Writing Simplified Technical English
Write English that a reader cannot misread: one meaning per word, active voice, simple tenses, one idea per sentence, short sentences. Based on ASD-STE100 (Simplified Technical English), the controlled-language standard written for aircraft maintenance manuals. Use it for any prose an agent produces that someone else acts on. That covers reports and findings, PR descriptions and commit messages, instructions handed to another agent, tool descriptions, error messages, status summaries, and prompts. Also use it on request, with triggers like "simplify this", "make this readable", "too dense", "rewrite in STE", "simplified technical english", "ASD-STE100".
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From the source SKILL.md
ASD-STE100 is a controlled-language standard. The aerospace and defense industry wrote it so that a technician cannot misread a maintenance instruction. It removes the two biggest sources of misreading: words that carry more than one meaning, and sentences that support more than one structure.
What this skill does
Writing Simplified Technical English 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/writing-simplified-technical-english/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.
Who uses this skill
The Writing Simplified Technical English 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 196,000+ 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-simplified-technical-english
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/writing-simplified-technical-english/SKILL.md \
-o ~/.claude/skills/writing-simplified-technical-english/SKILL.md
Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/writing-simplified-technical-english/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.
Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/writing-simplified-technical-english/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\writing-simplified-technical-english\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.
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One-click install via the desktop app
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Frequently asked questions
How do I install the Writing Simplified Technical English Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy
SKILL.md from the source repository to
~/.claude/skills/writing-simplified-technical-english/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at
claudskills.com/install/.
What does the Writing Simplified Technical English skill do?
Write English that a reader cannot misread: one meaning per word, active voice, simple tenses, one idea per sentence, short sentences. Based on ASD-STE100 (Simplified Technical English), the controlled-language standard written for aircraft maintenance manuals. Use it for any prose an agent produces that someone else acts on. That covers reports and findings, PR descriptions and commit messages, instructions handed to another agent, tool descriptions, error messages, status summaries, and prompts. Also use it on request, with triggers like "simplify this", "make this readable", "too dense", "rewrite in STE", "simplified technical english", "ASD-STE100".
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 Simplified Technical English skill?
Use Writing Simplified Technical English when your Claude Code task falls under the General category — specifically in the general 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 Writing Simplified Technical English" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at
/category/general/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Writing Simplified Technical English 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 Simplified Technical English is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at
/learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.
Attribution & license
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APA
PostHog. (2026). Writing Simplified Technical English [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/writing-simplified-technical-english/
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@misc{writing-simplified-technical-english-2026,
author = {PostHog},
title = {Writing Simplified Technical English [Claude Code skill]},
year = {2026},
publisher = {ClaudSkills},
url = {https://claudskills.com/skills/writing-simplified-technical-english/}
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