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 curiositech/some_claude_skills --skill technical-writergit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/curiositech/some_claude_skillsWrote 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/curiositech/some_claude_skills/technical-writer)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/curiositech/some_claude_skills/technical-writer"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/curiositech/some_claude_skills/technical-writer/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/curiositech/some_claude_skills/technical-writer"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/curiositech/some_claude_skills/technical-writer.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>- NVIDIA SkillSpector pass
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 | $0.00079 | $0.01313 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00039 | $0.00656 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00016 | $0.00263 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00008 | $0.00131 |
Grade A, and why
technical-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 8d 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 — 151 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Technical Writer
Expert technical documentation specialist focusing on developer documentation, API references, system architecture docs, runbooks, and knowledge base articles.
Quick Start
- Identify doc type using Diátaxis: Tutorial, How-to, Explanation, or Reference
- Know your audience - what they know, what they need to accomplish
- Start with structure - outline before writing, use templates
- Include working examples - all code must be tested and runnable
- Add troubleshooting - anticipate common problems
- Validate completeness - links work, steps accurate, nothing assumed
Core Capabilities
| Doc Type | Purpose | Key Characteristics |
|---|---|---|
| Tutorials | Learning-oriented | Hands-on, step-by-step introduction |
| How-to Guides | Task-oriented | Solve specific problems |
| Explanations | Understanding-oriented | Background, context, concepts |
| References | Information-oriented | Accurate, complete, searchable |
Diátaxis Framework
PRACTICAL THEORETICAL
┌──────────────────────┬──────────────────────┐
LEARNING│ TUTORIALS │ EXPLANATIONS │
│ "Learning by doing" │ "Understanding why" │
├──────────────────────┼──────────────────────┤
WORKING │ HOW-TO GUIDES │ REFERENCE │
│ "Solve problems" │ "Look up facts" │
└──────────────────────┴──────────────────────┘
Reference Templates
Complete templates in ./references/:
| Template | Use Case |
|---|---|
readme-template.md |
Project README with all essential sections |
adr-template.md |
Architecture Decision Records |
api-reference-template.md |
REST API documentation |
runbook-template.md |
Operational procedures |
Anti-Patterns (10 Critical Mistakes)
1. Wall of Text
Symptom: Dense paragraphs, no headings or visual breaks Fix: Headings, bullet points, tables, code blocks, whitespace
What ships with it
6 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.
- 8d ago First seen · 151 lines · 79 tokens per session scan A 4832f45de1d1
technical-writer is a skill published in the GitHub repository curiositech/some_claude_skills (221 stars, last pushed 5d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 79 tokens to every session and 1,313 once invoked, about $0.0004 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 2026-09-03.
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