writing-shape — Skills — getagentictools

What it does

Prerequisite — grounded before the opening. The reader brings it. Fixed at the start.

Introduced — a block establishes it, and from then on it's grounded for the rest of the article.

"What does this paragraph do for the reader that the previous one didn't?"

"If I cut this, what breaks?"

"Is this prose, or should it be a list? Why prose?"

"This sentence is doing two jobs — split it or pick one."

"The opening promised X. We've drifted to Y. Either re-thread it or change the opening."

Requirements & configuration

Prerequisite — grounded before the opening. The reader brings it. Fixed at the start.

If the pile lacks something the article needs, name the gap explicitly: "We need an example here and the pile doesn't have one — give me one now or we cut this section."

Code block vs. inline code. Multi-line, runnable, or illustrative → block. Single token or identifier → inline.

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Source

Repository: https://github.com/mattpocock/skills

writing-shape FAQ

What does the writing-shape skill do?

Writing, exploit — shape raw material into an article, paragraph by paragraph. Prerequisite — grounded before the opening. The reader brings it. Fixed at the start. Introduced — a block establishes it, and from then on it's grounded for the rest of the article.

What does writing-shape require?

Prerequisite — grounded before the opening. The reader brings it. Fixed at the start. If the pile lacks something the article needs, name the gap explicitly: "We need an example here and the pile doesn't have one — give me one now or we cut this section." Code block vs. inline code. Multi-line, runnable, or illustrative → block. Single token or identifier → inline.

How do I install writing-shape?

Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/mattpocock/skills --skill writing-shape --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/mattpocock/skills.

Maintain writing-shape?

Let people know it's listed here — add the badge (live metrics, light/dark aware) or a plain link to your README or docs.

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npx agentictools info skills/mattpocock-skills-writing-shape

The second line is the CLI lookup for this page — handy in READMEs and docs.