plain-writing

Apply a fixed set of plain-writing rules: use simple everyday words, write complete sentences, cut filler and jargon, and avoid dashes, analogies, and rhetorical patterns. This Skill encodes 26 such rules with before-and-after examples and revises text in two passes.

Use the deslopify command, which rewrites the previous agent response for a sharp CEO or technical reader with no project context. It leads with the conclusion, then covers background, tradeoffs, options, evidence, risks, and unknowns in plain language.

It avoids jargon, puffery, em dashes, analogies, rhetorical questions, dramatic pivots, vague demonstrative pronouns, unattributed claims, and filler phrases. Each banned pattern has a concrete replacement rule, such as naming the source or stating the point directly.

It applies only to prose written for the user, such as documents, summaries, and commit messages. Code itself is explicitly excluded, though the words around the code, like comments in explanations or PR descriptions, follow the rules.

Skip it when the user explicitly requests a different style, such as marketing copy, academic register, or creative writing. The Skill defaults to plain style for prose but yields whenever the user asks for another voice.