crafting-effective-readmes
Use when writing or improving README files.
Skill by Microck
Install
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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Use cases: 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
Files it touches
~/.claude/skills/crafting-effective-readmes
What's inside
- Skill name
crafting-effective-readmes- Description
- Use when writing or improving README files. Not all READMEs are the same — provides templates and guidance matched to your audience and project type.
- License
- unknown
- Instructions
- 75 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub
Files (14)
- README.md
- SKILL.md
- art-of-readme.md · references/
- make-a-readme.md · references/
- standard-readme-example-maximal.md · references/
- standard-readme-example-minimal.md · references/
- standard-readme-spec.md · references/
- section-checklist.md
- style-guide.md
- internal.md · templates/
- oss.md · templates/
- personal.md · templates/
- xdg-config.md · templates/
- using-references.md
The license isn't open source, so the instructions aren't shown here. Read SKILL.md on GitHub
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Signals
- Stars
- 5
- Forks
- 1
- Open issues
- 3
- Last commit (this folder)
- Feb 17, 2026 (8 months ago)
From GitHub (fetched Oct 24, 2026).
Details
- License
- License unknown
- Repository
- github.com/Microck/opendots-microck
- First seen
- Oct 24, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 24, 2026
- Source
- GitHubgithub-graphql
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crafting-effective-readmes skill. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/skills/microck-crafting-effective-readmes (last updated 2026-10-24)