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Writing Guidelines skill

Review docs/prose for Writing Guidelines compliance. Use when asked to "review my docs", "check writing style", "audit prose", "review docs voice and tone", or "check this page against the writing handbook".

$npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --skill writing-guidelines
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Vercel

Writing Guidelines

Writing Web development Frontend

Install Writing Guidelines

Pick your agent. Every command is ready to paste.

$npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --skill writing-guidelines

The open skills CLI detects your agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ more) and installs to the right folder. Add -g to install globally.

01

Install it

Run the command above, or upload the folder in Claude.

02

Ask naturally

Describe the task. Your agent loads writing-guidelines when the request matches its description.

03

Name it if needed

If it does not trigger, say “use the writing-guidelines skill”. In Codex, type $writing-guidelines.

The skill itself

SKILL.md

GitHub

Writing Guidelines

Review files for compliance with Writing Guidelines.

How It Works

  1. Fetch the latest guidelines from the source URL below
  2. Read the specified files (or prompt user for files/pattern)
  3. Check against all rules in the fetched guidelines
  4. Output findings in the terse file:line format

Guidelines Source

Fetch fresh guidelines before each review:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vercel-labs/writing-guidelines/main/command.md

Use WebFetch to retrieve the latest rules. The fetched content contains all the rules and output format instructions.

Usage

When a user provides a file or pattern argument:

  1. Fetch guidelines from the source URL above
  2. Read the specified files
  3. Apply all rules from the fetched guidelines
  4. Output findings using the format specified in the guidelines

If no files specified, ask the user which files to review.

Tips for Writing Guidelines

  • • Start a fresh session after installing so your agent picks up the new skill.
  • • It is part of a pack with 9 skills. Install only the ones you need with --skill to keep triggers precise.
  • • If two skills overlap, mention the one you want by name.

Questions about Writing Guidelines

What does the Writing Guidelines skill do?

Review docs/prose for Writing Guidelines compliance. Use when asked to "review my docs", "check writing style", "audit prose", "review docs voice and tone", or "check this page against the writing handbook".

How do I install Writing Guidelines?

Run "npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --skill writing-guidelines" in your project. The skills CLI installs it for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ other agents. In Claude on the web, upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Customize > Skills.

Does Writing Guidelines work in Cursor and Codex?

Yes. Writing Guidelines uses the open SKILL.md format, so it works in Claude Code, Claude, Cursor, OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and other agents that support agent skills.

Is Writing Guidelines free?

Writing Guidelines is open source on GitHub. It is free to install; check the license before commercial use.

Who made Writing Guidelines?

Writing Guidelines is published by Vercel in the vercel-labs/agent-skills repository, together with 8 other skills.

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