase, process, or document in a specific output format — plain language or Simplified Technical English (STE, in the style of ASD-STE100… | koolamusic/ | 130 | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 2 days ago |
| 42 | 42.Dev Rules General coding-style rules to apply to every project. An agent skill from rust-dd/tako. | rust-dd/ | 162 | — | ~810 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 6 days ago |
| 43 | Chinese-language style guide that keeps articles, scripts and product copy natural, readable and fact-grounded, with a lint script that flags tired phrasing. | oil-oil/ | 229 | — | ~517 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 14 days ago |
| 44 | 44.Skill Review A skill your agent uses when reviewing Codex, Qoder, or repo-local skills and their prompt chains for trigger quality, workflow clarity, progressive disclosure, duplicated instructions, template… | QoderAI/ | 2.4k | — | ~802 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 9 days ago |
| 45 | Audit a finished design document for hard-to-read or hard-to-understand paragraphs, then harden the house-style rules so future design docs avoid them. | JetBrains/ | 437 | — | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | today |
| 46 | Customise the prd-taskmaster plugin workflow via curated brainstorm questions. | anombyte93/ | 604 | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | 1 mo ago |
| 47 | Create GitHub issues using the gh CLI. An agent skill from openkaiden/kaiden. | openkaiden/ | 110 | — | ~2.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
| 48 | Drafts, revises, and audits reader-first technical and product documentation. | daniel-p-green/ | 117 | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 1 mo ago |
Questions, answered from the data.
What is the best plain language and style rules skill?
Asd Ste100 from danyuchn/asd-ste100-skill ranks first of the 420 plain language and style rules skills listed here, with the highest score: its repository has 3.9k GitHub stars, its SKILL.md loads about 4.1k tokens and it passes the automated safety check with no findings. Next come Simple Issue Description and Natural Japanese Business Writing.
Which plain language and style rules skills are official?
18 of the 420 plain language and style rules skills are official, published by the vendor's own GitHub organization: Technical Writing Standard, Docs Reader Review, Readability Feedback, Code Simplifier, Commenting C And Python and 13 more.
How are these skills ranked?
By Skill Navigator score, which combines the GitHub stars of the skill's repository (shared across that repo's skills and discounted for large collections), how many other GitHub owners carry a copy of the skill, and automated SKILL.md quality checks, minus penalties for safety-check warnings and for each further skill from the same repository. Skills that fail the safety check are not listed.
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