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.
eternityspringnovel-script
给 AI 短剧写剧本：把 novel-outline 的分集梗概落成结构化的场次 + 节拍流（动作节拍与台词行交替）， 台词逐句带说话人与语气，时长逐集按语速确定性折算。产出 script.json + Markdown + 单页评审报告 （时长仪表 / 分集剧本 / 场次总表 / 按角色聚合的台词本，含导出 JSON）。 剧本管戏，分镜管拍——本 skill…
kostja94
Marketing Skills
kostja94programmatic-seo
When the user wants to create SEO pages at scale using templates and data—including AI-assisted, grounded copy for per-URL differentiation (vs rigid mail-merge templates). Also use when the…
kostja94
Marketing Skills
kostja94visual-content
When the user wants to plan, create, or repurpose visual content (images, infographics, social post images) across channels. Also use when the user mentions "content images," "social media…
conorbronsdon
Avoid AI Writing
conorbronsdonavoid-ai-writing
Audit and rewrite content to remove AI writing patterns ("AI-isms"). Use this skill when asked to "remove AI-isms," "clean up AI writing," "edit writing for AI patterns," "audit writing for…
rampstackcocontent-brief-authoring
How to author a content brief that actually guides a writer (human or AI) to produce a piece that ranks, converts, or both. Per-piece editorial brief: target keyword and cluster, search…
rampstackcocontent-distribution
Content distribution as a discipline. Owned channels (newsletter, blog, social), earned channels (PR, syndication, mentions), paid channels (boosted posts, syndication networks), and the…
rampstackcocontent-migration
Move content between platforms, domains, or URL structures while preserving SEO equity, user bookmarks, and integrations. Use this skill when planning a CMS migration, replatforming…
rampstackcocontent-refresh-system
Systematic content refresh discipline. Quarterly audits, refresh prioritization (which pieces, when, how deep), refresh-vs-merge-vs-delete decisions, the lifecycle that distinguishes…
rampstackcocontent-repurposing
Cross-format content adaptation. Turning one substantial piece into many derivative formats (blog series, email sequences, social posts, webinars, podcasts, video shorts) without losing the…
rampstackcocontent-strategy
Develop a content strategy covering editorial positioning, content pillars, formats, calendar, governance, and topical authority planning. Use this skill whenever the user wants to plan a…
kostja94
Marketing Skills
kostja94copywriting
When the user wants to write or optimize short-form marketing copy—headlines, CTAs, ad copy, landing page copy, email copy. Also use when the user mentions "copywriting," "headline," "CTA…
conorbronsdon
Avoid AI Writing
conorbronsdonfile-edit-in-place
Use when the user names a local file and explicitly asks to clean, rewrite, humanize, or remove AI-writing patterns in that file itself, with minimal targeted edits and post-edit…
sergebulaevlinkedin-hook-extractor
Reverse-engineer the hook formula from a viral LinkedIn post URL. Returns which of the 20 canonical 2026 formulas it uses (anaphora, R.I.P., year-pivot, time-anchor, curiosity-gap…
sergebulaevlinkedin-repurposer
Repurpose existing content into a native LinkedIn post. Take a tweet, thread, YouTube video, blog, or newsletter and rebuild it for LinkedIn: re-hook before the fold, expand to the 900 to…
brycewang-stanfordresearch-proposal
Generate academic research proposals for PhD applications. Use when user asks to "write a research proposal", "create PhD proposal", "generate research plan", "撰写研究计划", "写博士申请", "doctoral…
brycewang-stanfordscientific-writing
Core skill for the deep research and writing tool. Write scientific manuscripts in full paragraphs (never bullet points). Use two-stage process with (1) section outlines with key points…
brycewang-stanfordstat-writing
End-to-end statistical writing assistant for LaTeX - draft title/abstract/keywords, expand outlines into sections, audit manuscripts, write reviewer reports and response letters, and…
kostja94
Marketing Skills
kostja94twitter-x-posts
When the user wants to create X (Twitter) post copy, threads, or optimize for X platform. Also use when the user mentions "X post," "X thread," "Twitter post," "Twitter thread," "tweet,"…
conorbronsdon
Avoid AI Writing
conorbronsdonvoice-preserving-rewriter
Use when the user asks to rewrite, humanize, clean up, or remove AI-isms from text while preserving the writer's voice, facts, intent, structure, register, and protected material.
