Our assessment of writing-guidelines

Maintenance, license and trust

• The repository was last updated 29 days ago, so writing-guidelines is actively maintained.
• No license is declared. By default that means all rights are reserved: you can read it, but reusing or redistributing it is not clearly permitted. Ask the author before building on it commercially.
• Its trust signals score 88/100, 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.

Our scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands.

Automated pattern scan on 2026-09-26. It catches known dangerous patterns, not every risk — read a skill before letting an agent act on it.

writing-guidelines compared with similar skills

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install writing-guidelines?

Run npx skills add vercel-labs/agent-skills --skill writing-guidelines. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent.

Which AI agents does writing-guidelines 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 writing-guidelines safe to use?

Our scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands. It declares no license and scores 88/100 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 writing-guidelines still maintained?

The repository was last updated 29 days ago, so writing-guidelines is actively maintained.