Best Claude skills for writing
Writing skills give your agent an editor's discipline: a clear structure, a voice that matches yours and the habit of cutting filler. From blog writers that research current sources to screenwriting and book translation, these skills cover long and short form.
665 writing skills · ranked live · November 2026
The top 10. Ranked by the Alyn Score.
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Matt Pocock
Writing For Agents
Writing documents for agents. Use when creating or editing skills, or modifying AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md.
Pack321k33MScore 95 - 2#2
Writing Shape
Writing, exploit: shape raw material into an article, paragraph by paragraph.
Pack321k33MScore 94 - 3#3
Jesse Vincent
Superpowers
Jesse Vincent
Writing Skills
Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment
Pack316k3.9MScore 94 - 4#4
Anthropic
Skills
Anthropic
Docx
Use this skill whenever the user wants to create, read, edit, or manipulate Word documents (.docx files) or Word templates (.dotx files). Triggers include: any mention of 'Word doc', 'word…
Pack192k3.8MScore 93 - 5#5
Writing Beats
Writing, exploit; assemble raw material into a journey of beats, grounding each term before a beat leans on it.
Pack321k33MScore 93 - 6#6
Anthropic
Skills
Pptx
Use this skill any time a .pptx or .potx file is involved in any way — as input, output, or both. This includes: creating slide decks, pitch decks, or presentations; reading, parsing, or…
Pack192k3.8MScore 91 - 7#7
Anthropic
Skills
Xlsx
Use this skill any time a spreadsheet file is the primary input or output. This means any task where the user wants to: open, read, edit, or fix an existing .xlsx, .xlsm, .xltx, .csv, or…
Pack192k3.8MScore 91 - 8#8
Corey Haines
Marketingskills
Corey Haines
Reverse Engineer Marketing
When the user wants to know how another company grew and what to copy, or asks what a competitor did and when: a dated log of their moves against their traffic from public data, archives…
Pack60k6.3MScore 90 - 9#9
Jesse Vincent
Superpowers
Writing Plans
Use when you have a spec or requirements for a multi-step task, before touching code
Pack316k3.9MScore 90 - 10#10
affaan-m
Agent Security Hardening
Security hardening guidance for AI agent frameworks that process untrusted content, invoke tools, write workspace files, manage runtime identifiers, or handle credentials. Use when building…
Pack301k1.7MScore 89
What makes a great writing skill.
Voice and style rules you can adapt to your own writing.
A research or sourcing step for factual pieces.
Editing passes that remove AI tells.
All 665 writing skills.
Jesse Vincent
Superpowers Skills
Jesse VincentWriting Plans
Create detailed implementation plans with bite-sized tasks for engineers with zero codebase context
shawnpang
Startup Founder Skills
shawnpangcontent-strategy
When the user needs to plan, prioritize, or structure a content program -- including identifying content pillars, mapping content to the buyer journey, choosing content types, or building…
lingxling
Awesome Skills Cn
lingxlinginternal-comms
A set of resources to help me write all kinds of internal communications, using the formats that my company likes to use. Claude should use this skill whenever asked to write some sort of…
Adkid-Zephyr
Oral Paper Skill
Adkid-Zephyroral-paper-skill
Help authors learn from exemplary ICLR, ICML, and NeurIPS papers through source-linked manuscript comparisons, concrete writing and experiment suggestions, and guided reflection. Use for…
zubair-trabzadaplain-english-translation
Translates every clause of a contract from legalese into clear, plain English with flags for deliberately confusing or misleading language
Memento-Teams
Memento Skills
Memento-Teamsweb-search
Web search and content fetching. Use when the user needs to search the web for information or fetch content from URLs.
wshuyix-article-publisher
Publish Markdown articles to X (Twitter) Articles editor with proper formatting. Use when user wants to publish a Markdown file/URL to X Articles, or mentions "publish to X", "post article…
realkimbarrett
Advertising Skills
realkimbarrettschwartz-awareness-mapper
Use when you need to determine audience awareness level and the correct messaging approach. Trigger on "awareness stage", "cold vs warm audience", "Schwartz", "message to market match".
rohitg00test-patterns
Applies proven testing patterns — Arrange-Act-Assert (AAA), Given-When-Then, Test Data Builders, Object Mother, parameterized tests, fixtures, spies, and test doubles — to help write…
realkimbarrett
Advertising Skills
realkimbarrettmechanism-builder
Use when you need to explain why your solution works and others failed. Trigger on "unique mechanism", "why this works", "different angle", "positioning".
rohitg00skill-authoring
Creates and structures SKILL.md files for AI coding agents, including YAML frontmatter, trigger phrases, directive instructions, decision trees, code examples, and verification checklists…
rohitg00red-green-refactor
Guides the red-green-refactor TDD workflow: write a failing test first, implement the minimum code to make it pass, then refactor while keeping tests green. Use when a user asks to practice…
realkimbarrett
Advertising Skills
realkimbarrettgeneric-language-killer
Remove vague, corporate, or AI-sounding language and replace it with clear, specific, human wording. Trigger on "improve copy", "sounds generic", "too fluffy".
