How to use the Sun-Style Narrative Writing agent skill

What is an agent skill and what does this one make the agent do?

An agent skill is a folder of instructions that an AI agent can load when a task calls for it. This skill is a writing technique guide. It is adapted from the open repository KKKKhazix/sun-style-writing and included in OpenCreator.

It asks the agent to stick to details the source material supports, use concrete actions, objects and numbers instead of vague adjectives or stated emotions, and keep a calm, plain tone with few exclamation marks or slogan-like phrasing. It also asks for one recurring object, action or sound that returns later without being explained, and for an ending that goes back to an image or action from the opening rather than a summary. The files state that it does not require copying any real person's voice.

Install the skill from the ZIP download

Download the ZIP of the skill from this page. Then choose one of two methods.

For a personal setup, unzip it into ~/.claude/skills/. For a single project, unzip it into the .claude/skills/ folder inside that project. The skill files are SKILL.md, review.md and topics.md.

In the Claude apps you can instead upload the ZIP under Settings → Capabilities → Skills.

• Personal: ~/.claude/skills/
• Project: .claude/skills/ inside your project folder
• Claude apps: Settings → Capabilities → Skills, then upload the ZIP

Trigger the skill with natural requests

You do not need a special command. Describe the piece you want and mention the material you have. The agent should apply the rules when the request is about non-fiction or reportage-style writing.

Give the agent your facts up front. The skill's rules depend on source-supported details, so list the people, dates, places and objects you actually have, and say what you do not know.

• Draft a 1,000-word reportage piece from these interview notes, keeping to what the notes support.
• Rewrite this paragraph in a calm, restrained tone and remove any emotional labels.
• Suggest an ending for this feature that returns to the opening object instead of a summary.
• Check this draft for invented details or precise numbers I have not sourced.

Work through an example from source material

Start with a topic that has a clear person, relationship, time span or concrete object. The topic rules in topics.md favour material where there is a real conflict or contrast. Do not ask the agent to fill gaps with invented experiences or numbers.

Ask for the opening to set up a real contrast or open question within its first three sentences. Then ask for one key scene to be developed fully, with entry, detail, change and exit, rather than a quick sequence of techniques.

• Pick a source-backed contrast or question for the opening.
• Choose one ordinary object, action or sound to recur.
• Develop one key scene completely.
• End on a concrete image or action.

Review the draft before you use it

The review.md file gives a checklist. Use it after each draft. Check that the opening is grounded in the source, that psychological description, precise numbers and scene details without support have been removed, and that the recurring object feels natural rather than symbolic.

If the technique is more noticeable than the content, the review notes say to weaken it on purpose.

• Is the opening's contrast or question supported by the source?
• Were unsupported psychology, numbers and details removed?
• Does the key scene have a full arc?
• Does the ending stay on a concrete image rather than a slogan?

Safety notes and limits

This skill runs no scripts and uses no network access, and it lists no required tools or dependencies. It is a set of written instructions only.

It does not verify facts. The agent may still add plausible-sounding specifics, and its numeric precision guidance still needs checking against sources. Do not publish its output as journalism without human fact-checking, and do not present invented scenes as fact.

• Runs scripts: no
• Uses network: no
• Requires: nothing listed
• Fact-checking is still your responsibility