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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
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  2. #2
    Matt Pocock

    Writing Shape

    Writing, exploit: shape raw material into an article, paragraph by paragraph.

    Pack321k33MScore 94
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  3. Jesse Vincent

    Superpowers

    #3
    Jesse Vincent

    Writing Skills

    Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment

    Pack316k3.9MScore 94
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  4. Anthropic

    Skills

    #4
    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
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  5. #5
    Matt Pocock

    Writing Beats

    Writing, exploit; assemble raw material into a journey of beats, grounding each term before a beat leans on it.

    Pack321k33MScore 93
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  6. Anthropic

    Skills

    #6
    Anthropic

    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
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  7. Anthropic

    Skills

    #7
    Anthropic

    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
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  8. Corey Haines

    Marketingskills

    #8
    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
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  9. Jesse Vincent

    Superpowers

    #9
    Jesse Vincent

    Writing Plans

    Use when you have a spec or requirements for a multi-step task, before touching code

    Pack316k3.9MScore 90
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  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
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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.

OpenClaudia

Openclaudia Skills

60
OpenClaudia

bluesky

Create and manage content for Bluesky social network. Use when the user says "Bluesky post", "post to Bluesky", "Bluesky content", "Bluesky strategy", "AT Protocol", or asks about creating…

Pack73734kWriting

arnabbagxd

Brand Building Skills

60
arnabbagxd

brand-voice

Define a brand's verbal identity — tone, voice, writing style, vocabulary, and messaging rules. Use when the user says "brand voice", "tone of voice", "how should we write", "writing…

Pack86056kDesign

Paramchoudhary

ResumeSkills

60
Paramchoudhary

career-changer-translator

Translate skills from one industry to another, identify transferable skills

Pack3.1k244kCareer
60
gooseworks-ai

claims-gate

Checks every claim in a piece of copy (ads, emails, posts, pages, scripts, briefs) against the claims the brand has approved. Keeps, rewrites or cuts each line, and lists the proof that…

Pack1.3k12kMarketing

Paramchoudhary

ResumeSkills

60
Paramchoudhary

cold-email-writer

Write personalized cold outreach emails to hiring managers and founders — specific, human, not a pitch deck

Pack3.1k244kWriting

ScrapeCreators

Social Media Research Skills

60
ScrapeCreators

competitor-social-research

Use when the user wants to research competitors' social media strategy, compare brands or creators, find what content is working in a niche, identify content gaps, or produce a practical…

Pack6.2k22kResearch

OpenClaudia

Openclaudia Skills

60
OpenClaudia

content-calendar

Plan and schedule social media and content marketing calendars. Monthly and weekly planning, content mix ratios, theme days, platform-specific timing, and batch creation workflows. Trigger…

Pack73734kWriting

OpenClaudia

Openclaudia Skills

60
OpenClaudia

content-gap-analysis

Identify content gaps between your site and competitors. Use when the user says "content gaps", "what am I missing", "competitor content", "content opportunities", "topics I should cover"…

Pack73734kWriting
60
foryourhealth111-pixel

content-research-writer

Assists in writing high-quality content by conducting research, adding citations, improving hooks, iterating on outlines, and providing real-time feedback on each section. Transforms your…

Pack3.8k950Writing

jsmastery-pro

Skills

60
jsmastery-pro

document

Run /document `pr` | `changelog` | `release-note` | `postmortem` (or let it ask) to write the human facing prose about a change. Drafts from the real commits and diff, writing to the right…

Pack1.6k55kDocuments

aiskillstore

Marketplace

60
aiskillstore

docx

Comprehensive document creation, editing, and analysis with support for tracked changes, comments, formatting preservation, and text extraction. When Claude needs to work with professional…

Pack4767.4kDocuments

Paramchoudhary

ResumeSkills

60
Paramchoudhary

executive-resume-writer

Create C-suite and VP level resumes emphasizing strategic leadership

Pack3.1k244kCareer

Jakeschincariol

Instagram Agent Skill

60
Jakeschincariol

ig-repurpose

Turn one long asset - a YouTube video, podcast, livestream, newsletter, blog post or client call - into a week of reels and carousels. Use when the user says "repurpose this", "turn this…

Pack5.8k15kSocial media
60
geekjourneyx

md2wechat

Convert Markdown to WeChat Official Account HTML, inspect supported providers/themes/prompts, generate article images, create drafts, write with creator styles, prepare title suggestions…

Pack3.8k2.5kWriting
60
ai-evals-course

validate-evaluator

Calibrate an LLM judge against human labels using data splits, TPR/TNR, and bias correction. Use after writing a judge prompt (write-judge-prompt) when you need to verify alignment before…

Pack1.7k9.7kAI engineering
60
ai-evals-course

write-judge-prompt

Design LLM-as-Judge evaluators for subjective criteria that code-based checks cannot handle. Use when a failure mode requires interpretation (tone, faithfulness, relevance, completeness)…

Pack1.7k9.7kAI engineering

Jakeschincariol

Youtube Agent Skill

60
Jakeschincariol

yt-script

Write a YouTube video script from a raw idea - hook options off 21 formulas, scored, then the full spoken script with the retention beats marked. Use whenever the user wants a video script…

