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0xpili/simplified-technical-english
Writes and rewrites text in Simplified Technical English (ASD-STE100), a controlled language for clear technical documentation. Use when the user asks for STE, Simplified Technical English, controlled language, or plain technical writing, and when the user asks to write, rewrite, review, or check te
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How it works
simplified-technical-english
When your agent uses it
Writes and rewrites text in Simplified Technical English (ASD-STE100), a controlled language for clear technical documentation. Use when the user asks for STE, Simplified Technical English, controlled language, or plain technical writing, and when the user asks to write, rewrite, review, or check technical documentation, procedures, manuals, instructions, warnings, or reports.
What it loads into context
Frontmatter
146 tokensAlways available to the agent
SKILL.md
1,608 tokensWhen the skill is activated
Reference documents
13,136 tokensLoaded on request
Token counts are estimates. Scripts run separately; they are not counted as reference context.
The playbook
- Scope
- Step 1: Classify the text
- Step 2: Obey the verb rules
- Step 3: Obey the sentence rules
- Step 4: Obey the word rules
- Step 5: Write safety instructions correctly
- Step 6: Check your text
- Reference files
- Basis
Scripts executed separately
scripts/ste_check.py
Files
.gitignoreasset23 bytesLICENSEasset1,272 bytesNOTICE.mddoc1,292 bytesREADME.mddoc3,123 bytesSKILL.mdcore6,908 bytesSKILL.mdcore6,908 bytesexamples/before-after.mddoc2,629 bytesreferences/substitutions.mddoc4,908 bytesreferences/word-list.mddoc18,136 bytesreferences/writing-rules.mddoc11,443 bytesscripts/ste_check.pyruns11,433 bytes
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Repository facts
- License
- No license detected
- Created
- Aug 16, 2026
- Last pushed
- Aug 16, 2026
- Forks
- 50
- Open issues
- 0
- Project activity
- Slowing
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Before you install
Local scriptsAutomated signals, not a guarantee
Checked Nov 4, 2026
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- No broad tool permissions
- No dangerous shell commands
- 11 network referencesin 4 files: README.md:38 SKILL.md:119 NOTICE.md:14 and 1 more
- No hidden or obfuscated text
- No instruction overrides
- 1 executable scriptin 1 file: scripts/ste_check.py:1
- No access to secrets
- No requests to vote in Hot
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NOTICE.md
README.md
- Network accessline 38
git clone https://github.com/0xpili/simplified-technical-english.git ~/.claude/skills/simplified-technical-english - Network accessline 79
The source of this skill is ASD-STE100 Issue 7 (2017). ASD releases new issues of the specification. You can get the specification free of charge from https://www.asd-ste100.org. - Network accessline 80
ASD releases new issues of the specification. You can get the specification free of charge from https://www.asd-ste100.org. The dictionary of ASD-STE100 is the property of ASD. Refer to `NOTICE.md`. - Network accessline 81
You can get the specification free of charge from https://www.asd-ste100.org.
SKILL.md
- Network accessline 119
The source of this skill is ASD-STE100 Issue 7 (2017). ASD releases new issues of the specification. You can get the specification free of charge from https://www.asd-ste100.org. - Network accessline 120
ASD releases new issues of the specification. You can get the specification free of charge from https://www.asd-ste100.org. This skill is not an official ASD document. - Network accessline 121
You can get the specification free of charge from https://www.asd-ste100.org.
references/writing-rules.md
- Network accessline 3
This file gives the 53 writing rules of ASD-STE100 (Issue 7) and 4 general recommendations. The rules here are not the official text. We wrote them again in STE. Get the official specification free of charge from https://www.asd-ste100.org. - Network accessline 5
Get the official specification free of charge from https://www.asd-ste100.org.
scripts/ste_check.py
- Executable scriptline 1
#!/usr/bin/env python3
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Works with
| Agent | Status | Evidence | Install to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | Compatible | Standard SKILL.md SKILL.md | .claude/skills/<skill-name>/ |
| Codex | Compatible | Standard SKILL.md SKILL.md | .agents/skills/<skill-name>/ |
| Cursor | Compatible | Standard SKILL.md SKILL.md | .cursor/skills/<skill-name>/ |
| Gemini CLI | Compatible | Standard SKILL.md SKILL.md | .gemini/skills/<skill-name>/ |
| GitHub Copilot | Compatible | Standard SKILL.md SKILL.md | .github/skills/<skill-name>/ |
| OpenCode | Compatible | Standard SKILL.md SKILL.md | .opencode/skills/<skill-name>/ |
- Native The repository ships a manifest, folder or frontmatter field for this agent.
- Compatible A standard SKILL.md that this agent can read.
- Unknown No evidence either way.
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