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Writing Shape

Writing Shape is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from mattpocock/skills. Writing, exploit: shape raw material into an article, paragraph by paragraph. It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode and has 303,491 GitHub stars across a repository of 15 listed skills.

github.com/mattpocock/skills/skills/in-progress/writing-shape (opens in a new tab)

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Add this skill

Claude

This repository is a Claude Code plugin marketplace. In Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add mattpocock/skills
/plugin install mattpocock-skills@mattpocock

In the Claude apps, zip the writing-shape folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

ChatGPT / Codex

Codex reads skills from .agents/skills/ in a repo or ~/.agents/skills/ for every project:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mattpocock/skills.git
cp -r skills/skills/in-progress/writing-shape .agents/skills/writing-shape   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects

Standalone skills also load in the ChatGPT desktop app.

Cursor

Cursor loads skills from .cursor/skills/ (or ~/.cursor/skills/) and also reads .claude/skills/:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mattpocock/skills.git
cp -r skills/skills/in-progress/writing-shape .cursor/skills/writing-shape   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects

Source (checked Oct 7, 2026): code.claude.com/docs/en/skills (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com/docs/en/plugin-marketplaces (opens in a new tab), support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude (opens in a new tab), learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills (opens in a new tab), cursor.com/docs/context/skills (opens in a new tab)

What this skill does

Writing, exploit: shape raw material into an article, paragraph by paragraph. The user has passed (or will pass) a markdown file of raw material. Treat it as the input pile: anything from a tidy list of fragments to a wall of unstructured prose to a transcript. The format does not matter. Read it end-to-end before doing anything else.

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FAQ

Writing Shape FAQ

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How do I install the Writing Shape skill?

In Claude Code, run /plugin marketplace add mattpocock/skills and then /plugin install mattpocock-skills@mattpocock. For Codex or Cursor, copy the writing-shape folder into .agents/skills/ or .cursor/skills/.

Is the Writing Shape skill free?

Yes. The repository is open source under the MIT license.

Is Writing Shape maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 19, 2026. Its latest release is v1.3.1. appsgit only lists skills from repositories with a commit in the last six months.