Writing Audit

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Writing Audit 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. Writing Audit 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: storytelling · Last updated: 2026-06-04

type:audit type:debug

Use to AUDIT an EXISTING piece of writing — tighten wordy prose at the line and paragraph level (revise), fix mechanics, grammar, and consistency while preserving voice (copyedit), or diagnose why a draft drags, buries the point, or fails to land (diagnose). Routes by intent (revise / copyedit / diagnose) × genre (argument-memo / technical-doc / talk-pitch / narrative / general-prose). Emits a scored findings report with severity-rated findings and concrete fixes. Triggers on "tighten this", "make this clearer", "copyedit this", "why does this drag", "review my draft", "this memo buries the point". Do NOT use to write or structure something NEW (use writing-design), to audit a documentation system's IA, retrieval, or telemetry (use docs-audit), or to review product UI copy as a usability surface (use ux-audit).

About this skill (catalog notes)

Writing Audit includes pricing or quota commentary. The SKILL.md is on the shorter side at about 547 words.

Source: skills.sh
License: MIT
Original author: Thulr
Indexed lastmod: 2026-06-04
Catalog position: Content · storytelling
Indexed related skills: 10

How Writing Audit fits the catalog

Writing Audit sits in the Content category under the storytelling sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

From the source SKILL.md

Audit and diagnosis of an existing piece of writing — at the line, the mechanics, and the structure. Provenance lives in skill.json; this file is runtime routing only.

What this skill does

Writing Audit is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the storytelling sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/writing-audit/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Writing Audit 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 118,000+ 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/writing-audit
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/writing-audit/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/writing-audit/SKILL.md

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

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

📱 Install from your phone or desktop Telegram

Open @claudskills_bot on Telegram, tap Open Desktop App, and the desktop app installs this skill for you. Or share the bot link with a colleague — they get the same one-tap install. Learn more →

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Writing Audit Claude Code skill?

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

What does the Writing Audit 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 Writing Audit skill?

Use Writing Audit when your Claude Code task falls under the Content category — specifically in the storytelling 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 Writing Audit" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/content/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Writing Audit 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. Writing Audit 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/Thulr/informed-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/writing-audit/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: Thulr
Website: https://skills.sh

Cite this skill

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

APA

Thulr. (2026). Writing Audit [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/writing-audit/

BibTeX

@misc{writing-audit-2026,
  author    = {Thulr},
  title     = {Writing Audit [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/writing-audit/}
}

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