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writing-great-skills

Reference for writing and editing skills well — the vocabulary and principles that make a skill predictable.

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claude-codeMIT
Install
npx skills add rengwu/wayfinder-maps --skill writing-great-skills --agent claude-code

Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.

Facts
Files in the skill folder: 2
SKILL.md size: 9 KB
Bundled scripts: none
Path: skills/.optional/writing-great-skills/SKILL.md
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Where it comes from
Stars: 86
Language: Go
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Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.

From the SKILL.md

A skill exists to wrangle determinism out of a stochastic system. **Predictability** — the agent taking the same _process_ every run, not producing the same output — is the root virtue; every lever below serves it. **Bold terms** are defined in [`GLOSSARY.md`](GLOSSARY.md); look them up there for the full meaning. ## Invocation Two choices, trading different costs: - A **model-invoked** skill keep

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What does the writing-great-skills skill do?

Reference for writing and editing skills well — the vocabulary and principles that make a skill predictable.

How do I install it?

Run `npx skills add rengwu/wayfinder-maps --skill writing-great-skills --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 rengwu/wayfinder-maps, a repository with 86 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.

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