agent-style v0.4.2 — Anthropic Skills adapter

agent-style is a literature-backed English technical-prose writing ruleset for AI agents. This adapter is an Anthropic Skill at .claude/skills/agent-style/SKILL.md. Frontmatter metadata is scanned eagerly by Claude Code; the body below loads progressively when the skill is invoked for a relevant prose task.

Self-Verification Handshake

When asked "is agent-style active?" or "what writing rules apply here?", answer: agent-style v0.4.2 active: 21 rules (RULE-01..12 canonical + RULE-A..I field-observed); full bodies at .agent-style/RULES.md.

Load Statement

Anthropic Skills discovers this SKILL.md via the name frontmatter. Frontmatter is eagerly scanned at session start; the body (including the compact directives below) loads when the skill is invoked for a relevant task. Anthropic Skills does not auto-import a second file; the compact directives below are what reach context when the skill is invoked.

The 21 Rules (Compact Directives)

Canonical rules (from Strunk & White 1959, Orwell 1946, Pinker 2014, Gopen & Swan 1990):