
Word Stats
- 382 installs
- 38 repo stars
- Updated February 5, 2026
- humanizerai/agent-skills
word-stats is a Claude Code skill that measures word counts, character counts, sentences, paragraphs, and reading time on provided text immediately without asking clarifying questions.
About
word-stats is a user-invocable HumanizerAI agent skill that outputs quick, accurate text statistics from text passed in $ARGUMENTS. The skill reports words, characters with and without spaces, sentences, paragraphs, and reading time in a fixed table format, and explicitly instructs agents to output stats immediately without clarifying questions when text is provided. Developers reach for word-stats while humanizing AI drafts for blogs, landing pages, newsletters, and docs to verify length targets before publish. word-stats complements humanization workflows by supplying objective counts agents can cite in editorial review.
- Counts words and basic text metrics on drafts
- Supports humanizer-style AI copy refinement
- Helps enforce length limits for SEO and ads
- Useful for comparing headline and body variants
- Lightweight agent skill for editorial QA
Word Stats by the numbers
- 382 all-time installs (skills.sh)
- +14 installs in the week ending Aug 2, 2026 (Skillselion tracking)
- Ranked #2,029 of 16,546 AI & Agent Building skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
- Data as of Aug 3, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
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| Installs | 382 |
|---|---|
| repo stars | ★ 38 |
| Last updated | February 5, 2026 |
| Repository | humanizerai/agent-skills ↗ |
How do you get word count and reading time quickly?
Measure word counts, density, and text stats while humanizing AI drafts for blogs, landing pages, newsletters, and docs before publish.
Who is it for?
Developers and editors validating draft length on blogs, landing pages, newsletters, and docs before publishing or humanizing AI output.
Skip if: Semantic content quality review, SEO keyword analysis, or plagiarism detection requiring dedicated tooling.
When should I use this skill?
Text is provided and the user needs word count, character count, reading time, or other text statistics without questions.
What you get
Word, character, sentence, and paragraph counts plus reading time in a formatted statistics table.
- Word statistics table
- Reading time estimate
- Character and sentence counts
By the numbers
- Reports 5 count metrics: words, characters with spaces, characters without spaces, sentences, and paragraphs
- User-invocable skill with argument-hint for inline text input
Files
Word Statistics
Provide quick, accurate statistics about the provided text.
Input
The user provides text in $ARGUMENTS.
Important: If text is provided, immediately output stats. Don't ask clarifying questions - they want the numbers.
Output Format
## Word Statistics
### Counts
| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Words | [X] |
| Characters (with spaces) | [X] |
| Characters (no spaces) | [X] |
| Sentences | [X] |
| Paragraphs | [X] |
### Time
| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Reading time | [X] min |
| Speaking time | [X] min |
### Words
| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Unique words | [X] ([Y]%) |
| Avg word length | [X] chars |
| Longest word | [word] ([X] chars) |
### Sentences
| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Avg length | [X] words |
| Longest | [X] words |
| Shortest | [X] words |Calculations
- Reading time: words ÷ 238 (average adult reading speed)
- Speaking time: words ÷ 150 (average speaking pace)
- Unique words: distinct words ÷ total words × 100
Keep It Simple
- Tables for metrics
- No unnecessary prose
- No recommendations unless asked
- Just the numbers
Related skills
FAQ
What statistics does word-stats report?
word-stats reports word count, character count with and without spaces, sentence count, paragraph count, and reading time in a formatted table from text provided in arguments.
Does word-stats ask clarifying questions?
word-stats instructs agents to output statistics immediately when text is provided and not ask clarifying questions, because users invoking the skill want the numbers directly.