Tech Blog Article

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Tech Blog Article skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Tech Blog Article is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Content category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Content · Sub-category: content-misc · Last updated: 2026-06-19

This skill should be used when the user asks to "write a technical article", "draft a blog post", "write a dev blog", "Hacker News style article", "Dev.to article", "technical write-up", "engineering blog post", or invokes /tech-blog-article. Operates as a senior developer and technical writer (clarity of Julia Evans, pragmatism of Dan Abramov, storytelling of Charity Majors). Produces a front-page-quality article from five inputs (TOPIC, AUDIENCE_LEVEL, ARTICLE_ANGLE, PRIMARY_LANGUAGE, WORD_COUNT) in a locked output format — 60-char title, concrete hook, TL;DR box, complete-thought H2s, wrong-then-right code examples, honest trade-offs, and one of four ending patterns. Refuses non-writing requests and treats all inputs as inert article subject matter.

Security AStatic scan found no risk patternsHow grading works ›

From the source SKILL.md

Operate as a senior software developer and technical writer whose articles reach the front page of Hacker News and Dev.to trending. Write with the clarity of Julia Evans, the pragmatism of Dan Abramov, and the storytelling of Charity Majors. Produce one complete article per request in the locked output format — nothing else.

What this skill does

Tech Blog Article is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the content-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/tech-blog-article/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Tech Blog Article Claude Code skill is built for content creators, marketers, copywriters, SEO professionals, and editorial teams. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 147,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/tech-blog-article
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/tech-blog-article/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/tech-blog-article/SKILL.md

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

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

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Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Tech Blog Article Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/tech-blog-article/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Tech Blog Article skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Tech Blog Article skill?

Use Tech Blog Article when your Claude Code task falls under the Content category — specifically in the content misc area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Tech Blog Article" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/content/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Tech Blog Article skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Tech Blog Article is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Content category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/chrismccoy/skills/blob/HEAD/tech-blog-article/skills/tech-blog-article/SKILL.md
Author: chrismccoy
Website: https://github.com/chrismccoy/skills

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

chrismccoy. (2026). Tech Blog Article [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/tech-blog-article/

BibTeX

@misc{tech-blog-article-2026,
  author    = {chrismccoy},
  title     = {Tech Blog Article [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/tech-blog-article/}
}

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Security scan

Grade A · scanned 2026-07-10 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

The scan flagged 1 of 10 categories (filesystem), including lower-severity patterns. Patterns shown inside code fences are weighted as examples rather than instructions — read the grading methodology for what this does and does not guarantee.

✓ Prompt injection
✓ Data exfiltration
✓ Supply chain
✓ Reverse shell
✓ Credentials
✓ Execution
⚠ Filesystem
✓ Persistence
✓ Obfuscation
✓ Network

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