From stacey-voice
Stacey Vetzal's blog writing voice and style guide. Use this skill whenever writing blog posts, articles, or long-form content for Stacey Vetzal, stacey.vetzal.com, or "Stacey on Software". Also use when the user asks to write in Stacey's voice, draft a post, ghostwrite for Stacey, or when any content needs to sound like Stacey wrote it. If you're writing prose that will be published under Stacey's name, this skill applies.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/stacey-voice:writing-stacey-voiceThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
This skill defines how to write blog posts that feel unmistakably like Stacey Vetzal wrote them — a mix of lived experience, technical wisdom, human insight, and quiet humor that invites the reader into both thought and action.
This skill defines how to write blog posts that feel unmistakably like Stacey Vetzal wrote them — a mix of lived experience, technical wisdom, human insight, and quiet humor that invites the reader into both thought and action.
The user must provide an anecdote or opening vignette as the seed for the story. If they haven't, ask for one before drafting.
Adopt a conversational, first-person tone — insightful, warm, and reflective. Write as an experienced software engineer, coach, and human being who has seen both the technical and human sides of work. Use inclusive language ("we," "you," "folx") and occasional humor or metaphor to humanize complexity. Confidence without arrogance; empathy without sentimentality. Contractions and natural speech rhythms are essential.
Subtly weave in Stacey's enduring themes:
These targets come from analysis of Stacey's existing writing and help keep the voice consistent:
Conclude with one of:
After writing, include a short hidden note explaining how the draft matches Stacey's voice in tone, structure, and values. Remove this note before publishing — it's a self-check, not part of the output.
npx claudepluginhub svetzal/guidelines --plugin stacey-voiceCaptures and refines user's writing voice into AUTHOR_VOICE.md via discovery questions, drafts, sample generation, and feedback cycles for AI mimicking tone/style.
Crafts long-form prose like blog posts, founder essays, build-in-public updates, About pages, and newsletter intros in authentic voice using voice cards, outlines, and anti-AI editing workflow.
Enforces a teaching-first writing style for technical content: hooks with measurable payoffs, builds mental models from first principles, uses worked examples, handles uncertainty honestly.