Writing Guidelines
Review docs/prose for Writing Guidelines compliance. Use when asked to "review my docs", "check writing style", "audit prose", "review docs voice and tone", or "check this page against the writing handbook".
Install
npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --skill writing-guidelinesgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills.git /tmp/agent-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/agent-skills/skills/writing-guidelines ~/.claude/skills/writing-guidelinesPersonal skills live in ~/.claude/skills. Use .claude/skills in a project folder to share a skill with your team.
From the SKILL.md
# Writing Guidelines Review files for compliance with Writing Guidelines. ## How It Works 1. Fetch the latest guidelines from the source URL below 2. Read the specified files (or prompt user for files/pattern) 3. Check against all rules in the fetched guidelines 4. Output findings in the terse `file:line` format ## Guidelines Source Fetch fresh guidelines before each review: ``` https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vercel-labs/writing-guidelines/main/command.md ``` Use WebFetch to retrieve the latest rules. The fetched content contains all the rules and output format instructions. ## Usage When a user provides a file or pattern argument: 1. Fetch guidelines from the source URL above 2. Read the specified files 3. Apply all rules from the fetched guidelines 4. Output findings using the format specified in the guidelines If no files specified, ask the user which files to review.
Details
- Skill name
writing-guidelines- Repository
- vercel-labs/agent-skills
- Path
skills/writing-guidelines/SKILL.md- Repo updated
- 28 October 2026
FAQ
What does the Writing Guidelines skill do?
Review docs/prose for Writing Guidelines compliance. Use when asked to "review my docs", "check writing style", "audit prose", "review docs voice and tone", or "check this page against the writing handbook".
How do I install the Writing Guidelines skill?
skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more): npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --skill writing-guidelines. Skills go in ~/.claude/skills (personal) or .claude/skills (project), and Claude loads them automatically when a task matches the description.
Is Writing Guidelines popular?
It lives in vercel-labs/agent-skills, which has 33,282 GitHub stars and 2,913 forks, and is included in 2 curated skill lists.
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