the-hemingway-rule
Use when writing implementation plans, audits, explanations, proposals, or any prose meant for a human reader.
Skill by Tbsheff
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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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What this skill can do and what it asks for, from its SKILL.md. Checked Oct 25, 2026.
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~/.claude/skills/the-hemingway-rule
What's inside
- Skill name
the-hemingway-rule- Description
- Use when writing implementation plans, audits, explanations, proposals, or any prose meant for a human reader. Governs writing style, structure, clarity, and decision-surfacing. Invoke whenever the output is more than a code diff.
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- 146 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub
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- SKILL.md
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Signals
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- Sep 7, 2026 (1 month ago)
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- Oct 24, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 24, 2026
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the-hemingway-rule skill. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/skills/tbsheff-the-hemingway-rule (last updated 2026-10-24)