Writing & Documentation
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software-engineer
Core software engineering principles for code style, documentation, and development workflow. Applies when editing code, working in software repositories, or performing software development tasks.
Works with
Claude CodeCursorCodex CLIGitHub CopilotGemini CLI
Install in three steps
- 1
Download the ZIP
One file per agent, plus INSTALL.md with the exact paths below.
- 2
Claude Code: copy SKILL.md into your skills folder
.claude/skills/software-engineer/SKILL.md # this project ~/.claude/skills/software-engineer/SKILL.md # every project
- 3
Other agents: use the matching file
skill.mdc goes in Cursor’s .cursor/rules/. AGENTS.md works as GitHub Copilot instructions, a legacy .cursorrules, or a Codex / Gemini CLI instructions file.

