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.
- 1#1
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.
Corey Haines
Marketingskills
Corey Hainessocial
When the user wants organic social content for LinkedIn, X, Instagram, TikTok, or Facebook, or asks what to post, which format to favor, or from which account: posts, threads, carousels…
Anthropic
Skills
Anthropicinternal-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…
Corey Haines
Marketingskills
Corey Hainesmarketing-psychology
When the user wants to apply psychology to marketing, or asks why buyers behave or value things as they do, or whether a persuasion tactic is honest: biases, mental models, anchoring…
JimLiubaoyu-image-gen
AI image generation with OpenAI GPT Image 2.5, Azure OpenAI, Google, OpenRouter, DashScope, Z.AI GLM-Image, MiniMax, Jimeng, Seedream, Replicate and Agnes APIs. Supports text-to-image…
JimLiubaoyu-post-to-wechat
Posts content to WeChat Official Account (微信公众号) via API or Chrome CDP. Supports article posting (文章) with HTML, markdown, or plain text input, and image-text posting (贴图, formerly 图文) with…
JimLiubaoyu-post-to-x
Posts content and articles to X (Twitter). Supports regular posts with images/videos and X Articles (long-form Markdown). In Codex, honor explicit requests for the Codex Chrome…
JimLiubaoyu-slide-deck
Generates professional slide deck images from content. Creates outlines with style instructions, then generates individual slide images. Use when user asks to "create slides", "make a…
JimLiubaoyu-translate
This skill should be used when the user asks to "translate", "翻译", "精翻", "translate article", "translate to Chinese", "translate to English", "改成中文", "改成英文", "convert to Chinese"…
JimLiubaoyu-url-to-markdown
Fetch any URL and convert to markdown using baoyu-fetch CLI (Chrome CDP with site-specific adapters). Built-in adapters for X/Twitter, YouTube transcripts, Hacker News threads, and generic…
JimLiubaoyu-danger-x-to-markdown
Converts X (Twitter) tweets and articles to markdown with YAML front matter. Uses reverse-engineered API requiring user consent. Use when user mentions "X to markdown", "tweet to markdown"…
JimLiubaoyu-article-illustrator
Analyzes article structure, identifies positions requiring visual aids, generates illustrations with Type × Style × Palette three-dimension approach. Use when user asks to "illustrate…
JimLiubaoyu-cover-image
Generates article cover images with 5 dimensions (type, palette, rendering, text, mood) combining 11 color palettes and 7 rendering styles. Supports cinematic (2.35:1), widescreen (16:9)…
JimLiubaoyu-danger-gemini-web
Generates images and text via reverse-engineered Gemini Web API. Supports text generation, image generation from prompts, reference images for vision input, and multi-turn conversations…
JimLiubaoyu-electron-extract
Extracts resources and JavaScript from any installed Electron app (`.asar` bundle), restoring original sources from `.js.map` files when available or formatting minified code with Prettier…
JimLiubaoyu-infographic
Generate professional infographics with 21 layout types and 22 visual styles. Analyzes content, recommends layout×style combinations, and generates publication-ready infographics. Use when…
JimLiubaoyu-wechat-summary
Summarizes WeChat group chat highlights into a structured digest using the local wx-cli binary (https://github.com/jackwener/wx-cli). Generates a normal digest by default; a roast (毒舌)…
JimLiubaoyu-xhs-images
Generates infographic image card series with 12 visual styles, 8 layouts, and 3 color palettes. Breaks content into 1-10 cartoon-style image cards optimized for social media engagement. Use…
Imbad0202
Academic Research Skills
Imbad0202academic-pipeline
Orchestrator for the full academic research pipeline: research -> write -> integrity check -> review -> revise -> re-review -> re-revise -> final integrity check -> finalize. Coordinates…
JimLiubaoyu-post-to-weibo
Posts content to Weibo (微博). Supports regular posts with text, images, and videos, and headline articles (头条文章) with Markdown input via Chrome CDP. Use when user asks to "post to Weibo"…
Imbad0202
Academic Research Skills
Imbad0202deep-research
Universal deep research agent team. 13-agent pipeline for rigorous academic research on any topic. 8 modes: full research, quick brief, paper review, lit-review, fact-check, three-way…
JimLiurelease-skills
Universal release workflow. Auto-detects version files and changelogs. Supports Node.js, Python, Rust, Claude Plugin, GitHub Releases, annotated tags, historical release backfill, and…
AgriciDanielseo-plan
Strategic SEO planning for new or existing websites. Industry-specific templates, competitive analysis, content strategy, and implementation roadmap. Use when user says "SEO plan", "SEO…
JimLiubaoyu-compress-image
Compresses images to WebP (default) or PNG with automatic tool selection. Use when user asks to "compress image", "optimize image", "convert to webp", or reduce image file size.
MengTovideo-to-superprompt
Turn a reference video into a super detailed recreation or inspiration prompt. Use when the user provides, mentions, uploads, links, or points to a video and asks to analyze the design, UI…
MengTohtml-to-interaction-prompts
Convert a supplied HTML page or generated HTML reference into a screenshot-backed article containing multiple reusable interaction prompts. Use when the user provides an HTML file, exported…
MengTostitched-full-page-capture
Capture or repair reliable full-page screenshots for lazy-loaded, scroll-animated, Framer, WebGL/canvas, or reveal-heavy web pages. Use when full-page screenshots are blank, gray, white…
AgriciDanielblog-google
Credentialed Google API calls for a blog: PageSpeed Insights, CrUX history, Search Console performance and URL Inspection, GA4 organic traffic, Cloud NLP entities, YouTube video search…
AgriciDanielblog-image
Paid Gemini image generation for blog heroes, inline illustrations, and OG cards (direct API by default, optional MCP for edits). Asks for explicit consent before the first paid call. Runs…
AgriciDanielblog-notebooklm
Query a user's Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) for source-grounded answers through a logged-in browser session on their Google account. Uses the account's usage limits and writes…
AgriciDanielblog-cluster
Semantic topic cluster planning and automated execution engine for claude-blog. Performs SERP-based keyword research, groups keywords by search intent and SERP overlap, builds a…
AgriciDanielblog-discourse
Research what people are actually saying about a topic in the last 30 days across Reddit, X / Twitter, YouTube, Hacker News, dev.to, Medium, and other public discourse platforms. API-free…
AgriciDanielblog-persona
Create and manage writing personas with NNGroup 4-dimension tone framework (Funny-Serious, Formal-Casual, Respectful-Irreverent, Enthusiastic-Matter-of-fact). Personas define readability…
aaron-he-zhu
Aaron Marketing Skills
aaron-he-zhudynamic-content-personalizer
Use when the user asks to "personalize the email", "add merge tags / dynamic content", "set up conditional blocks per segment", or "make first-name and product-recommendation fields fall…
aaron-he-zhu
Aaron Marketing Skills
aaron-he-zhuplacement-exclusion-manager
Use when the user asks to "build my brand-safety exclusion lists", "set placement / topic / content exclusions before launch", "add network and audience exclusions", or "prep the A1…
scenario-labsscenario-ideogram
Use when generating or editing images with Ideogram models on Scenario via MCP: posters, logos, menus, packaging, or signage with exact in-image text, editing an image in place while…
scenario-labsscenario-image
Use when generating or editing images with Scenario through MCP: text-to-image, image-to-image, instruction editing, inpainting or outpainting with a mask, background control, aspect ratio…
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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