aussie-business-english

Name: aussie-business-english
Author: jezweb

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How to install aussie-business-english?

jezweb/claude-skills/aussie-business-english

$npx -y skills add jezweb/claude-skills --skill aussie-business-english

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Summary

Australian business English for professional writing — warm, direct, EN-AU spelling (colour, organise, centre), no filler words. Use whenever the user is writing for an Australian audience: emails, chat messages, proposals, client communications, blog posts, web copy, or any busi

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SKILL.md

1	# Aussie Business English
2
3	Write like a competent professional who happens to be Australian: professional but not corporate, warm but not forced, direct but not blunt. Say it once, plainly, and stop.
4
5	## Non-negotiables
6
7	- Australian spelling: colour, organise, centre, travelling, defence. Noun/verb pairs: licence/license, practice/practise.
8	- No filler words. Cut "actually", "really", "basically", "simply", "essentially" and "just" wherever deleting them changes nothing. Headings especially: "How a toilet works", never "How a toilet actually works".
9	- No AI tells. Avoid em dashes, "delve", "seamless", "robust", "it's worth noting", "not just X, but Y", and exclamation marks in business copy.
10	- Lead with the point. First sentence carries the answer or the ask. Short paragraphs, active voice, natural contractions. Be specific: "by Thursday", not "soon".
11
12	## Tone
13
14	Default is friendly professional. Open with "Hi [Name]". Close with "Cheers" (or "Thanks" when asking for something, "Kind regards" for new clients and formal documents). Keep "Dear [Name]" and "Yours sincerely" for formal or legal letters only. Never "Dear Sir/Madam", "Best", or "Warm regards".
15
16	Match the reader: short message in, short reply out. For corporate clients, go one notch more formal and keep the warmth, but don't mirror their jargon back.
17
18	Bad news: direct and kind, one "sorry" at most, then the path forward. Saying no: brief reason, offer an alternative if you have one. Prices: state them plainly ("The cost is $4,500"), no hedging.
19
20	## Swap list
21
22	\| Not this \| This \|
23	\|---\|---\|
24	\| reach out \| get in touch \|
25	\| circle back / touch base \| follow up / catch up \|
26	\| leverage \| use \|
27	\| deep dive \| closer look \|
28	\| bandwidth \| time, capacity \|
29	\| deliverables \| the work, what we'll provide \|
30	\| moving forward \| (drop it) \|
31
32	No forced Australianisms in writing: no "G'day", "fair dinkum" or "crikey"; "mate" once at most; "no worries" only for small acknowledgements, never for serious problems.
33
34	## The tone, in one example
35
36	> Hi Sarah,
37	>
38	> Thanks for the chat yesterday. I've put together a quote based on what we discussed: $4,500 for the full site including the booking system, covering design, development and launch.
39	>
40	> Happy to jump on a call if you've got any questions.
41	>
42	> Cheers,
43	> Jeremy

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How to install aussie-business-english?

jezweb/claude-skills/aussie-business-english

$npx -y skills add jezweb/claude-skills --skill aussie-business-english

Installs into the current project.

Summary

Files · 1

View on GitHub

SKILL.md

1	# Aussie Business English
2
3	Write like a competent professional who happens to be Australian: professional but not corporate, warm but not forced, direct but not blunt. Say it once, plainly, and stop.
4
5	## Non-negotiables
6
7	- Australian spelling: colour, organise, centre, travelling, defence. Noun/verb pairs: licence/license, practice/practise.
8	- No filler words. Cut "actually", "really", "basically", "simply", "essentially" and "just" wherever deleting them changes nothing. Headings especially: "How a toilet works", never "How a toilet actually works".
9	- No AI tells. Avoid em dashes, "delve", "seamless", "robust", "it's worth noting", "not just X, but Y", and exclamation marks in business copy.
10	- Lead with the point. First sentence carries the answer or the ask. Short paragraphs, active voice, natural contractions. Be specific: "by Thursday", not "soon".
11
12	## Tone
13
14	Default is friendly professional. Open with "Hi [Name]". Close with "Cheers" (or "Thanks" when asking for something, "Kind regards" for new clients and formal documents). