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danyuchn/iso-24495-skill
ISO 24495-1 plain language rules as a Claude Code skill — bilingual: English + Traditional Chinese (繁體中文淺白改寫). Reader-outcome rewriting: relevant, findable, understandable, usable.
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How it works
iso-24495
When your agent uses it
Use when text must be easy for its intended reader to find, understand, and act on — reports, emails, documentation, UI text, announcements, explanations, AI output that reads as dense or bureaucratic. Applies ISO 24495-1 plain language principles with dedicated technique layers for English and Traditional Chinese. Triggers: plain language rewrite, apply ISO 24495, make this clearer for readers, de-jargon this, 淺白改寫, 白話改寫, 去公文腔, 讓讀者一次看懂. Not for creative or literary writing.
What it loads into context
Frontmatter
136 tokensAlways available to the agent
SKILL.md
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Reference documents
5,840 tokensLoaded on request
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The playbook
- When to Use This Skill
- Procedure
- Output Format
- The Four Principles (working definitions)
- Scope Boundary: Plain Language vs Controlled Language
- Copyright Note
Files
LICENSEasset1,075 bytesREADME.mddoc6,342 bytesSKILL.mdcore5,664 bytesexamples/before-after-en.mddoc2,059 bytesexamples/before-after-zh.mddoc2,033 bytesreferences/chinese-techniques.mddoc4,692 bytesreferences/english-techniques.mddoc3,340 bytesreferences/principles.mddoc4,307 bytes
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# ISO 24495-1 Plain Language (English + Traditional Chinese)
ISO 24495-1:2023 is the international standard for plain language. It defines
plain language by reader outcome, not by word lists: a document is plain when
its intended readers can get what they need (relevant), find it (findable),
understand it on first reading (understandable), and act on it (usable).
This skill rewrites text so it meets those four outcomes. The principles are
language-independent — ISO states the standard "applies to most, if not all,
written languages" — so this skill ships one shared principle layer and two
language technique layers:
- **English** → apply `references/english-techniques.md`
- **Traditional Chinese（繁體中文）** → apply `references/chinese-techniques.md`Skills included
- iso-24495
Repository facts
- License
- MIT
- Created
- Aug 13, 2026
- Last pushed
- Aug 13, 2026
- Forks
- 7
- Open issues
- 0
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Before you install
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Checked Nov 6, 2026
- No broad tool permissions
- No dangerous shell commands
- 26 network referencesin 2 files: README.md:3 references/principles.md:66
- No hidden or obfuscated text
- No instruction overrides
- No executable scripts
- No access to secrets
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README.md
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A Claude Code skill that rewrites text into plain language per [ISO 24495-1:2023](https://www.iso.org/standard/78907.html) — the - Network accessline 4
[ISO 24495-1:2023](https://www.iso.org/standard/78907.html) — the - Network accessline 14
2. **It ships a real Traditional Chinese technique layer（繁體中文層）.** ISO 24495-1 is explicitly language-independent, but as of this release the [official translation list](https://www.iplfederation.org/standard-translations/) - Network accessline 15
ISO 24495-1 is explicitly language-independent, but as of this release the [official translation list](https://www.iplfederation.org/standard-translations/) contains no East Asian language at all. The Chinese layer here is an - Network accessline 16
[official translation list](https://www.iplfederation.org/standard-translations/) - Network accessline 68
git clone https://github.com/danyuchn/iso-24495-skill ~/.claude/skills/iso-24495 - Network accessline 91
not for **agent-facing** text where a machine must parse without ambiguity — that is controlled-language territory; use the companion skill [asd-ste100-skill](https://github.com/danyuchn/asd-ste100-skill) instead. - Network accessline 92
that is controlled-language territory; use the companion skill [asd-ste100-skill](https://github.com/danyuchn/asd-ste100-skill) instead. Rule of thumb: reader is a person → this skill; reader is a machine or a - Network accessline 93
[asd-ste100-skill](https://github.com/danyuchn/asd-ste100-skill) instead. - Network accessline 110
- [ISO 24495-1:2023 — Plain language, Part 1](https://www.iso.org/standard/78907.html) - Network accessline 111
- [International Plain Language Federation — ISO standard](https://www.iplfederation.org/iso-standard/) - Network accessline 112
- [IPLF — national adoptions and translations](https://www.iplfederation.org/standard-translations/) - Network accessline 113
- [AccessibleEU — ISO 24495-1 summary](https://accessible-eu-centre.ec.europa.eu/content-corner/digital-library/iso-24495-12023-plain-language-part-1-governing-principles-and-guidelines_en) - Network accessline 114
- Companion controlled-language skill: [asd-ste100-skill](https://github.com/danyuchn/asd-ste100-skill)
references/principles.md
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published abstract and scope, and the IPLF's freely published definition and framework). This mirrors the approach of the companion skill [asd-ste100-skill](https://github.com/danyuchn/asd-ste100-skill), which - Network accessline 67
framework). This mirrors the approach of the companion skill [asd-ste100-skill](https://github.com/danyuchn/asd-ste100-skill), which encodes rule categories without reproducing ASD's licensed dictionary. - Network accessline 68
[asd-ste100-skill](https://github.com/danyuchn/asd-ste100-skill), which - Network accessline 73
- ISO 24495-1:2023 catalog page — https://www.iso.org/standard/78907.html - Network accessline 74
- ISO 24495-2:2025 (legal communication) — https://www.iso.org/standard/85774.html - Network accessline 75
- International Plain Language Federation, plain language definition — https://www.iplfederation.org/plain-language/ - IPLF, ISO standard overview — https://www.iplfederation.org/iso-standard/ - Network accessline 76
https://www.iplfederation.org/plain-language/ - Network accessline 77
- IPLF, ISO standard overview — https://www.iplfederation.org/iso-standard/ - Network accessline 78
- IPLF, national adoptions and translations — https://www.iplfederation.org/standard-translations/ (as of 2026-08: 12 languages, no East Asian language among them) - Network accessline 79
https://www.iplfederation.org/standard-translations/ (as of 2026-08: - Network accessline 80
12 languages, no East Asian language among them) - AccessibleEU summary — https://accessible-eu-centre.ec.europa.eu/content-corner/digital-library/iso-24495-12023-plain-language-part-1-governing-principles-and-guidelines_en - Network accessline 82
https://accessible-eu-centre.ec.europa.eu/content-corner/digital-library/iso-24495-12023-plain-language-part-1-governing-principles-and-guidelines_en
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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.
Derived automatically from paths, manifests and frontmatter. Not tested on each agent.
