writing-maestro

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Use when drafting or revising human-facing prose such as docs, essays, prompts, UI copy, reports, commit messages, PR text, or polished long-form writing. Combines anti-AI-trope editing with clear and concise style rules for stronger, more natural prose.

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Sourcebenmix/skills

Added on2026-04-22

NPX Install

npx skill4agent add benmix/skills writing-maestro

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Writing Maestro

Use this skill when the task is to write, rewrite, edit, or polish prose that humans will read.

Mission

Make writing clear, direct, and specific.
Remove common AI writing tells and templated cadence.
Keep tone natural while preserving the user's intent and voice.

Workflow

Set constraints: audience, format, tone, and required level of detail.
Draft for meaning first: prioritize factual clarity over style flourishes.
Run anti-trope pass with references/ai-writing-tropes-to-avoid.md.
Select style reference level:
- Default: use references/elements-of-style-principles.md for fast, token-efficient cleanup.
- Detailed and human-facing writing: must use references/the-elements-of-style.md.
Run clarity and concision pass with the selected style reference.
Final read aloud check: smooth rhythm, no redundant transitions, no empty emphasis.

Editing Priorities

Use active voice when actor and action are important.
Put statements in positive form where possible.
Use specific and concrete wording over abstract labels.
Omit needless words and padded transitions.
Keep related words together and avoid awkward clause distance.
Place emphatic words near sentence endings when emphasis is intended.
Keep one tense in summaries unless time shifts are required.
Prefer parallel structure for coordinate ideas.

Guardrails

Do not add drama, fake suspense, or forced profundity.
Do not ask rhetorical questions unless the format explicitly calls for them.
Do not over-structure prose into listicle-like paragraphs.
Use markdown only when it improves readability for the target format.

Limited Context Strategy

When context is crowded, separate drafting from polishing:

Produce the draft with normal task context.
Run an isolated copyedit pass using only the draft plus anti-trope reference and one style reference.
Merge only edits that improve clarity, precision, or flow.

Reference Use

Use references/ai-writing-tropes-to-avoid.md to remove AI cadence and formulaic phrasing.
Use references/elements-of-style-principles.md as the default concise checklist when writing casually or when token budget is tight.
Use references/the-elements-of-style.md as the detailed standard when writing for human readers with high quality requirements. In this case, this detailed reference is mandatory.