perfectly-replicate-writing-skills

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perfectly-replicate-writing-skills

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Clone any author's writing style by analyzing 3+ articles across 7+1 dimensions (lexical, syntactic, tonal, discourse, rhetoric, emotion, perspective + format adaptation). Outputs a portable style prompt and an installable persona sub-skill. Use when the user wants to: (1) clone an author's voice from writing samples, (2) generate content that precisely matches a specific writer's style, (3) build a reusable writing persona for ongoing content creation, or (4) analyze and document writing style characteristics systematically.

完美复刻蒸馏写作技能 (Perfect Replicate Distillation Writing Skill)

Clone any author's writing style by deeply analyzing their content across 7+1 dimensions. Output: (A) a portable Writing Style Prompt usable with any LLM, (B) an installable persona sub-skill for ongoing use.

When to Activate

Trigger on requests for:

• "clone this writer's style" / "write in the style of [author]"
• style analysis of provided articles or content
• building a reusable writing persona from samples
• "make my writing sound more like [person]"

Core Principles (品味原则)

1. Features appearing 3+ times in separate articles are real style signals — once-offs are improvisation, not patterns.
2. Preserve contradictions — when the author writes inconsistently across articles, don't smooth it away. Contradictions are valuable.
3. Be specific, not vague — "平均句长12字，30%的句子少于8字" is useful; "喜欢用短句" is not.
4. Negatives define boundaries — what the author never does often defines style better than what they do.
5. No guessing — never invent author background, biography, or intent. Never pass general writing advice as unique stylistic insight.
6. Don't smooth imperfections — awkward phrasings, quirks, and rough edges are identity markers. Preserve them.

Workflow Overview

This skill runs in 4 phases. Execute them sequentially:

• Phase 0: Ingestion — Collect, deduplicate, and validate source material
• Phase 1: 7+1 Dimension Analysis — Analyze each dimension of writing style
• Phase 2: Style Portrait Synthesis — Cross-validate, extract writing genes, build style card
• Phase 3: Dual Outputs — Generate (A) portable style prompt + (B) installable persona sub-skill
• Phase 4: Blind Test — Generate test pieces and score accuracy

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Phase 0: Ingestion

Accept input via: direct paste, file paths, or conversation context.

Requirements

• Minimum: 3 articles, ≥2,000 total characters (Chinese) or words (English)
• Ideal: ≥10 articles, ≥10,000 total characters/words
• Detect language automatically (Chinese / English / mixed)

Process

1. Deduplicate — remove near-duplicate content (cosine similarity >0.85 on first 200 chars)
2. Clean — strip boilerplate, site headers/footers, publication metadata
3. Count corpus stats — N articles, total chars/words, per-article breakdown, avg length
4. Collect metadata — ask user for: author name, platform, genre (if not provided)

Quality Assessment

• Insufficient (<3 articles / <2,000 chars): warn user, proceed with "incomplete" flag
• Mixed types: separate by genre, ask user which to distill
• Suspected multiple authors: flag inconsistencies, warn about team-written accounts
• Self-distillation: user's own articles — frame identity as "you are yourself," surface unconscious habits

Updating Existing Clone

If a persona sub-skill already exists for this author, read the existing SKILL.md, do a delta-analysis on new articles only, and incrementally update rather than rebuilding from scratch.

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Phase 1: 7+1 Dimension Analysis

Load and follow the detailed framework in references/7-dimensions-framework.md. The 7 dimensions plus format adaptation:

Group A — Basic Stats (run in parallel)

1. Lexical — Top-30 word frequency, 10-15 "fingerprint words" (unusually frequent vs. general corpus), collocations (2-3 word pairs), neologism/archaism detection
2. Syntactic — Avg sentence length, clause type ratios (simple/compound/complex), punctuation patterns (dash/colon/semicolon frequency), paragraph length distribution
3. Tonal — Colloquialism index, sentence-length volatility (stddev / mean), lexical diversity (TTR or MATTR)

Group B — Structure (run sequentially)

4. Discourse — Opening types (anecdote/data/question/declaration), closing patterns, paragraph length rhythm (short-long-short patterns), logic flow (deductive/inductive/causal)

Group C — Semantic (run in parallel after B)

