Best Claude Code skills for writing

Use when the user writes, edits or pastes prose and says \"humanize this\", \"make it sound less like AI\", \"too robotic\", or before you hand over any post, email, landing copy or doc you drafted. Strips the most common AI tells: banned words, em-dash asides, not-X-but-Y framing, signposts and summary endings, in one pass without changing facts. Reads profile.md for brand, voice and never-say words.

## Structural tells to cut

- "Not X, but Y" and "it's not just X, it's Y": state Y.
- Em dashes used for asides: use a comma, parentheses or a new sentence. Target zero.
- Signposts: "Let's dive in", "Here's the thing", "Here's why that matters".
- A question you then answer ("The result? Faster deploys.").
- Colon reveals ("The secret: consistency.").
- Summary endings: "In conclusion", "Ultimately", "At the end of the day", or a last paragraph that repeats the post.
- Lists of exactly three adjectives or clauses when fewer or more exist.

## Worked example

Before: "We're thrilled to announce that our new dashboard isn't just a redesign, it's a game-changer. Seamless integrations empower teams to unlock insights. Ready to dive in?"

After (Direct): "The new dashboard is live. It connects to your existing tools and shows each metric next to the rows behind it. Open it from the sidebar."

Cut: the not-just frame, three word tells, the rhetorical close. If the source never named the integrations, keep the claim general and flag it to the user instead of inventing specifics.

Use when the user writes or rewrites the first line of a post, tweet, LinkedIn update, caption or video opener, or says \"I need a hook\", \"first line\", \"this post is not landing\". Writes five hooks per post, each a different pattern, each under twelve words and a specific claim. Reads profile.md for brand, audience and platforms.

## Patterns

| Pattern | Shape |
|---|---|
| Result | The outcome, with the number: "Cut onboarding from 9 steps to 3." |
| Contrarian | A claim against the common belief, with the reason. |
| Mistake | What you did wrong and what it cost, in the first person. |
| Process | "How X does Y in N steps", with the real N. |
| Before and after | Two states, one line. |
| Named enemy | A specific thing the audience hates, called out. |
| Quote | A line someone actually said, with who. |
| Time stamp | A precise moment: "At 2am on a Tuesday, the deploy failed." |