writing-clearly-and-concisely

What problem does it solve? Prose written by humans or LLMs often contains passive voice, vague abstractions, filler words, and recognizable AI patterns like puffery and promotional adjectives. This Skill provides concrete rules and reference material to edit that prose into clear, direct writing. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Strunk's Style Rules: Applies The Elements of Style principles including active voice, positive form, concrete language, and omitting needless words. - AI Pattern Detection: Identifies and removes common LLM writing tells such as "delve", "seamless", "pivotal", and empty "-ing" phrases, based on Wikipedia's field guide to AI-generated content. - Progressive Reference Loading: Loads only the needed reference file (grammar, composition, formatting, or word choice) to conserve context. - Use Case: When drafting a commit message like "This commit implements functionality for ensuring authentication is properly handled", the Skill rewrites it to "Add user authentication with error handling". ## Quick Start Ask the AI to edit your draft documentation, commit message, or error text for clarity using Strunk's rules and to remove AI writing patterns.