Apply Strunk's Elements of Style rules to tighten prose drafts.
npx skills add https://github.com/lmorchard/decafclaw --skill writing-clearly-lmorchard
Please help me install this Agent Skill. Skill: writing-clearly Source: https://github.com/lmorchard/decafclaw/tree/main/contrib/skills/writing-clearly Command: npx skills add https://github.com/lmorchard/decafclaw --skill writing-clearly-lmorchard
This skill helps writers tighten prose by applying William Strunk Jr.'s The Elements of Style (1918) rules to drafts, improving clarity and concision.
Provide a draft inline to be edited, and optionally a focus, then run the tool to obtain the tightened revision.
High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.
To tighten prose, you can apply Strunk's Elements of Style rules to your drafts. This generates a structured edit plan of exact substitutions and rewrites to improve concision.
Yes, applying Strunk's rules works for technical documentation and commit messages. The process preserves technical terms, code, links, and quoted material verbatim while tightening the surrounding prose.
The best way to copy-edit without losing formatting is using a deterministic application process. A planner generates targeted text substitutions, replacing only the first match to safely preserve your original formatting and terminology.
You apply Elements of Style revisions by providing your draft text and optionally a focus area. A delegated child agent produces an edit plan, which tool code then deterministically applies to generate the tightened revision.
Editing prose with Strunk's rules does preserve technical terms and code blocks verbatim. The process ensures safe preservation of code, links, and quoted material while maintaining an auditable edit history of all changes.
A limitation of using Strunk's Elements of Style is that substitutions apply to the first match only. The deterministic application relies on a structured edit plan, meaning complex structural rewrites may require manual review afterward.
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