What it is
This skill applies the timeless rules from William Strunk Jr.'s *The Elements of Style* to any writing task. It helps you eliminate wordiness, use active voice, and structure your sentences for maximum clarity. Perfect for anyone writing documentation, emails, PRDs, or internal communications.
What it does
- Applies grammar and punctuation rules from *The Elements of Style* to improve clarity
- Eliminates needless words and strengthens sentence structure
- Enforces active voice and positive phrasing for directness
- Ensures related words stay together and emphatic words land at sentence end
- Checks for common usage mistakes and misused expressions
Use it when
- You're writing documentation, PRDs, or specs and want them to be clear and professional
- You need to tighten up verbose emails or internal communications
- You're drafting content for stakeholders and want to sound polished
- You want your writing to be direct and easy to understand
Add this skill to your AI
Copy the source URL and ask your AI to add it. Most coding agents — Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Windsurf — will fetch and install it for you.
Try this prompt:
Add this skill to my project: https://github.com/NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit/tree/master/plugins/docs/skills/write-concisely