# Writing Shape (agent skill)

> 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 and Codex and has 278,361 GitHub stars across a repository of 15 listed skills.

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.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/mattpocock/skills |
| Skill path | skills/in-progress/writing-shape/SKILL.md |
| Skill name | writing-shape |
| GitHub stars | 278,361 |
| Installs on skills.sh | 419,252 |
| License | MIT |
| Skills in repo | 15 |
| Plugin marketplace | mattpocock |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Code, Codex |
| Category | Docs & writing |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |

## Add this skill

### Claude Code

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

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

### ChatGPT / Codex

```sh
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
```

### Cursor

```sh
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
```

Sources (checked 2026-10-07): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills, https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude, https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills, https://cursor.com/docs/context/skills

skills.sh listing: https://www.skills.sh/mattpocock/skills/writing-shape

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