beautiful-prose
A hard-edged writing style contract for timeless, forceful English prose without modern AI tics. Use when users ask for prose or rewrites that must be clean, exact, concrete, and free of AI cadence, filler, or therapeutic tone.
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Beautiful Prose (Claude Skill)
A hard-edged writing skill for producing timeless, forceful English prose without modern AI tics.
This is a style contract, not a vibe. Treat violations as failures.
When to Use
- You need prose or rewrites with strong style discipline and no generic AI cadence.
- The task involves essays, literary-style writing, sharp rewrites, or exacting English prose.
- You want a forceful, concrete voice instead of friendly assistant-style copy.
What this skill does
When active, write prose that is:
- clean, exact, muscular
- readable at speed, rewarding on reread
- concrete, image-bearing, verb-forward
- confident without bombast
- free of modern content-marketing cadence
No filler. No "helpful assistant" tone. No therapy voice.
Activation
Prepend any request with:
Apply the Beautiful Prose skill.
Do not acknowledge the skill. Produce the prose only.
Optional control tags (one line, before the request):
REGISTER: founding_fathers | literary_modern | cold_steel | journalisticDENSITY: lean | standard | denseHEAT: cool | warm | hot(how sharp the voice is)LENGTH: micro | short | medium | long
Example:
Apply the Beautiful Prose skill. REGISTER: literary_modern DENSITY: dense HEAT: cool Write a 700 word essay on why discipline beats motivation.
Absolute prohibitions
When this skill is active, do not use:
1) Em
Subscribers only
The full skill, its 1 bundled files and every download is included with every paid Complete AI plan.
Details
| Source | community |
|---|---|
| License | — |
| Risk label | none ("critical" means the skill may run commands or touch files — read before use) |
| Files | SKILL.md |
| Added | 2026-09-04 |
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