Can this skill handle specialized writing styles?

Yes, it automatically detects whether your content is Legal, Economic, or General based on your sources and topic to apply domain-specific writing constraints later in the workflow.

Why is there a review gate for the PRECIS file?

A dedicated review gate ensures your thesis is strong, your audience is defined, and your claims are justified before you invest time in the more labor-intensive outlining and drafting phases.

What is the 'Iron Law of Progressive Expansion'?

It is a non-negotiable rule enforced by this skill that ensures you never create an outline without a validated thesis (PRECIS) or a draft without a mapped outline, preventing incoherent or wandering documents.

What files does this skill create during initialization?

It initializes PRECIS.md for the thesis and claims, OUTLINE.md for document structure, and ACTIVE_WORKFLOW.md for state tracking, along with a standard directory structure.

Structured Writing Foundations

Name: Structured Writing Foundations
Author: edwinhu

byedwinhu

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Initializes professional writing projects by creating thesis-driven foundations and automated project directory architectures.

The Writing Setup skill automates the critical initial phase of high-quality document creation within Claude Code. It enforces a rigorous 'Iron Law of Progressive Expansion,' ensuring that every piece of writing begins with a validated thesis (PRECIS.md) and a logically mapped structure (OUTLINE.md) before any prose is drafted. By detecting specific domains—such as legal or economic—and initializing state-tracking via ACTIVE_WORKFLOW.md, it provides a professional framework for complex writing tasks that prevents scope creep and ensures argumentative coherence from start to finish.

主な機能

015 GitHub stars

02Integrated review gates with subagent validation to ensure thesis quality

03Logic-first OUTLINE.md generation tied directly to core argumentative claims

04Automated project directory generation including outlines, drafts, and references

05Thesis-driven PRECIS.md creation with audience analysis and claim mapping

06Automatic domain detection for specialized Legal, Economic, or General writing styles

ユースケース

01Professionalizing documentation workflows to ensure logical consistency across multiple drafts

02Starting a complex legal brief or white paper with a structured, defensible argument

03Organizing research-heavy economic reports with clear claim-to-evidence mapping

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add edwinhu/workflows writing-setup

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