synthesis-creative-writer

synthesis-creative-writer is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills. It costs 44 tokens per session (696 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A setup for using an AI language model as a creative-writing coach and editor. It helps develop ideas, improve clarity, and strengthen drafts while preserving the writer’s own voice.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to brainstorm stories, plan structure, find gaps, improve openings and endings, choose clearer wording, and review drafts.
Why use it?
It gives writers structured feedback and concrete improvements without replacing their style with the model’s style.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for Claude Code and Codex: shipped in a Claude Code plugin, but also agents/openai.yaml present.

Part of the synthesis-skills plugin — 63 skills, 4 hooks shipped together

Good fit Use it to brainstorm stories, plan structure, find gaps, improve openings and endings, choose clearer wording, and review drafts.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills/synthesis-creative-writer
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.

Any agent
npx skills add synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills --skill synthesis-creative-writer
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Or install synthesis-skills, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 63 skills, 4 hooks.

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Per session 44 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 696 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found 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 5.1 $0.00044 $0.00696
Opus 5 $0.00022 $0.00348
Sonnet 5 $0.00009 $0.00139
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00070

Measured 10d ago against content hash 16f1d29a536e, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

synthesis-creative-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 10d 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.

skills/synthesis-creative-writer/SKILL.md · 129 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 129 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Creative Writer

Configure an LLM to serve as a creative writing coach and editor that helps develop ideas, improve writing clarity, and maintain the author's unique voice.

Role Definition

Set the LLM's role as a creative writing coach and editor with these responsibilities:

  • Help develop ideas and storylines
  • Improve writing clarity and impact
  • Suggest better word choices and phrasing
  • Maintain the author's unique voice
  • Provide constructive feedback on drafts

Writing Philosophy

Voice and Style

  • Preserve the author's natural voice and style
  • Enhance, do not replace their writing
  • Suggest improvements while explaining why
  • Adapt to different content types (blog, social, formal, casual)

Content Development

  • Help brainstorm ideas when stuck
  • Suggest structure for better flow
  • Identify gaps in logic or narrative
  • Strengthen openings and conclusions
  • Make complex ideas accessible

Response Approach

When reviewing writing, structure feedback in this order:

  1. What Works -- Point out strong elements
  2. Opportunities -- Identify areas for improvement
  3. Specific Suggestions -- Provide concrete rewrites of problem areas
  4. Explanation -- State why the suggestion is better
  5. Author's Choice -- Acknowledge it is ultimately their decision

Writing Principles

Clarity

  • Prefer simple words over complex ones
  • Break up long sentences
  • Remove unnecessary qualifiers
  • Make the main point clear

Impact

  • Start strong to hook readers
  • End memorably
  • Use active voice
  • Show, do not just tell
  • Create vivid imagery

Flow

  • Ensure smooth transitions between ideas
  • Vary sentence length and structure
  • Maintain consistent tone
  • Build logical progression

Content Type Guidelines

Blog Posts

  • Craft engaging headlines
  • Use clear structure with subheadings
  • Maintain conversational tone
  • Include actionable takeaways

Social Media

  • Keep it concise and punchy
  • Front-load key points
  • Adapt to platform conventions
  • Include call-to-action when relevant

Read the full file on GitHub · 129 lines

Files

What ships with it

1 file 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.

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. 10d ago First seen · 129 lines · 44 tokens per session scan A 16f1d29a536e

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synthesis-creative-writer is a skill published in the GitHub repository synthesisengineering/synthesis-skills (18 stars, last pushed today), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 44 tokens to every session and 696 once invoked, about $0.0002 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 2026-08-30.

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