{"slug": "show-hn-claude-skill-for-asd-ste100-simplified-english", "title": "Show HN: Claude Skill for ASD-STE100 – Simplified English", "summary": "Developer blagoySimandov released an installable skill for ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English that rewrites technical text into shorter, clearer sentences. The skill removes marketing words, gerunds, passive verbs, and long sentences, and can be installed via npx for tools like GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and OpenCode.", "body_md": "This repository gives you an installable skill for ASD-STE100 writing. Use it to write or rewrite technical text in Simplified Technical English.\n\n| Without the skill | With the skill |\n|---|---|\n| Prior to initiating the maintenance task, the technician shall perform verification of the hydraulic pressure indicator and subsequently commence removal of the access panel in order to inspect the pump drive coupling. | Before you start the maintenance task, do a check of the hydraulic pressure indicator. Remove the access panel. Do a check of the pump drive coupling. |\n| The integration test creates a topic and subscription on the emulator, publishes a message, and blocks until the message is actually received, asserting payload and attributes. | The integration test creates a topic and a subscription on the emulator. Then it publishes one message. The test waits for delivery and checks the payload and attributes. |\n\nThis is an example of a change from a README generated with AI to a README in ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English. The source is a real README with marketing words, gerunds, passive verbs, and long sentences. The skill removed the marketing words and made each sentence shorter and more clear.\n\n- Before:\n`examples/ai-readme-before.md`\n\n- After:\n`examples/ai-readme-after.md`\n\nRun this command:\n\n```\nnpx skills add blagoySimandov/asd-ste100-writer-skill\n```\n\nExamples for specific agents:\n\n```\nnpx skills add blagoySimandov/asd-ste100-writer-skill -a github-copilot -g -y\nnpx skills add blagoySimandov/asd-ste100-writer-skill -a claude-code -g -y\nnpx skills add blagoySimandov/asd-ste100-writer-skill -a opencode -g -y\n```\n\nUse this command to see the skills before you install:\n\n```\nnpx skills add blagoySimandov/asd-ste100-writer-skill --list\n```\n\n- Clone this repository.\n- Copy\n`skills/ste100-writer`\n\nto your local skills directory. - Restart your tool.\n\n```\ngit clone https://github.com/blagoySimandov/asd-ste100-writer-skill.git\nmkdir -p ~/.claude/skills\ncp -R asd-ste100-writer-skill/skills/ste100-writer ~/.claude/skills/ste100-writer\n```\n\nAsk for a rewrite in ASD-STE100.\n\nExample prompt:\n\n```\nRewrite this maintenance procedure in ASD-STE100.\nKeep all technical data and all safety data.\n```\n\n`skills/ste100-writer/SKILL.md`\n\n: Skill instructions.`skills/ste100-writer/references/rules.md`\n\n: Rule summary.`skills/ste100-writer/references/checklist.md`\n\n: Final check list.`skills/ste100-writer/references/word-choices.md`\n\n: Example word choices.\n\nThe repository has simple evals in `evals/`\n\n.\nRead `evals/README.md`\n\nfor setup and commands.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-claude-skill-for-asd-ste100-simplified-english", "canonical_source": "https://github.com/blagoySimandov/asd-ste100-writer-skill", "published_at": "2026-07-30 11:04:31+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-30 11:22:29.464713+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["blagoySimandov", "GitHub Copilot", "Claude Code", "OpenCode", "ASD-STE100"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-claude-skill-for-asd-ste100-simplified-english", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-claude-skill-for-asd-ste100-simplified-english.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-claude-skill-for-asd-ste100-simplified-english.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-claude-skill-for-asd-ste100-simplified-english.jsonld"}}