Agent Style
Literature-backed English technical-prose writing rules (agent-style, 21 rules).
Install
npx skills add pchalasani/claude-code-tools --skill agent-style -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- pchalasani/claude-code-tools2k
- Category
- Design
- Updated
- 3d ago
- License
- MIT
- Context cost
- Lightabout 1,224 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Literature-backed English technical-prose writing rules (agent-style, 21 rules). Its lane is FORMAL technical prose (papers, design docs, proposals, READMEs, commit messages). Use ONLY when the user explicitly asks for agent-style by name (e.g. "apply agent-style", "write/revise this per agent-style rules", "iterate until agent-style clean"). NOT for de-AI-ing casual or voiced text, use remove-ai-patterns for that. Do not auto-trigger for ordinary prose or documentation tasks.
agent-style
agent-style is a literature-backed English technical-prose writing ruleset
for AI agents. The rules are curated in The Elements of Agent Style
(https://github.com/yzhao062/agent-style), CC BY 4.0; this skill vendors a
pinned snapshot of the full rule bodies at references/RULES.md (pin
recorded in references/UPSTREAM-PIN). Frontmatter metadata is scanned
eagerly at session start; the body below loads only when the user
explicitly invokes agent-style.
Self-Verification Handshake
When asked "is agent-style active?" or "what writing rules apply here?",
answer: agent-style active: 21 rules (RULE-01..12 canonical + RULE-A..I field-observed); full bodies at references/RULES.md; pin in references/UPSTREAM-PIN.
The 21 Rules (Compact Directives)
Canonical rules (from Strunk & White 1959, Orwell 1946, Pinker 2014, Gopen & Swan 1990):