kostja94
Marketing Skills
kostja94podcast-marketing
When the user wants to plan, create, or market a podcast. Also use when the user mentions "podcast," "podcast strategy," "podcast SEO," "show notes," "podcast distribution," "Spotify…
kostja94
Marketing Skills
kostja94video-marketing
When the user wants to plan video marketing, create video scripts, or optimize for short-form or long-form video. Also use when the user mentions "video marketing," "video script,"…
anbeimex-article-publisher
自媒体创作者与内容创作者在需要将 Markdown 长文发布到 X (Twitter) Articles 编辑器时使用。技能自动将 Markdown 转换为富文本并完美保留排版，支持持久化免密登录与封面上传，一键完成发布，大幅提升长文分发效率。
brycewang-stanfordauto-empirical-research-skills
Route empirical-research requests through the Auto-Empirical Research Skills catalog when this whole repository is installed as one skill in Codex, CodeBuddy, Claude Code, or another IDE…
brycewang-stanfordcitation-management
Comprehensive citation management for academic research. Search Google Scholar and PubMed for papers, extract accurate metadata, validate citations, and generate properly formatted BibTeX…
anbeimecontent-research-writer
内容创作者、技术写作员在撰写博客、深度文章或技术文档时，使用此技能可开启全流程写作协作。它能帮你研究资料、构建大纲、逐段打磨并自动添加引用，快速优化Hook，让你高效产出高质量内容，告别孤军奋战！
conorbronsdon
Avoid AI Writing
conorbronsdonfalse-positive-reviewer
Use when a user asks what AI-writing flags mean, whether detector output proves AI authorship, or wants a careful interpretation of possible false positives, especially for academic…
brycewang-stanfordmedical-imaging-review
Write comprehensive literature reviews for medical imaging AI research. Use when writing survey papers, systematic reviews, or literature analyses on topics like segmentation, detection…
brycewang-stanfordpeer-review
Systematic peer review toolkit. Evaluate methodology, statistics, design, reproducibility, ethics, figure integrity, reporting standards, for manuscript and grant review across disciplines.
kostja94
Marketing Skills
kostja94pinterest-posts
When the user wants to create Pinterest Pins, optimize Pin descriptions, or grow Pinterest presence. Also use when the user mentions "Pinterest," "Pin," "Pinterest SEO," "Pinterest…
kostja94
Marketing Skills
kostja94reddit-posts
When the user wants to create Reddit post copy, comments, or optimize for Reddit. Also use when the user mentions "Reddit post," "subreddit," "r/," "Reddit marketing," "post to Reddit,"…
brycewang-stanfordscholar-evaluation
Apply the ScholarEval framework to systematically evaluate scholarly work across quality dimensions (novelty, rigor, significance, and clarity). Use to critique academic papers, research…
brycewang-stanfordscientific-critical-thinking
Evaluate research rigor. Assess methodology, experimental design, statistical validity, biases, confounding, evidence quality (GRADE, Cochrane ROB), for critical analysis of scientific…
kostja94
Marketing Skills
kostja94medium-posts
When the user wants to write, publish, republish, or optimize posts on Medium.com (canonical tags, distribution, Medium SEO). Also use when the user mentions "Medium," "Medium article,"…
brycewang-stanfordml-paper-writing
Write publication-ready ML/AI/Systems papers for NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, AAAI, COLM, OSDI, NSDI, ASPLOS, SOSP. Use when drafting papers from research repos, structuring arguments…
Corey Haines
Makerskills
Corey Hainessocial-fetch
When you or another skill needs to fetch the content of a social media post by URL — tweet, X thread, LinkedIn post, Instagram post, TikTok video, Bluesky post, Reddit thread, Mastodon…
anbeimearticle-illustrator
内容创作者与自媒体创作者在撰写长文缺乏视觉辅助时，当需要给文章配图或生成插图请使用。自动分析文章结构，精准识别位置并生成插画插入段落，将抽象概念具象化。一键完成智能图文排版，省去手动找图时间，大幅提升阅读体验！
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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