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Route writing and editing work to the smallest relevant focused skill. Use when a request involves prompts, general prose, AI-pattern removal, academic voice, research abstracts, cadence, semantic usage, human-readable writing guides, presentations, reviewer rebuttals, literature reviews, research papers, grant strategy, or grant proposals and no narrower writing skill has already been selected.

Overview

Publisher	msimchowitz
Repository	`writing-skills`
Skill name	`writing`
Stars	67
Forks	4
Bundled files	1
License	MIT
Links	Skill source Repository

Markdown instructions
A SKILL.md file the model loads on demand, so it only costs tokens when a request actually matches.
Works with any LLM
AI skills are plain Markdown, not provider-specific code, so this works with GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model.
1 bundled files
Scripts, templates, and references the model can read while it works. Files are read-only and never executed.
Open source
Published by msimchowitz on GitHub. Read the source before you install it.

Installation

Install the Writing AI skill in TypingMind to use it with any LLM, or drop it into another agent that reads SKILL.md.

Install in TypingMind

TypingMind installs a skill straight from its GitHub folder — it reads SKILL.md, bundles the resource files, and stores the result locally.

Open the app and go to Plugins → Skills.
Choose "Install from GitHub".
Paste the skill folder URL below and confirm.
https://github.com/msimchowitz/writing-skills/tree/main/for-agents/writing
Enable the skill in any chat where you want it available.

Plugins → Skills → Add skill → From GitHub URL, then paste the folder URL and press Continue.

Install in another agent

Any agent that reads the Agent Skills format can use this skill — copy the folder into that agent's skills directory.

Claude Code — .claude/skills

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/msimchowitz/writing-skills.git /tmp/writing-skills
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/writing-skills/for-agents/writing .claude/skills/writing

Restart Claude Code after copying so it picks up the new skill.

Use it in TypingMind

Enable Writing in any TypingMind chat and the model takes it from there. Its name and description sit in the system prompt, and the moment a request matches, the model loads the full instructions itself — you never invoke it by hand, and it costs no tokens until it is actually used.

The model loads Writing on its own as soon as a request matches it.

Works with any AI model

AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so Writing is not tied to the model it was written for. Install it once in TypingMind and use it with GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama, or a local model you run yourself — all on your own API keys.

Loaded only when it is needed
The system prompt carries just the name and description. The instructions are fetched on the first matching request, so an idle skill costs nothing.
Switch models mid-chat
Because the skill is instructions rather than code, changing model does not break it — the next model reads the same SKILL.md.

Skill instructions

This is the SKILL.md content the model loads. Read it before installing — a skill is instructions your model will follow.

Writing Router

Select the primary deliverable, load only the matching sibling skill, and follow that skill before acting. Keep unrelated writing guidance out of context.

Route the request

Identify the artifact the user is producing or revising.
Infer the primary writing job from the artifact and requested outcome.
Read the selected SKILL.md completely.
Do not read the other sibling skills unless the request has a second, materially distinct deliverable.

Primary job	Load
Clarify and rewrite a prompt while preserving the user's natural prompting style	`../prompt-improving/SKILL.md`
Run the standalone Wikipedia-derived AI-pattern removal pass or explicitly invoke Humanizer	`../humanizer/SKILL.md`
Write research exposition in a thoughtful, precise, reader-minded academic voice	`../academic-voice/SKILL.md`
Draft, revise, or diagnose a research abstract as a reader-facing argument	`../abstract-writing/SKILL.md`
Revise staccato, monotonous, or mechanically contrastive prose for purposeful cadence	`../writing-cadence/SKILL.md`
Revisit a completed draft's title, subtitle, headings, paragraph heads, and transitions with global knowledge of the argument	`../non-autoregressive-writing-pass/SKILL.md`
Repair grammatical but semantically mismatched word combinations or missing intermediate relations	`../better-usage/SKILL.md`
Edit prose for clarity, voice, directness, or AI-sounding patterns; audit prose without rewriting	`../general-writing/SKILL.md`
Create, revise, compile, or review a human-readable writing guide or its PDF	`../improve-human-writing-guide/SKILL.md`
Plan, create, revise, or review slides, speaker notes, PowerPoint, Keynote, or Beamer decks	`../presentation-making/SKILL.md`
Answer reviewer comments or write a response letter, author response, or point-by-point rebuttal	`../rebuttal-writing/SKILL.md`
Research, structure, draft, or verify a literature review, survey, evidence map, or related-work synthesis	`../literature-review/SKILL.md`
Plan, draft, or revise a full research paper, introduction, related work, methods, results, discussion, or conclusion	`../paper-writing/SKILL.md`
Ideate, compare, reframe, or select grant stories, concept notes, scientific questions, team strategy, feasibility, or scope before application drafting	`../grant-planning/SKILL.md`
Draft or revise grant or fellowship application prose, including aims, significance, approach, impact, broader impacts, and sponsor responses	`../grant-writing/SKILL.md`

