technical-writing

An agent skill by cursor, from cursor/plugins. Tags: copy-editing, documentation, markdown, review, writing.

What it does

Layered technical-writing standard: Diátaxis structure, Google developer style sentences, STE instruction rules, Global English syntax. Use for /technical-writing or when writing or reviewing docs, RFCs, readmes, PR descriptions, or commit messages.

Install

With the skills CLI, which installs into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents:

npx skills add cursor/plugins --skill technical-writing

Or copy the skill folder into Claude Code's skills directory by hand (~/.claude/skills for every project, or .claude/skills inside one):

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cursor/plugins
cp -r plugins/pstack/skills/technical-writing ~/.claude/skills/technical-writing

Safety box score

Grade A, minimal risk: 0 of 100 risk points, rated 2026-10-19. The grade rates what the skill and its scripts can reach on the machine of whoever installs it, across eight categories from shell execution to secrets access. How the score works.

This skill is a text-only writing standard. It does not ship scripts, call services, or modify files; the main effect is to steer generated docs, PR text, and commit messages toward a specific style.

Category levels, from 0 (none) to 3 (high)
Category	Level	Why
Code & shell execution	0 (none)	No shell commands, code execution, or native scripts are present in `SKILL.md`.
Network access	0 (none)	The file contains no download, upload, or remote-host communication behavior.
Filesystem reach	0 (none)	It describes writing style only and does not read, write, or delete files.
Secrets & credentials	0 (none)	There is no request for tokens, keys, passwords, or other credentials.
Privilege & persistence	0 (none)	It does not ask for sudo, global installs, services, or shell/OS changes.
Instruction hijack surface	0 (none)	The instructions are stylistic and do not tell the agent to ignore rules, hide behavior, or fetch outside instructions.
Irreversible actions	0 (none)	It does not send messages, publish content, deploy, pay, book, or delete anything.
Transparency	0 (none)	The only shipped file is readable Markdown; there are no binaries, generated blobs, or unpinned installers.

Before installing

Read `SKILL.md` to confirm it is only a documentation style guide.
Check the repository for any additional files or scripts beyond the listed markdown file.
Review the separate `unslop` skill if you want the full slop-pattern rules this skill references.

Rated 2026-10-19 by an automated review of 1 file from the skill's repository.

Source

Repository: cursor/plugins (all skills from this repository)
Path: pstack/skills/technical-writing/SKILL.md
Branch: main
Collection: cursor
Updated: 2026-09-23

unslop — Cut AI tells from any writing. Must always apply.
copy-editing — When the user wants to edit, review, or improve existing marketing copy, or refresh outdated content.
google-docs — Author and edit Google Docs with the google-docs tools - structured writing, character and paragraph styling, lists, tables, images, headers/footers.
writing-for-agents — Writing documents for agents. Use when creating or editing skills, or modifying AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md.
get-pr-comments — Fetch and summarize review comments from the active pull request
make-pr-easy-to-review — Prepare PRs for review by cleaning noisy history, improving PR descriptions, and adding reviewer guidance without changing code behavior.