Optimize Technical Writing: AI Scoring with Hemingway Rules

Optimize Technical Writing: AI Scoring with Hemingway Rules

This AI agent skill scores technical documents against fourteen Hemingway style rules to enhance readability. It generates a graded report of rule violations, highlighting the top three areas for improvement without altering the original text.

What this skill does

The skill operates automatically, evaluating technical documents as follows:

• Scores technical content against fourteen distinct Hemingway writing rules, focusing on clarity and readability.
• Automatically activated with each plan generated by Claude, before any edits, ensuring consistent quality checks.
• Supports manual review via specified commands like /iceberg:score and natural language requests such as "check my writing" or "is this clear?".
• Offers an opt-in feature to evaluate extended rules including em-dash usage, weakeners, and AI commentaries.

Who it is for

Designed for developers and teams utilizing AI coding agents like Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex, this skill supports those keen on maintaining high standards in technical documentation.

Use cases

• Ensuring proposals and specifications are written with clear, concise language for easier comprehension and implementation.
• Improving the readability of README files to facilitate better understanding among end-users and team members.
• Regularly reviewing documentation outputs to consistently align with stylistic best practices.

Technical details

This capability package utilizes the following tools and integrations:

• AI-powered analysis to assess technical writing quality based on Hemingway principles.
• Integrates seamlessly with Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex for streamlined technical documentation scoring.
• Operates without manual intervention necessary for initial document scoring, ensuring efficiency in large teams and projects.

Source & Licence

This package is built on open-source work published by gagoar (gagoar/iceberg) and distributed under MIT. The original licence text and copyright notice are included in your download.

Personal and commercial use, modification and redistribution are permitted, provided the original copyright and licence notice are retained.

Your purchase covers curation, licence verification, packaging, documentation and instant delivery. It does not grant exclusive rights to the underlying open-source code, which remains available under its original licence.

Delivery & Support

• Delivery: instant — a secure download link is emailed to you as soon as payment is confirmed.
• Format: ZIP archive containing the skill files, documentation and the original licence.
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• Updates: updates are included only where stated on this page.

Refunds

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