💡 Summary
A Claude plugin that provides reference access to the classic 1918 edition of 'The Elements of Style' for writing guidance.
🎯 Target Audience
🤖 AI Roast: “It's a glorified copy-paste of a public domain book, offering more of a static reference than a dynamic writing assistant.”
The skill appears to be a static text reference with no code execution, network calls, or file system access mentioned. The primary risk is dependency supply chain if future versions add packages; mitigation is to review any `pyproject.toml` or `requirements.txt` for suspicious packages before installation.
The Elements of Style - Claude Code Plugin
A Claude Code plugin providing William Strunk Jr.'s The Elements of Style (1918) as a reference skill for clear, precise writing.
Purpose
This plugin gives Claude access to Strunk's foundational writing guidance when working on documentation, user-facing text, or any prose that needs clarity and proper style.
What's Inside
The plugin provides:
- Skill:
writing-clearly-and-concisely- Guidance on when and how to use Strunk's rules - Reference: Complete 1918 text with all rules, examples, and usage guidance (~12,000 tokens)
The reference contains:
- Elementary Rules of Usage - Seven fundamental grammar and punctuation rules
- Elementary Principles of Composition - Eleven rules for clear, effective writing
- Words and Expressions Commonly Misused - An alphabetical guide to usage pitfalls
Usage
Once installed, Claude will automatically use the writing-clearly-and-concisely skill when appropriate. The skill:
- Warns about the 12,000-token reference size
- Lists all rules at a glance
- Suggests dispatching a subagent for copyediting when context is limited
- Only loads the full reference when actively writing or editing prose
Source
This text is in the public domain. The original 1918 edition by William Strunk Jr. was obtained from Project Gutenberg and converted to clean markdown format.
- Original Source: Project Gutenberg #37134
- Author: William Strunk Jr.
- Publication: 1918
- License: Public Domain
Pros
- Provides a foundational, time-tested reference for writing.
- Simple, single-purpose design with no complex dependencies.
- Public domain source ensures no licensing issues.
Cons
- Content is static and based on a 1918 edition, lacking modern context.
- Functionality is passive reference, not active analysis or correction.
- Large token count for the full text may limit practical use in every interaction.
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