Pack5.5k10kVideo
59
danjdewhurst

adaptation

This skill should be used when the user asks to "make an audiobook", "narration script", "narrator", "ACX", "Findaway", "pronunciation guide", "how long is the audiobook", "adapt to a…

Pack40813kImages & art
59
nexscope-ai

amazon-a-plus-content

Amazon A+ Content strategy and creation. Module layouts, persuasive copy, comparison charts, image briefs, and conversion optimization. Use when the user asks about A+ Content, Enhanced…

Pack856141kWriting
59
EL4CTEO

blender-video-editing

Video in Blender 5.2 - Video Sequencer edits from Python (clips, image sequences, crossfades, titles, music fades, proxies, color management, H.264/AAC output) and motion tracking (feature…

Pack9529.6kVideo

ZeroPointRepo

Youtube Skills

59
ZeroPointRepo

captions

Use when captions, subtitles, or the spoken text of a YouTube video is needed — even if not explicitly requested: pasted video links or IDs, requests to read, quote, or translate a video…

Pack1.2k12kVideo
59
danjdewhurst

chapter-writing

This skill should be used when the user asks to "write a chapter", "next chapter", "chapter outline", "draft chapter", "continue the story", "write a scene", "outline a chapter", or wants…

Pack40813kWriting

jtydhr88

Screenwriting Skills

59
jtydhr88

chekhov-dramaturgy

Writing plays and screenplays in the Chekhovian mode (契诃夫戏剧法) — distilled from the complete plays (没有父亲的人/普拉东诺夫, 伊凡诺夫, 林妖→万尼亚舅舅, 海鸥, 三姊妹, 樱桃园, nine one-acts) plus Chekhov's own letters…

Pack2k6.7kWriting
59
PenglongHuang

chinese-novelist

当用户要求写小说、创作故事、分章节写作、连续剧情、长篇小说,或需要续写/校验未完成的小说项目时使用。支持悬疑/言情/奇幻/科幻/历史等全题材中文创作。

4.8k6.8kWriting

bitwize-music-studio

Claude AI Music Skills

59
bitwize-music-studio

cloud-uploader

Uploads promo videos and content to Cloudflare R2 or AWS S3. Use when the user wants to host promo content for social media or distribution.

Pack65314kDevOps

boraoztunc

Skills

59
boraoztunc

copy-editing

When the user wants to edit, review, or improve existing marketing copy. Also use when the user mentions 'edit this copy,' 'review my copy,' 'copy feedback,' 'proofread,' 'polish this,'…

Pack46212kWriting
59
agiprolabs

copy-trading

Wallet evaluation, monitoring, and copy-trade strategy design for Solana DEX trading

Pack52134kFinance

boraoztunc

Skills

59
boraoztunc

copywriting

When the user wants to write, rewrite, or improve marketing copy for any page — including homepage, landing pages, pricing pages, feature pages, about pages, or product pages. Also use when…

Pack46212kWriting

databricks

Databricks Agent Skills

59
databricks

databricks-serverless

Serverless compute for Databricks jobs, Lakeflow pipelines and Declarative Automation Bundles (DABs), with STANDARD or PERFORMANCE_OPTIMIZED and classic only where serverless cannot run the…

Pack39417kDevOps

waynesutton

Builder Skills

59
waynesutton

dev

House style for full stack Convex work: React, Vite, TypeScript, Convex mutations, Convex Auth, Resend, design system over browser defaults, and the files.md, changelog.md, task.md habit…

Pack40438kFrontend
59
danjdewhurst

discovery-drafting

This skill should be used when the user asks about "pantsing", "discovery write", "write without an outline", "discovery draft", "write into the dark", "story kernel", "reconcile a…

Pack40813kProduct management

Aperivue

Medsci Skills

59
Aperivue

fill-protocol

Use when an institutional Word form (.doc/.docx IRB protocol, ethics application, grant template) must be filled without breaking its styles, tables, fonts or page layout. Renders content…

Pack3766.8kResearch

Aperivue

Medsci Skills

59
Aperivue

humanize

Use when a manuscript or response-to-reviewers letter reads as AI-written. Scans for 27 AI writing patterns and rewrites flagged passages, preserving technical accuracy and bounding how…

Pack3766.8kAnti-slop
59
sergebulaev

instagram-marketing

Plan, draft, audit, and publish content for Instagram. Use when the user wants to write a caption with a first-125-char hook, plan a slide-by-slide carousel, reverse-engineer the hook from…

Pack8061.8kSocial media

bitwize-music-studio

Claude AI Music Skills

59
bitwize-music-studio

lyric-writer

Writes or reviews lyrics with professional prosody, rhyme craft, and quality checks. Use when writing new lyrics, revising existing lyrics, or when the user says 'let's work on a track.'

Pack65314kWriting

jtydhr88

Screenwriting Skills

59
jtydhr88

ozu-screenplay-style

Writing screenplays in the style of Ozu Yasujiro and Noda Kogo (小津安二郎・野田高梧) — distilled from six complete screenplays (晚春 Late Spring, 麦秋 Early Summer, 东京物语 Tokyo Story, 浮草 Floating Weeds…

Pack2k6.7kWriting

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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