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agent-style

Literature-backed English technical-prose writing rules (agent-style, 21 rules). Its lane is FORMAL technical prose (papers, design docs, proposals, READMEs, commit messages). Use ONLY when the user explicitly asks for agent-style by name (e.g. "apply agent-style", "write/revise this per agent-style rules", "iterate until agent-style clean"). NOT for de-AI-ing casual or voiced text — use remove-ai-patterns for that. Do not auto-trigger for ordinary prose or documentation tasks.

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<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0 -->

# agent-style

agent-style is a literature-backed English technical-prose writing ruleset
for AI agents. The rules are curated in *The Elements of Agent Style*
(https://github.com/yzhao062/agent-style), CC BY 4.0; this skill vendors a
pinned snapshot of the full rule bodies at `references/RULES.md` (pin
recorded in `references/UPSTREAM-PIN`). Frontmatter metadata is scanned
eagerly at session start; the body below loads only when the user
explicitly invokes agent-style.

## Self-Verification Handshake

When asked "is agent-style active?" or "what writing rules apply here?",