Edit and improve articles by restructuring sections, enhancing clarity, and tightening prose.
Automate repetitive workflows and reduce manual effort
Example: Generate reports, summarize documents, draft communications
Save 3-5 hours per week on routine tasks
Learn new skills, understand complex topics, get expert guidance
Example: Explain concepts, provide examples, suggest learning resources
Accelerate learning and skill development by 2x
Enhance output quality through reviews, suggestions, and refinements
Example: Review drafts, suggest improvements, catch errors
Improve work quality by 30-40% with less effort
Time estimate: 15-45 minutes depending on use case complexity
Prerequisites
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epx add mattpocock/skills/blob/main/edit-article/SKILL.md --skill edit-articleCompatible with
Supported agents
| name | edit-article |
| description | Edit and improve articles by restructuring sections, improving clarity, and tightening prose. Use when user wants to edit, revise, or improve an article draft. |
Consider that information is a directed acyclic graph, and that pieces of information can depend on other pieces of information. Make sure that the order of the sections and their contents respects these dependencies.
Confirm the sections with the user.
2a. Rewrite the section to improve clarity, coherence, and flow. Use maximum 240 characters per paragraph.
AI-first code editor with Composer
Before installing skills in Cursor, ensure your development environment meets these requirements:
node --versionedit-articleExecute the skills CLI command in your project's root directory to begin installation:
epx add mattpocock/skills/blob/main/edit-article/SKILL.md --skill edit-articleFetches edit-article from exampleUser/edit-article-skill and configures it for Cursor.
The CLI shows a list of agents. Use arrow keys and space to select Cursor:
Confirm successful installation by checking the skill directory location:
.cursor/skills/edit-article
Restart Cursor to activate edit-article. Access via /edit-articlein your agent's command palette.
Learn more:View source on GitHubSkills CLI docsAbout CursorWhat are agent skills?
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Common Pitfalls
✓ Do
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💡 Pro Tips
✓ Use when
Use when skill capabilities match your task, clear ROI on time saved, and you can validate outputs. Best for repetitive tasks, learning, and quality improvement.
✗ Avoid when
Avoid when task requires deep expertise you can't validate, involves sensitive decisions, or when learning process is more valuable than speed of completion.
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edit-article is among the better-maintained entries we tried; worth keeping pinned for repeat workflows.
edit-article has been reliable in day-to-day use. Documentation quality is above average for community skills.
edit-article fits our agent workflows well — practical, well scoped, and easy to wire into existing repos.
I recommend edit-article for anyone iterating fast on agent tooling; clear intent and a small, reviewable surface area.
Useful defaults in edit-article — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.
Keeps context tight: edit-article is the kind of skill you can hand to a new teammate without a long onboarding doc.
Solid pick for teams standardizing on skills: edit-article is focused, and the summary matches what you get after install.
We added edit-article from the explainx registry; install was straightforward and the SKILL.md answered most questions upfront.
I recommend edit-article for anyone iterating fast on agent tooling; clear intent and a small, reviewable surface area.
Solid pick for teams standardizing on skills: edit-article is focused, and the summary matches what you get after install.
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