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Plain Language

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type:audittype:review
Use when asked to review project text for plain language compliance. Produces structured findings with rewrites. Triggers: plain language review, readability check, copy audit, make this clearer.

From the source SKILL.md

Review text files against the U.S. federal government Plain Language Guidelines (~30 rules across 6 categories) and produce a structured report of findings with concrete rewrites.

What this skill does

Plain Language is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/plain-language/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when asked to review project text for plain language compliance. Produces structured findings with rewrites.

Who uses this skill

The Plain Language Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 70,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

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Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/plain-language
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/plain-language/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/plain-language/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/plain-language/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/plain-language/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\plain-language\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Cite this skill

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APA
ClaudSkills. (2026). Plain Language [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/plain-language/
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@misc{plain-language-2026,
  author    = {ClaudSkills},
  title     = {Plain Language [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/plain-language/}
}

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