What is this?
A Claude/Codex agent skill (sun-style-writing) that distills ten Chinese narrative writing techniques from a viral personal essay, teaching an AI model to write with concrete actions, numbers, objects and silence instead of explaining emotions directly.
A Claude/Codex agent skill (sun-style-writing) that distills ten Chinese narrative writing techniques from a viral personal essay, teaching an AI model to write with concrete actions, numbers, objects and silence instead of explaining emotions directly.Is this a standalone app or a skill file I load into an agent?It is a .skill package made of three files (SKILL.md, style-anatomy.md, VERSION) meant to be loaded into an Agent that supports the Skills format, not a standalone program.
It is a .skill package made of three files (SKILL.md, style-anatomy.md, VERSION) meant to be loaded into an Agent that supports the Skills format, not a standalone program.How do I install this skill?Send the repo link to a Skills-capable Agent (like Claude Code or Codex) and it will locate and install the sun-style-writing folder itself; alternatively, download the .skill package from Releases or copy the folder into your local Skills directory manually.
Send the repo link to a Skills-capable Agent (like Claude Code or Codex) and it will locate and install the sun-style-writing folder itself; alternatively, download the .skill package from Releases or copy the folder into your local Skills directory manually.Do I need anything beyond a compatible agent?You just need an Agent that supports the Skills format, such as Claude Code or Codex; no extra API key or runtime is mentioned.
You just need an Agent that supports the Skills format, such as Claude Code or Codex; no extra API key or runtime is mentioned.Does the skill always apply, and what shouldn't I use it for?It will not invent missing numbers or imagery, and it is not meant for plain instructional writing, API docs, work reports, or for copying real people's exact plot, phrases or voice.
It will not invent missing numbers or imagery, and it is not meant for plain instructional writing, API docs, work reports, or for copying real people's exact plot, phrases or voice.What kind of writing is it best suited for?It fits true personal stories with concrete, checkable details: memoirs, personal essays, and narratives about career, family or relationships, especially drafts that over-explain emotion and need trimming.
It fits true personal stories with concrete, checkable details: memoirs, personal essays, and narratives about career, family or relationships, especially drafts that over-explain emotion and need trimming.What are the ten narrative techniques it teaches?They include plain description (baimiao), juxtaposition, repetition with variation, foreshadowing/echo, object-driven narration, imagery, montage, deliberate blank space, anti-climax, and circular structure, plus a half-technique called shifting forms of address.
They include plain description (baimiao), juxtaposition, repetition with variation, foreshadowing/echo, object-driven narration, imagery, montage, deliberate blank space, anti-climax, and circular structure, plus a half-technique called shifting forms of address.Where does the 'sun-style' name and source material come from?It is distilled from a viral Chinese personal essay titled 'My Girlfriend Jing Tian', and the project explicitly states it is independent literary-technique research unrelated to any real people mentioned in that story.
It is distilled from a viral Chinese personal essay titled 'My Girlfriend Jing Tian', and the project explicitly states it is independent literary-technique research unrelated to any real people mentioned in that story.Will the model ever misbehave after installing the skill?Yes, the author notes the model can relapse into clichéd emotional phrasing like '那一刻,我终于明白了' and asks users to file an Issue with the material, model used, and the offending passage when that happens.
Yes, the author notes the model can relapse into clichéd emotional phrasing like '那一刻,我终于明白了' and asks users to file an Issue with the material, model used, and the offending passage when that happens.Do I have to use all ten techniques every time?No, only plain description (baimiao) is meant to be always present; the other nine are optional and chosen based on the material, since cramming in all ten leaves no room for the characters.
No, only plain description (baimiao) is meant to be always present; the other nine are optional and chosen based on the material, since cramming in all ten leaves no room for the characters.What are similar projects?human-writing, bigpeng-hot-gzh, lieflat-gongwen, Humanizer-zh, stop-slop, chinese-novelist-skill, sepia, linkedin-agent-skill
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