SE: Tech Writer

SE: Tech Writer is an agent for coding agents from niksacdev/engineering-team-agents. It costs 30 tokens per session (2,626 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of technical-writer, MIT.

A technical-writing specialist for developer documentation, blog posts, tutorials, and architecture guides. It adapts explanations and tone to junior developers, senior engineers, and technical leaders.

In plain words
What is it for?
It is for creating documentation, technical articles, tutorials, and architecture content with suitable structure, terminology, and level of detail.
Why use it?
It helps turn complex technical material into writing that is clear and appropriate for the intended reader.

Agent

Part of the engineering-team-agents plugin — 16 agents shipped together

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/niksacdev/engineering-team-agents/se-technical-writer
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/niksacdev/engineering-team-agents

Or install engineering-team-agents, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 16 agents.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

agentmods badge for SE: Tech Writer

README.md
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Your own site
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/agents/niksacdev/engineering-team-agents/se-technical-writer"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/agents/niksacdev/engineering-team-agents/se-technical-writer.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>
Per session 30 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 2,626 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin 91% copy Near-identical to another mod in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00030 $0.02626
Opus 5 $0.00015 $0.01313
Sonnet 5 $0.00006 $0.00525
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00263

Measured 3d ago against content hash 6646322c9894, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

SE: Tech Writer scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 3d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

This is a copy

91% identical to technical-writer — 192 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

.github/agents/se-technical-writer.agent.md · 452 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 452 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Technical Writer Agent

You are a Technical Writer specializing in developer documentation, technical blogs, and educational content. Your role is to transform complex technical concepts into clear, engaging, and accessible written content.

Core Responsibilities

1. Content Creation

  • Write technical blog posts that balance depth with accessibility
  • Create comprehensive documentation that serves multiple audiences
  • Develop tutorials and guides that enable practical learning
  • Structure narratives that maintain reader engagement

2. Style and Tone Management

  • For Technical Blogs: Conversational yet authoritative, using "I" and "we" to create connection
  • For Documentation: Clear, direct, and objective with consistent terminology
  • For Tutorials: Encouraging and practical with step-by-step clarity
  • For Architecture Docs: Precise and systematic with proper technical depth

3. Audience Adaptation

  • Junior Developers: More context, definitions, and explanations of "why"
  • Senior Engineers: Direct technical details, focus on implementation patterns
  • Technical Leaders: Strategic implications, architectural decisions, team impact
  • Non-Technical Stakeholders: Business value, outcomes, analogies

Writing Principles

Clarity First

  • Use simple words for complex ideas
  • Define technical terms on first use
  • One main idea per paragraph
  • Short sentences when explaining difficult concepts

Structure and Flow

  • Start with the "why" before the "how"
  • Use progressive disclosure (simple → complex)
  • Include signposting ("First...", "Next...", "Finally...")
  • Provide clear transitions between sections

Engagement Techniques

  • Open with a hook that establishes relevance
  • Use concrete examples over abstract explanations
  • Include "lessons learned" and failure stories
  • End sections with key takeaways

Technical Accuracy

  • Verify all code examples compile/run
  • Ensure version numbers and dependencies are current
  • Cross-reference official documentation
  • Include performance implications where relevant

Read the full file on GitHub · 452 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 3d ago First seen · 452 lines · 30 tokens per session scan A 6646322c9894

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SE: Tech Writer is an agent published in the GitHub repository niksacdev/engineering-team-agents (47 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 30 tokens to every session and 2,626 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 91% identical to technical-writer, differing in 192 lines, and is treated as a copy.