5. Rhetoric & Expression — Metaphor/simile frequency, parallelism usage, rhetorical questions, concrete vs. abstract ratio
6. Emotion & Attitude — Polarity distribution (positive/negative/neutral), emotional arc across articles, stance markers (hedging/certainty)
7. Content Perspective — Theme clusters, imagery patterns, pronoun density (1st/2nd/3rd person), value-word clusters

Dimension 8 — Format Adaptation (after all 7 above)

• Structural inertia score (how rigidly the author follows genre conventions)
• Capability matching — which formats/genres the author's style naturally fits
• Formula recommendation — 4-point scale per writing formula: "天生适合" / "可以驾驭" / "不太适合" / "冲突"

Output

Structured analysis with quantified observations for each dimension. Reference references/7-dimensions-framework.md for measurement techniques and thresholds.

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Phase 2: Style Portrait Synthesis

Distillation

Distill each of the 7 dimensions into 3-5 core conclusions each. Prefer quantified statements over vague impressions.

Cross-Validation: Extract "Writing Genes"

Find 3-5 writing genes — features that:

• Are supported by ≥2 independent dimensions
• Are distinctive to this author (not general good writing advice)
• Would make the text feel wrong if removed

Disallowed List

Generate a 5-10 item disallowed list — specific patterns, tics, moves, or word choices the author never uses. These often define style boundaries better than positive features.

Output: Author Writing Style Card

A structured Markdown document containing:

• Author metadata (name, platform, genre, corpus stats)
• Per-dimension findings (3-5 points each)
• Format adaptation recommendations
• Writing genes (3-5 items)
• Disallowed list (5-10 items)

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Phase 3: Dual Outputs

Output A — Writing Style Prompt

A self-contained prompt usable with any LLM (Claude, ChatGPT, etc.), containing:

1. Identity statement — 50-100 chars, written in the author's voice, describing who they are
2. Writing Iron Laws — 5-8 non-negotiable rules the LLM must follow
3. Style Reference Card — concise per-dimension guidance with specific examples
4. Format Adaptation — which formats/genres this style works for
5. Mode Selection — recommended writing formulas from the 14 available (see references/writing-formulas.md)
6. Disallowed List — what to never do
7. Pre-Writing Mantra — a short prompt-prefix that primes the style

Output B — Persona Sub-Skill

An installable Claude Code skill at ~/.claude/skills/[author-name]-style/SKILL.md:

• Read references/persona-template.md for the skeleton
• Fill all template slots with the style portrait
• Name: [author-name]-style
• Description: "Write in the style of [author name], a [genre] writer on [platform]"
• Include the full style reference card, iron laws, disallowed list, and mode selection
• Support all 14 writing formulas (see references/writing-formulas.md)

After creating, tell the user it's installed and how to invoke it.

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Phase 4: Blind Test

Generate two 200-300 word test pieces:

1. Default mode — write naturally in the cloned style
2. Formula mode — write using one of the recommended formulas

Compare each against a randomly-selected 200-300 word excerpt from the source corpus (unseen during analysis).

Match Analysis

Score each dimension as a star rating (★☆☆☆☆ to ★★★★★), producing a composite match percentage.

Include specific evidence: "The test piece uses 'X' (present in original: 12 times across 8 articles) but lacks 'Y' (present in original: 7 times) and introduces 'Z' (0 times in original)."

Quality Gate

If composite score <70% for either test piece, flag discrepancies and offer to re-run a refined version.

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Special Scenarios

Too Little Material

If <3 articles or <2000 chars: warn user, proceed with "incomplete" flag. All outputs flagged as provisional.

Mixed Article Types

If a single author writes across genres (e.g., technical tutorials + personal essays): separate style by genre, ask user which to distill (or all).

Suspected Multiple Authors

If writing style is inconsistent (e.g., some articles use heavy metaphor, others are purely factual): flag for user review, warn about team-written accounts.

Updating Existing Clone

Read existing SKILL.md, delta-analysis on new articles only, incremental update.

Self-Distillation

User's own writing. Frame identity as "you are the author" — help surface unconscious habits the user may not notice.

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Reference Files

• references/7-dimensions-framework.md — Detailed measurement framework for all 7+1 dimensions
• references/writing-formulas.md — 14 writing formulas with descriptions and when to use each
• references/persona-template.md — Template for generating the persona sub-skill