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Clear Communication

A reader-first editing ruleset for explanations, status reports, comparisons and docs that preserves facts, conditions and hedges.

Content & WritingIntermediate★ 762⑂ 63AI score 8/10Last updated: Oct 30, 2026

What it does

Restructures complex material so readers can find the answer and act on it, without smoothing away the information that matters.

  • Gives task-specific ordering rules for answering questions, explaining concepts, comparing options, reporting progress or failures, writing tutorials, and academic writing.
  • Enforces preservation of numbers, conditions, exceptions, negations, evidence strength, and execution state (planned vs. attempted vs. done vs. verified).
  • Turns stacks of abstract nouns into "who did what, with what result"; keeps one name per concept.
  • Ships a pre-delivery checklist that catches "may" turning into "will", "recommended" into "required", and drifted commands, paths, or citations.

Who it's for

  • Engineers and technical writers producing docs, release notes, and onboarding guides.
  • PMs and analysts writing long reports or status updates.
  • Researchers editing argumentative text without breaking claim–evidence links.

Examples

  1. Turn raw install logs and investigation notes into a user-facing guide: how to start, what isn't available yet, how to recover.
  2. Produce a decision-oriented comparison of two approaches that states under which conditions the recommendation holds.
  3. Rewrite an incident report as actual state → impact → next step, keeping unverified scope attached to the claim it qualifies.

· · · Install guide · · ·

Try it now, no install

Paste this into Claude to use the skill without installing anything.

Read the instructions in this file and follow them to help me:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dongshuyan/compass-skills/HEAD/skills/clear-communication/SKILL.md

What I want: (describe your task here)

If Claude can't open the link, open it yourself and paste the contents instead.

↓ If it works for you, download the ZIP below and install it. Then it runs on its own — no pasting each time.

Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
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Install in Claude Code

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Install the skill I found on AI Skill Mart.
Copy the skills/clear-communication folder from the GitHub repo dongshuyan/compass-skills into my ~/.claude/skills/clear-communication/.
When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.

Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/dongshuyan/compass-skills.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r compass-skills/skills/clear-communication ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/dongshuyan/compass-skills.git
  3. Create the skills directory: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy the skill: cp -r compass-skills/skills/clear-communication ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Verify ~/.claude/skills/clear-communication/SKILL.md and references/examples.md exist.
  6. Restart Claude Code and ask something like "rewrite this status report for the reader" to trigger the skill.
  7. The source rules are written in Chinese; state your output language and tone explicitly if you want English deliverables.
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT