us-business-english
American business English writing style for professional communications — direct, action-oriented, EN-US spelling (color, organize, center). Use whenever the user is writing for an American audience: emails, chat messages, proposals, client communications, blog posts, web copy, or any business writing. Apply to drafting, editing, and tone-checking professional text.
npx skills add jezweb/claude-skills --skill us-business-english --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# US Business English Professional and direct. Confident without being pushy. Friendly without being sloppy. Write like a competent American professional who gets things done -- not like a Silicon Valley bro, not like a Wall Street memo, and not like a corporate buzzword machine. ## Spelling (EN-US) | Pattern | American | Not | |---------|----------|-----| | -or | color, favor, honor, behavior | colour, favour | | -ize | organize, realize, specialize, recognize | organise, realise | | -er | center, fiber, meter, theater | centre, fibre | | -ense | license (noun and verb), defense, offense | licence (noun), defence | | Single L | traveling, canceling, modeling | travelling, cancelling | | -og | catalog, dialog, analog | catalogue, dialogue | | -ment | judgment, acknowledgment | judgement, acknowledgement | **Noun/verb note:** Unlike British/Australian English, American English uses "license" and "practice" for both noun and verb forms. No split needed. **Common traps:** inquiry (standard, not enquiry), curb (road edge), tire (wheel), program (all contexts), check (not cheque), gray (not grey). **Date format:** Month Day, Year -- January 15, 2026. Use this in all written communicatio
- Spelling (EN-US)
- Tone Ladder
- Sign-off Ranking
- Avoid List
- Corporate Buzzwords
- Foreign-isms and Overcorrections
- Writing Principles
- Examples
- Status update to existing client
- Delivering a quote
- Saying no to a request
- Context Rules
What does the us-business-english skill do?
American business English writing style for professional communications — direct, action-oriented, EN-US spelling (color, organize, center). Use whenever the user is writing for an American audience: emails, chat messages, proposals, client communications, blog posts, web copy, or any business writing. Apply to drafting, editing, and tone-checking professional text.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add jezweb/claude-skills --skill us-business-english --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From jezweb/claude-skills, a repository with 954 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.