Control context

Load one primary skill by default.
Never treat ../../for-humans/human-writing-guide/ as a skill. The paper-writing skill may point to it or consult the relevant chapter for an explicit template-use, teaching, or human-instruction request. Inspect or edit the guide itself only when the user asks to work on that human-readable artifact.
Do not load general-writing automatically for every domain task. Add it only when the user explicitly requests voice editing or AI-slop removal, or when the selected domain skill directs a final prose pass.
When a selected skill invokes general-writing, let general-writing own the Humanizer dependency and pass order. Do not load or run Humanizer a second time.
If the user explicitly invokes a subskill, bypass this router and use that subskill directly.
If the artifact spans categories, choose the skill governing the requested output. For example, route a presentation about a paper to presentation-making, not paper-writing.
If two outputs are requested, complete them in stages and load each skill only for its stage.
Preserve repository instructions, templates, factual claims, notation, citations, and format constraints. A routed skill supplements those requirements; it does not override them.

Handle ambiguity

Infer the route when the artifact makes it clear. Ask one concise question only when choosing the wrong skill would materially change the work.

Bundled files

The model reads these on demand while the skill is loaded. They are exposed as readable files and are never executed.

agents/openai.yaml1 KB

Frequently asked questions

What does the Writing AI skill do?

Why use Writing on TypingMind?

Because you install it once and use it with any model. Writing is plain Markdown rather than provider-specific code, so the same skill runs on GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model — and you can switch model mid-chat without it breaking. TypingMind runs on your own API keys, so you pay providers directly instead of a per-seat subscription, and your skills and chats stay in your own storage.

How do I install Writing in TypingMind?

Open Plugins → Skills → Install from GitHub in TypingMind and paste https://github.com/msimchowitz/writing-skills/tree/main/for-agents/writing. TypingMind reads its SKILL.md and bundles its files and installs it as a skill you can enable per chat.

Which AI models can use Writing?

Any model you connect in TypingMind. AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and local models can all load this skill when a request matches it.

How many AI models can I use with Writing?

As many as you like. As long as a model supports skills, you can use Writing with it — GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama and more — all on TypingMind with your own API keys.

Is the Writing AI skill free?

Yes. It is published on GitHub by msimchowitz under the MIT license. You only pay your own AI provider for the tokens you use.

What are AI skills?

An AI skill is a reusable instruction bundle that teaches an AI model how to do one specific task. It follows the open Agent Skills format: a SKILL.md file with a name and description, plus any scripts, templates or reference files the model may need. The model reads the instructions only when your request matches the skill, so an installed skill costs nothing until it is used.

How are AI skills different from plugins or MCP servers?

A plugin or MCP server gives a model new tools to call — code that runs somewhere and returns a result. An AI skill gives the model knowledge and process instead: how to approach a task, which steps to follow, what good output looks like. Skills are plain Markdown, so they need no server, no API key and no runtime, and they work with any model.

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Overview

Installation

Install in TypingMind

Install in another agent

Use it in TypingMind

Works with any AI model

Skill instructions

Writing Router

Route the request

Control context

Handle ambiguity

Bundled files

Frequently asked questions

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