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.
Illyism
SEO Skills
Illyismseo-title-optimization
Rewrite and audit SEO page titles, title tags, MDX frontmatter titles, H1 alignment, and bulk title improvements. Use when the user mentions titles, title tags, SERP titles, metadata…
onvoyage-ai
GTM Engineer Skills
onvoyage-aiwrite-seo-geo-content
Writes product-led content pages optimized for both search engines and AI engine citations. Produces markdown files with frontmatter, following page-type frameworks (comparison, guide, use…
aiworkskillsaws-wechat-article-review
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Illyism
SEO Skills
Illyismblitz-seo
When the user wants to rank one high-value page fast, run a focused SEO sprint, or is stuck on page 2 for a money keyword. Also use when the user mentions "blitz seo", an SEO war room, a…
Affitor
Affiliate Skills
Affitorcomparison-post-writer
Write "X vs Y" comparison blog posts that help readers choose between two competing products. Triggers on: "write a comparison post", "X vs Y blog post", "compare [product A] and [product…
Affitor
Affiliate Skills
Affitorcontent-decay-detector
Monitor existing content for ranking drops and trigger refresh workflows. Triggers on: "check for content decay", "which content needs updating", "content refresh", "ranking drops"…
Affitor
Affiliate Skills
Affitorcontent-moat-calculator
Estimate pages needed for topical authority. Go/no-go decision before investing months in content. Triggers on: "how much content do I need", "topical authority estimate", "content moat"…
Affitor
Affiliate Skills
Affitorcontent-pillar-atomizer
Take 1 blog post or article and generate 15-30 platform-native micro-content pieces. Not reformatting — re-contextualizing for each platform's culture. Triggers on: "atomize this content"…
Affitor
Affiliate Skills
Affitorcontent-repurposer
Repurpose one piece of affiliate content into multiple formats. Triggers on: "repurpose my content", "turn my blog into tweets", "cross-post this", "content recycling", "convert to…
Affitor
Affiliate Skills
Affitorcontent-research-brief
Research trending topics, collect source articles, and generate a structured research brief for content creation. Stop writing from thin air — write from real sources. Use this skill when…
Affitor
Affiliate Skills
Affitoremail-drip-sequence
Write an email drip sequence for affiliate marketing. Triggers on: "write me an email sequence", "create a drip campaign", "email nurture sequence", "affiliate email funnel", "welcome email…
Affitor
Affiliate Skills
Affitorgithub-pages-deployer
Deploy affiliate content to GitHub Pages for free hosting. Triggers on: "deploy to GitHub Pages", "host on GitHub Pages", "free hosting for my affiliate site", "push to GitHub Pages"…
Affitor
Affiliate Skills
Affitorhow-to-tutorial-writer
Write how-to guides and tutorials that naturally integrate affiliate product recommendations. Triggers on: "write a how-to guide", "tutorial for [task]", "step by step guide to [goal]"…
Affitor
Affiliate Skills
Affitorinfographic-generator
Generate branded infographic specifications from any content or data. Outputs structured layout, copy, data visualization, and color scheme — ready to render as HTML/CSS, Satori, Canva, or…
aiskillstore
Marketplace
aiskillstoreinternal-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…
Affitor
Affiliate Skills
Affitorkeyword-cluster-architect
Map 50-200+ keywords into topical clusters for SEO domination. Build content roadmaps for topical authority. Triggers on: "keyword research", "keyword clustering", "topical authority"…
aipoch
Medical Research Skills
aipochlay-summary-for-cross-disciplinary-teams
Rewrites technical research content into a structured lay summary that cross-disciplinary teams can quickly understand and act on. Use when the user wants to explain research to colleagues…
Affitor
Affiliate Skills
Affitorlisticle-generator
Write "Top N best..." listicle articles for affiliate marketing with mini-reviews, pricing, pros/cons, and CTAs per entry. Triggers on: "write a best of list", "top 10 [category] tools"…
Affitor
Affiliate Skills
Affitorpaid-ad-copy-writer
Write paid ad copy for affiliate offers across ad platforms. Triggers on: "write ad copy", "Facebook ad for affiliate", "Google Ads copy", "TikTok ad script", "Pinterest ad", "paid traffic…
Affitor
Affiliate Skills
Affitorproprietary-data-generator
Create original surveys, benchmarks, and aggregated data nobody else has. Automate data collection for content moats. Triggers on: "create original data", "proprietary data", "survey…
Affitor
Affiliate Skills
Affitorreddit-post-writer
Write Reddit posts and comments that recommend affiliate products without getting banned or flagged as spam. Subreddit-native content that adds value first. Use this skill when the user…
Affitor
Affiliate Skills
Affitorseo-audit
Audit affiliate blog posts and landing pages for SEO issues. Triggers on: "audit my blog post for SEO", "check my SEO", "SEO review", "improve my rankings", "SEO checklist", "on-page SEO…
Affitor
Affiliate Skills
Affitorsocial-media-scheduler
Create a 30-day social media content calendar for affiliate marketing. Triggers on: "create a social media calendar", "30-day content plan", "social media schedule", "content calendar for…
Affitor
Affiliate Skills
Affitortiktok-script-writer
Write short-form video scripts for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts that promote affiliate products with strong hooks, demos, and CTAs. Use this skill when the user asks about…
Affitor
Affiliate Skills
Affitortwitter-thread-writer
Write X/Twitter threads that get bookmarked, shared, and drive affiliate clicks. Use this skill when the user asks about writing Twitter threads, X threads, tweet threads for affiliate…
Ootto-AIcampaign-brief
Use when a social campaign needs a decision-ready brief before anyone writes posts, books creators, or spends budget. Trigger phrases include "brief this launch", "turn this into a campaign…
Ootto-AIcommunity-engagement-plan
Use when a team needs a deliberate, human-led plan for participating in comments, communities, or audience conversations around an approved topic. Trigger phrases include "plan community…
Ootto-AIcompetitor-positioning
Use when you need to compare supplied competitor messaging with your approved product facts and find a credible point of difference. Trigger phrases include "how are competitors…
Ootto-AIcontent-research
Turn Claude into a content research machine for any niche. Point it at any creator or account and it pulls their posts, finds the exact ones that blew up (the outliers), then breaks down…
Ootto-AIcreator-outreach
Use when a specific creator has been selected and you need a concise, personal, permission-respecting first contact about a relevant collaboration. Trigger phrases include "write outreach…
Ootto-AIcross-platform-distribution
Use when an approved campaign, launch, research finding, or asset needs a deliberate plan across several social channels. Trigger phrases include "adapt this for LinkedIn and X", "where…
Illyism
SEO Skills
Illyismunderstand-customers
When the user wants to deeply understand their ideal customer before writing copy — pains, desires, inner monologue, and language. Also use when the user mentions "empathy engine", "know…
Ootto-AIab-hook-tester
Generates two genuinely distinct hook variants for the same reel so you can post-test which opening actually wins. Use when the user says "give me two hooks to test", "A/B this hook"…
Ootto-AIanalytics-readout
Reads your reel insights and explains in plain English what to make more of and what to stop — no jargon. Use when the user says "explain my analytics", "what do my numbers mean", "read my…
Ootto-AIaudience-personas
Build evidence-led social audience personas from customer interviews, comments, reviews, or CRM notes.
aiworkskillsaws-wechat-article-topics
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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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