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.
307 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.
321k33MScore 95 - 2#2
Writing Shape
Writing, exploit: shape raw material into an article, paragraph by paragraph.
321k33MScore 94 - 3#3
Jesse Vincent
Superpowers
Jesse Vincent
Writing Skills
Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment
316k3.9MScore 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…
192k3.8MScore 93 - 5#5
Writing Beats
Writing, exploit; assemble raw material into a journey of beats, grounding each term before a beat leans on it.
321k33MScore 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…
192k3.8MScore 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…
192k3.8MScore 91 - 8#8
Jesse Vincent
Superpowers
Writing Plans
Use when you have a spec or requirements for a multi-step task, before touching code
316k3.9MScore 90 - 9#9
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…
301k1.7MScore 89 - 10#10
Corey Haines
Marketingskills
Corey Haines
Ad Creative
When the user wants to write or judge ad creative, or asks which ad, hook, or angle to run or kill: headlines, primary text, and variations for Google, Meta, LinkedIn, and TikTok, fresh…
60k6.3MScore 88
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 307 writing skills.
Cold-IQ
ColdIQ S GTM Skills
Cold-IQpersonalization-6-buckets
Complete 6 Buckets of Personalization framework from Flip The Script - Self-Authored Content, Engaged Content, Self-Identified Traits, Junk Drawer, Background Centric, and Company Level…
kwakseongjaeomd-kr-writer
oh-my-design 블로그 글을 12개 voice preset으로 작성하거나 다듬는다. 한국어 표기·띄어쓰기·번역투·높임과 상황별 문체는 hangul 스킬을 따르고, 보고서·피치덱·공지·이메일·보도자료 같은 문서 자체는 hangul이 맡는다 — toss-tech-design (default), karrot-neighborly…
Cold-IQ
ColdIQ S GTM Skills
Cold-IQemail-writing-frameworks
5 proven email writing frameworks for cold outreach - Do the Maths, Short-Trigger, Challenge of Similar Companies, Neutral Insight, and Leader Responsibilities. Use when writing cold…
irinabuht12-ossad-copy-variant-generator
Analyzes your top performing ads, identifies what's working in the hooks, CTAs, messaging angles, and formats, then generates new variants that follow the same winning patterns while…
explorium-ai
GTM Skills
explorium-aihubspot-enrichment-scoring
HubSpot CRM enrichment and lead scoring skill for Claude Code and Codex: pull companies from HubSpot, match and enrich them via Vibe Prospecting with firmographics, tech stack, funding…
kwakseongjaeomd-component-harvest
Legacy catalog component writer safety gate. Use when component harvesting is requested, but stop before editing until the Core v2 graph-backed catalog writer and readers are available.
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…
zubair-trabzadaplain-english-translation
Translates every clause of a contract from legalese into clear, plain English with flags for deliberately confusing or misleading language
shawnpang
Startup Founder Skills
shawnpangprd-writing
When the user needs to define a product feature, write a product requirements document, or translate an idea into a structured spec.
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 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…
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)…
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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