Becoming Skilled at Making Documents - Anil Dash
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- Most business documents are poor, with unclear presentations and memos that fail to communicate effectively.
- The author created a guide 'Make Better Documents' with suggestions for creating effective documents.
- The guide received a positive response, leading to a 'Better Documents skills.md' file for AI tools like Claude.
- The skill distills principles into 5 tests: target audience, structure, formatting clarity, and naming clarity.
- It generates new documents following best practices or reviews existing ones for compliance.
- The tool is free, open source, and installable like any other skill, with feedback options via GitHub or social media.
- The author hopes the tool improves everyday documents and reduces poor presentations.