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.
npx skills add artivilla/agents-config --skill technical-writing-styleguidegit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/artivilla/agents-configWrote 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.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/artivilla/agents-config/technical-writing-styleguide)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/artivilla/agents-config/technical-writing-styleguide"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/artivilla/agents-config/technical-writing-styleguide/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/artivilla/agents-config/technical-writing-styleguide"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/artivilla/agents-config/technical-writing-styleguide.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00057 | $0.00644 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00028 | $0.00322 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00011 | $0.00129 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00006 | $0.00064 |
Grade A, and why
technical-writing-styleguide 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 9d 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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 55 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Technical Writing Styleguide
Quick Reference
Voice: first person plural ("we'll install..."), active voice, friendly and informal tone.
Point of view priority:
- First person plural to include the reader: "Next, we'll configure the server."
- Second person imperative for instructions: "Type
npm install."
Key rules:
- Be opinionated, not comprehensive — pick one approach and recommend it
- Never tell the reader something is "easy" or "obvious"
- Never start with personal background or definitions
- Avoid marketing speak and encyclopaedia-style content
- Use serial commas, common contractions, and sentence case for headings
- Place inline code between backticks, but use fenced code blocks for any runnable commands
- Put text before screenshots, never two screenshots in a row without text between them
Brand names: many tech brand names have irregular capitalization (JavaScript not Javascript, GitHub not Github, Node.js not NodeJS). Always verify against the brand-names reference.
Numbers: spell out numbers under ten and at the start of sentences. Use numerals for 10 and above. Numbers over three digits get commas (1,000).
Code blocks: always use fenced code blocks with language specifiers for code samples. Use backticks only for inline single-word references.
Principles
- Clear: keep words and sentences as simple as possible
- Useful: deliver on the promise your headline made
- Friendly: use informal language without patronizing the reader
Progressive Disclosure
- Full styleguide: see references/styleguide.md for voice, tone, structure, headings, code samples, and formatting conventions
- Grammar: see references/grammar.md for punctuation, capitalization, contractions, numbers, pronouns, and word list
- Brand names: see references/brand-names.md for correct capitalization of tech brand names
- Screenshots: see references/screenshots.md for resolution, annotations, gifs, and combining screenshots with text
- Guide audit: see references/guide-audit.md for pre-commit checklist when reviewing articles
What ships with it
5 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
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.
- 9d ago First seen · 55 lines · 57 tokens per session scan A 7e85f1d53f21
technical-writing-styleguide is a skill published in the GitHub repository artivilla/agents-config (0 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 57 tokens to every session and 644 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.
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