This skill enforces a strict standard of plain writing by removing jargon, analogies, and AI-typical filler words. It is designed for writers and developers who need to draft reports, READMEs, or commit messages that can be understood in a single pass.
By prioritizing simple everyday language and complete sentences, the skill strips away linguistic complexity to ensure technical communication remains direct and accessible.
Follow the documented setup, then try a first task.
Installs: Installs the plain-writing skill from the repository.
Run this terminal command to install the plain-writing skill.
gh skill install docwriter-org/plain-writing-skill plain-writing
Installs: Installs only the plain-writing skill file, excluding the optional evals. · Claude Code
Run this complete terminal command to create Claude Code's skill directory and download the skill file.
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/plain-writing curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/docwriter-org/plain-writing-skill/main/skills/plain-writing/SKILL.md \ -o ~/.claude/skills/plain-writing/SKILL.md
Installs: Adds the plain-writing skill rules manually to an agent's instruction source. · Codex, pi
Copy the contents of skills/plain-writing/SKILL.md into the rules file, system prompt, or other instruction source read by the agent.
Uses plain-writing
/plain-writing deslopify
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