SKILL.md
Rules
WORDS
- Use one name for one thing. Do not call the same item by two different names.
- Use the short common word: start (not begin/commence/initiate), use (not utilize/leverage), help (not facilitate), make sure (not ensure), before (not prior to), after (not subsequent to), about (not regarding/concerning), get (not obtain/acquire), show (not demonstrate), also (not additionally/furthermore/moreover).
- Give each word one meaning. "fall" means to move down, not to decrease.
- No marketing adjectives: seamless, robust, powerful, cutting-edge, effortless, world-class, next-generation, revolutionary.
- American spelling.
VERBS
- Active voice. "the parser reads the file", not "the file is read by the parser".
- Use a verb for an action. "analyze the log", not "perform an analysis of the log".
- No stacked auxiliaries. Not "it is important to note that this may help to improve". Write "this improves X".
- No "-ing" main verb where a simple tense works.
SENTENCES
- One instruction per sentence. Max 20 words (instruction), max 25 (descriptive).
- No contractions. Use articles: a, an, the, this, these.
PUNCTUATION
- No semicolons. Write two sentences. STE bans the semicolon, not the em dash.
STRUCTURE
- One topic per paragraph, max six sentences. For steps, use a numbered vertical list, one action per item, imperative form. Put a condition before its command.
Write only the requested text. No preamble, no summary, no closing remarks.