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stryx:writing
When any text must read plainly: an email, a message, a blog post, a rewrite.
/stryx:writingInside its piece: 11 specks, one for each file on its shelf. Its eight group-mates glow on the open book behind it. The light splits toward blue, the band of Writing.
In numbers
counted 2026-10-12 in the installed set- 9reference files
- 11files in the skill
- 94KB on disk
- 10chapters
- 2agents work by this book
Use it when
in the skill’s own wordsWhen drafting, editing or checking prose so it reads plainly on the first read with no AI writing tells
- "make this plainer"
- "de-slop this"
- "does this sound like AI"
- "tighten this"
- "check my writing"
- "fix the tone"
- "rewrite this email"
- when writing an email
- chat message
- client update
- quote
- follow-up
- bad-news or saying-no message
- blog post or web copy
- When the reader is American, British, Australian or New Zealander (spelling, date format, greetings, sign-offs, tone)
- When writing a SWOT analysis, a lean or full business plan, or OKRs
- Also the prose rules other Stryx skills point to for reports, specs, PR text and replies
Not for
another skill does it- Proposals, award or grant entries→ stryx:business-writing
- Resumes and cover letters→ stryx:career-docs
- Launch posts→ stryx:launch-copy
- Team or exec updates on what shipped→ stryx:status-update
- README or API docs→ stryx:documentation
- STRATEGY.md→ stryx:strategy
- Competitor analysis→ stryx:market-intel
- UI microcopy and brand voice→ stryx:design
Inside the book
10 chapters, by title only- Step 1: Pick the mode
- Step 2: Pick the register
- Step 3: Pick the locale (business text)
- The 7 tests
- Words: keep, explain, replace
- Step 4: Write, then check
- Pattern catalog at a glance
- Business text in brief
- Strategy documents
- Where the text goes
Its helpers
2 agents work by this book- stryx:documentation-writerWhen project docs must be written or brought back in line with the code.
- stryx:i18n-localizerWhen an app must speak more languages: translations, right-to-left text, dates and money.
Works with
the skills it names most- stryx:business-writing→When a document must win work or money: a proposal, a quote, a grant or award entry.
- stryx:design→When making anything you see: a screen, website, dashboard, logo, icon set, slides or charts.
- stryx:career-docs→When writing or tailoring a resume, CV or cover letter for a job.
- stryx:documentation→When a project needs its docs: a README, API docs, code comments or a screenshot user guide.
- stryx:market-intel→You want live facts on competitors, a market or what people say about a brand.
- stryx:ai-power→When you are not sure which skill fits, or you say "load aipower": it is the map of all skills.
Claude loads it by itself when the moment comes; by hand, type the line at the top. It comes with the whole set: Installs all 94 skills, 32 agents and the brain program as one set. The skill’s own text is private source and is not shown here.