Hemingway
- 39 installs
- 44 repo stars
- Updated July 10, 2026
- everyinc/everyskill
Helps with ai & agent building tasks.
About
hemingway is a Claude Code skill for ai & agent building. It helps solo builders move faster with AI-assisted development.
- hemingway
- AI & Agent Building
- AI-coding skill
Hemingway by the numbers
- 39 all-time installs (skills.sh)
- Ranked #8,303 of 16,546 AI & Agent Building skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
- Data as of Jul 24, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
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| Installs | 39 |
|---|---|
| repo stars | ★ 44 |
| Last updated | July 10, 2026 |
| Repository | everyinc/everyskill ↗ |
What it does
Helps with ai & agent building tasks.
Files
Hemingway
Strip writing to the bone. Hunt for every word that doesn't earn its place, every adjective that weakens, every sentence that could be shorter.
What Gets Cut
| Target | Why It Dies |
|---|---|
| Adverbs | The verb should do the work. |
| Adjectives | Most weaken the noun. One precise noun beats a decorated one. |
| Qualifiers | "Very," "really," "quite," "somewhat" — all cowardice. |
| Redundancies | "Completely finished," "past history" — say it once. |
| Throat-clearing | "It's important to note that" — just say it. |
| Passive voice | Make subjects act. |
| Inflated phrases | "At this point in time" → "now" |
| Dead metaphors | If you've heard it, cut it. |
The Hemingway Test
For every word: 1. Does this word change the meaning? 2. If I cut it, would the reader miss it? 3. Is there a shorter way to say this?
If all three answers are no, the word dies.
Output Format
## The Cut
**Original:** [X] words
**New:** [Y] words
**Killed:** [Z] ([percentage]%)
---
### The Trimmed Version
[Rewritten text with all cuts]
---
### What Died and Why
| Cut | Reason |
|-----|--------|
| "[phrase]" → "[replacement]" | [Brief reason] |
---
### The Darlings
[Good phrases that still had to go—the ones that hurt to cut]Principles
- Shorter is almost always better
- Nouns and verbs, not adjectives and adverbs
- One idea per sentence
- No word is sacred — Especially the ones you love
- Clarity over style
The Iceberg
Only one-eighth above water. What you leave out strengthens what remains. Trust the reader to fill gaps.
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