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SimpleEnglish

SimpleEnglish is an open-source agent skill that makes large language models write technical documentation in ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English, a controlled language used in aerospace. Its rules enforce short sentences, active voice, explicit instructions, simple tenses, and consistent terminology when rewriting READMEs, error messages, incident reports, runbooks, and release notes.

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Overview

The skill is distributed as a dependency-free folder for tools that support the Agent Skills standard, including Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code Copilot, OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, Goose, and OpenCode. It can also be installed as a Claude Code plugin and output style, or used by adding its prompt to a system prompt, AGENTS.md, or .cursorrules file. The repository is licensed under MIT.

What SimpleEnglish is used for

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  • An open-source agent skill that makes LLMs write documentation in ASD-STE 100 Simplified Technical English. It applies controlled-language rules to produce clearer instructions, error messages, runbooks, and release notes.

  • Provides coding agents with a testable standard for writing technical documentation using simplified-English rules such as short sentences, active voice, and consistent terminology.

Videos mentioning SimpleEnglish

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