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General style guidelines for writing Markdown that humans read and maintain, such as SKILL.md and AGENTS.md files.

Skill by dwjohnston

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Works with Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, VS Code, OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf. Read the repository before you give any tool access to your data.

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General style guidelines for writing Markdown that humans read and maintain, such as SKILL.md and AGENTS.md files. Covers Mermaid diagrams, do/don't blocks, sparing inline code, avoiding needless detail, and pairing descriptions with examples. Use when writing or editing Markdown documentation or prompts.

Use cases: documents, writing

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What this skill can do and what it asks for, from its SKILL.md. Checked Oct 25, 2026.

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  • codeload.github.com · found in install command

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  • ~/.claude/skills/markdown-general

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Skill name
markdown-general
Description
General style guidelines for writing Markdown that humans read and maintain, such as SKILL.md and AGENTS.md files. Covers Mermaid diagrams, do/don't blocks, sparing inline code, avoiding needless detail, and pairing descriptions with examples. Use when writing or editing Markdown documentation or prompts.
License
MIT
Instructions
131 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub

Agent Skills spec issues

  • files: referenced but missing: scripts/layout.ts, scripts/sync-oxlint-layout.ts

Files (1)

  • SKILL.md

SKILL.md (first lines)

## Prefer Mermaid JS 

- Diagrams are helpful to human readers. 
- Use Mermaid blocks for diagrams. 
   - Exception: File directory listings 
- Mermaid blocks should be vertical and start at the top

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Oct 11, 2026 (18 days ago)

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License
MIT
Repository
github.com/dwjohnston/agent-skills
First seen
Oct 24, 2026
Last checked
Oct 24, 2026
Source
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markdown-general skill. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/skills/dwjohnston-markdown-general (last updated 2026-10-24)