Writing Clearly And Concisely
Applies Strunk's timeless rules plus modern AI avoidance patterns to any prose humans will read. Use it for documentation, commit messages, error text, UI copy, or explanations. The skill loads specific sections from Elements of Style as needed (grammar, composition, word choice) instead of dumping everything into context. Most useful is the composition file covering active voice, positive form, and cutting needless words. Also flags the statistical patterns LLMs fall into: puffery like "pivotal" and "robust", empty gerund phrases, overused AI vocabulary. Honest approach: it teaches you to write with force and cut the fluff, whether that fluff comes from verbosity or from regressing to training data means.
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- Aug 21, 2026
Install
$ npx -y skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill writing-clearly-and-concisely --agent claude-codeInstalls into .claude/skills of the current project.
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Writing Clearly and Concisely
Overview
Write with clarity and force. This skill covers what to do (Strunk) and what not to do (AI patterns).
When to Use This Skill
Use this skill whenever you write prose for humans:
- Documentation, README files, technical explanations
- Commit messages, pull request descriptions
- Error messages, UI copy, help text, comments
- Reports, summaries, or any explanation
- Editing to improve clarity
If you're writing sentences for a human to read, use this skill.
Limited Context Strategy
When context is tight:
- Write your draft using judgment
- Dispatch a subagent with your draft and the relevant section file
- Have the subagent copyedit and return the revision
Loading a single section (~1,000-4,500 tokens) instead of everything saves significant context.
Elements of Style
William Strunk Jr.'s The Elements of Style (1918) teaches you to write clearly and cut ruthlessly.
Rules
Elementary Rules of Usage (Grammar/Punctuation):
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- Repository
- github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates
- Categories
- Git & Pull Requests, Documentation, Debugging
- First seen
- Jun 3, 2026
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