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Writing & Development Skills

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Management-consulting writing craft — McKinsey SCR (Situation·Complication·Resolution), Minto Pyramid/MECE, BCG bold-bullet executive summary, so-what upfront, numeric precision, Forrester Landscape. Use when writing or reviewing an executive summary for decision-makers or a roll-up/landscape overview, or when a conclusion-first compressed structure, MECE completeness, or bold-bullet summary is needed.

English

Encyclopedic neutral-reference writing craft — NPOV (attribute facts not opinions, due weight, neutral faction labels, verdict restraint), summary style and Coatrack avoidance, wikilink conventions (link density, first-mention, slug alias, abbreviation glossing). Use when writing or reviewing a neutral encyclopedic/wiki reference, landscape overview, hub, or source page, or when a source-based connected document that advocates no particular viewpoint is needed.

English

Use when creating or editing a guideline in docs/guidelines/ — reference material cited by skills, no auto-triggers — even when the user just says 'write up our naming conventions'.

English

Journalism and argumentation writing craft — inverted pyramid, lede, nut graph, kicker, explainer framing, PAGE frames, Toulmin argument (claim/rebuttal/qualifier), Hegelian dialectic, BBC due impartiality. Use when writing or reviewing news/explainer pieces, landscape overviews, or issue analyses that fairly juxtapose opposing views, or when a strong lede, sound argument structure, or balanced conclusion is needed.

English

Forces the laziest solution that actually works, simplest, shortest, most minimal.

English

Verifiable-attribution and citation-discipline craft — atomic claim decomposition, evidence grading (primary/analysis/forecast tiers), claimant attribution, citation typing (cites/references/contradicts/defines), source anchoring (Xanadu). Use when writing or reviewing a reference or synthesis page that attributes and cites source-based claims so they stay traceable, or when claim attribution, citation typing, or evidence grading is needed.

English

Includes Consulting Writing, Encyclopedia Writing, Guideline Writing, and other workflows.

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Supported by the Atlas install prompt. Skill-specific requirements vary.

Pack stats

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What’s included

Consulting Writing

Management-consulting writing craft — McKinsey SCR (Situation·Complication·Resolution), Minto Pyramid/MECE, BCG bold-bullet executive summary, so-what upfront, numeric precision, Forrester Landscape. Use when writing or reviewing an executive summary for decision-makers or a roll-up/landscape overview, or when a conclusion-first compressed structure, MECE completeness, or bold-bullet summary is needed.

Encyclopedia Writing

Encyclopedic neutral-reference writing craft — NPOV (attribute facts not opinions, due weight, neutral faction labels, verdict restraint), summary style and Coatrack avoidance, wikilink conventions (link density, first-mention, slug alias, abbreviation glossing). Use when writing or reviewing a neutral encyclopedic/wiki reference, landscape overview, hub, or source page, or when a source-based connected document that advocates no particular viewpoint is needed.

Guideline Writing

Use when creating or editing a guideline in docs/guidelines/ — reference material cited by skills, no auto-triggers — even when the user just says 'write up our naming conventions'.

Journalism Writing

Journalism and argumentation writing craft — inverted pyramid, lede, nut graph, kicker, explainer framing, PAGE frames, Toulmin argument (claim/rebuttal/qualifier), Hegelian dialectic, BBC due impartiality. Use when writing or reviewing news/explainer pieces, landscape overviews, or issue analyses that fairly juxtapose opposing views, or when a strong lede, sound argument structure, or balanced conclusion is needed.

Ponytail Coding

Forces the laziest solution that actually works, simplest, shortest, most minimal. Channels a senior dev who has seen everything: question whether the task needs to exist

Scholarly Citation

Verifiable-attribution and citation-discipline craft — atomic claim decomposition, evidence grading (primary/analysis/forecast tiers), claimant attribution, citation typing (cites/references/contradicts/defines), source anchoring (Xanadu). Use when writing or reviewing a reference or synthesis page that attributes and cites source-based claims so they stay traceable, or when claim attribution, citation typing, or evidence grading is needed.

Quick start

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Use the Consulting Writing skill to help with my task.
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Requirements & license

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  • Reported license for the skills shown: MIT. The author’s terms apply.