Writing

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: Content · Sub-category: content-misc

type:review

Use when the user wants to draft a blog post, essay, talk, newsletter, memo, announcement, briefing, literature note, or any longer-form prose; or when they want to review, critique, or finish an existing draft. Orchestrates a multi-phase pipeline (interview, outline, throughline gate, draft, panel review, finishing) modeled on Katie Parrott's process, with a format-gated Smart-Brevity panel critic for memo/newsletter/announcement pieces. Triggers on writing intent (drafting, reviewing, polishing, voice work) and not on simple text generation tasks.

What this skill does

Writing is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the content-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/writing/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when the user wants to draft a blog post, essay, talk, newsletter, memo, announcement, briefing, literature note, or any longer-form prose; or when they want to review, critique, or finish an existing draft. Orchestrates a multi-phase pipeline (interview, outline, throughline gate, draft, panel review, finishing) modeled on Katie Parrott's process, with a format-gated Smart-Brevity panel critic for memo/newsletter/announcement pieces.

Who uses this skill

The Writing skill is built for content creators, marketers, copywriters, SEO professionals, and editorial teams. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

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

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

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

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.