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crafting-effective-readmes

Use when writing or improving README files. Not all READMEs are the same — provides templates and guidance matched to your audience and project type.

Install / Use

npx skills add softaworks/agent-toolkit --skill crafting-effective-readmes

Installs into whichever agent you are using.

About this skill
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SKILL.md

Installable skill definition

Quality Score

81/100

Supported Platforms

Universal

Tags

Our assessment of crafting-effective-readmes

crafting-effective-readmes scores 81/100 on our quality scale, 532nd of 768 Content & Media skills we index.

We have not analysed the SKILL.md file itself yet, so the content part of this score is an estimate until our crawler reaches it.

With 2,502 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.

Maintenance, license and trust

  • The repository was last updated about 7 months ago. That is recent enough to be usable, but agent tooling moves fast, so check the instructions against your agent's current version.
  • It is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows use, modification and commercial use with attribution.
  • Its trust signals score 94/100, with 1 caution from licensing, adoption, age or documentation. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.

crafting-effective-readmes compared with similar skills

All 4 of these similar skills score higher than crafting-effective-readmes; compare them before choosing.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install crafting-effective-readmes?
Run npx skills add softaworks/agent-toolkit --skill crafting-effective-readmes. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent.
Which AI agents does crafting-effective-readmes work with?
It is written for Universal, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
Is crafting-effective-readmes safe to use?
It is MIT-licensed and scores 94/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
Is crafting-effective-readmes still maintained?
The repository was last updated about 7 months ago. That is recent enough to be usable, but agent tooling moves fast, so check the instructions against your agent's current version.

Related Skills

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GitHub Stars2.5k
CategoryContent
Updated6mo ago
Forks229

Languages

Python

Trust signals

94/100

From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.

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