standard-readme

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Writes or audits READMEs against the Standard Readme spec. Use whenever the user asks to create, rewrite, improve, audit, or fix a README, or asks about README quality or structure - even if they never mention "standard readme".

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Quality Score: 85/100

Stars 20%
52
Recency 20%
100
Frontmatter 20%
70
Documentation 15%
100
Issue Health 10%
80
License 10%
100
Description 5%
100

Skill Content

# Standard Readme Generate and audit README.md files that comply with the [Standard Readme](https://github.com/RichardLitt/standard-readme) specification. ## Two Modes **Write mode** (default): Generate a new README or rewrite an existing one. **Audit mode**: When the user asks to "check", "audit", "review", or "lint" a README, analyze it against the spec and report issues without rewriting. --- ## The Specification A compliant README has sections in this exact order. Some are required, some optional. Optional sections should be included only when they add real value for the project - don't pad the README with empty sections. ### Section Order ``` 1. Title REQUIRED (H1) 2. Banner optional (image, no heading) 3. Badges optional (no heading) 4. Short Description REQUIRED (plain text, no heading) 5. Long Description optional (no heading) 6. Table of Contents REQUIRED* (H2) 7. Security optional (H2) 8. Background optional (H2) 9. Install REQUIRED** (H2) 10. Usage REQUIRED** (H2) 11. [Extra Sections] optional (H2, custom titles) 12. API optional (H2) 13. Maintainer(s) optional (H2) 14. Thanks / Credits optional (H2) 15. Contributing REQUIRED (H2) 16. License REQUIRED (H2, always last) ``` `*` Table of Contents is only re...

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Author
tenequm
Repository
tenequm/skills
Created
10 months ago
Last Updated
today
Language
Python
License
MIT

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