AI Style Guide: Adapting 'The Elements of Style' for Agent Prompts
Cobuter_Man · reddit · 2026-08-20
To address issues where agents cut definitions or invent jargon while trying to be concise, the author adapted the classic writing guide The Elements of Style into a standard for AI agents.
The CC0-licensed guide teaches agents to:
- Preserve necessary context while cutting text;
- Introduce concepts before using terminology;
- Avoid hype and unnecessary coined terms;
- Keep Markdown easy to scan and parse.
The repo includes Strunk's 18 rules, entries mapped to AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md, and a skill for substantial writing tasks.
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