pablo-mano
Obsidian CLI Skill
pablo-manoobsidian-cli
Use this skill whenever the user wants Claude to directly interact with their Obsidian vault — reading a note or daily note, writing or appending content, searching vault contents, counting…
proficientlyjobscover-letter
Write a tailored cover letter for a specific job posting
Spark-To-Paper-Skillspaperjury
Three modes for CS-conference papers (CVPR/ICCV/ECCV vision, ACL/EMNLP/NAACL NLP, ICLR/NeurIPS/ICML/AAAI ML). DIRECT-EDIT mode (common): the user describes a change in Chinese or English…
lishix520
Academic Paper Skills
lishix520academic-paper-composer
Systematic writing framework for philosophy and interdisciplinary academic papers from optimized outline to submission-ready manuscript. Use when users want to: (1) write a paper from a…
lishix520
Academic Paper Skills
lishix520academic-paper-strategist
Systematic strategic planning framework for philosophy and interdisciplinary academic papers targeting preprint platforms (PhilArchive, arXiv, PhilSci-Archive). Use when users want to: (1)…
zubair-trabzada
AI Marketing Claude
zubair-trabzadamarket-ads
You are the advertising engine for /market ads <url. You generate complete ad campaigns across platforms with full copy variations, audience targeting strategies, budget recommendations…
zubair-trabzada
AI Marketing Claude
zubair-trabzadamarket-audit
You are the full marketing audit engine for /market audit <url. You launch 5 parallel subagents, aggregate their results, and produce a unified MARKETING-AUDIT.md report that is…
zubair-trabzada
AI Marketing Claude
zubair-trabzadamarket-brand
Primary Sources (must analyze): 1. Homepage -- The most curated representation of the brand 2. About page -- How the brand describes itself 3. Product/service pages -- How they present…
Matt Pocockdomain-modeling
Build and sharpen a project's domain model. Use when discussing codebase terminology, writing or editing a GLOSSARY.md, or recording or editing an ADR.
Matt Pocockwriting-fragments
Writing, explore: mine raw fragments, no structure yet.
Anthropic
Skills
Anthropicdoc-coauthoring
Guide users through a structured workflow for co-authoring documentation. Use when user wants to write documentation, proposals, technical specs, decision docs, or similar structured…
Corey Haines
Marketingskills
Corey Hainesai-seo
When the user wants to get cited and recommended in AI answers (ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews), or asks why AI cites a competitor, which content gets cited, or whether llms.txt or a…
Corey Haines
Marketingskills
Corey Hainesco-marketing
When the user wants co-marketing partners or joint campaigns, or asks whether a partner fits, a size mismatch matters, or how to split work and leads: integration partners, cross-promotion…
Corey Haines
Marketingskills
Corey Hainescontent-strategy
When the user wants to plan content, or asks which topic or piece to prioritize, what to write about, or why posts bring no customers: topic clusters, editorial calendars, roadmaps tied to…
Corey Haines
Marketingskills
Corey Hainescopy-editing
When the user wants to edit, tighten, proofread, or refresh existing copy, or asks whether to keep, cut, or change a line in it, without rewriting from scratch. Every edit removes AI tells…
Corey Haines
Marketingskills
Corey Hainescopywriting
When the user wants to write or rewrite page copy (homepage, landing, pricing, feature), or asks which headline, promise, or message to lead with. Diagnoses the input first (blank brief…
Corey Haines
Marketingskills
Corey Hainescustomer-research
When the user wants to run or synthesize customer research, or asks what customer quotes, reviews, or feedback really mean, what is safe to conclude, and what to ask next: interviews…
Corey Haines
Marketingskills
Corey Hainesimage
When the user wants to create, generate, edit, or optimize marketing images, or asks which approach to take (generate, design, or photograph): blog heroes, social graphics, product mockups…
Corey Haines
Marketingskills
Corey Hainesinfluencer-marketing
When the user wants creator, influencer, or ambassador partnerships, or asks which creators fit, what to pay, which rights to buy, or whether a sponsorship worked: vetting, contracts…
Corey Haines
Marketingskills
Corey Haineslead-magnets
When the user wants to plan or improve a lead magnet, or asks what to give away for emails or how much to ask in return (gating, form fields): checklists, templates, ebooks, gated guides…
Corey Haines
Marketingskills
Corey Hainesoffers
When the user wants to design or improve the offer itself, or asks why it isn't selling or how to add urgency honestly: value stacking, bonuses, guarantees, scarcity, payment plans…
Corey Haines
Marketingskills
Corey Hainesprogrammatic-seo
When the user wants SEO pages at scale from templates and data, or asks whether a page set will rank or look thin: location, integration, comparison, directory, and '[X] for [Y]' pages…
Corey Haines
Marketingskills
Corey Hainessales-enablement
When the user wants sales collateral, or asks what to give a champion or rep, or how to answer an objection or make the case: decks, one-pagers, objection handling, demo scripts, talk…
Writing skills, explained.
Also searched as: writing skills claude, copywriting skill, blog writing skill, humanizer.
What are the best Claude skills for writing?
Right now the top-ranked writing skills on Alyn are Writing For Agents (Matt Pocock), Writing Shape (Matt Pocock), Writing Skills (Jesse Vincent). Rankings combine GitHub stars, installs, freshness and depth, and update live.
Which skill makes Claude write like a human?
Humanizer, avoid-ai-writing and sepia focus specifically on removing AI writing patterns. See the anti-slop category too.
Can a skill learn my writing style?
Some skills distill a writing style from samples you provide and save it as reference material for future drafts.
How do I install a writing skill?
Run npx skills add owner/repo in your project, or copy the folder with SKILL.md into ~/.claude/skills. Every skill on this page has a ready-to-copy command.
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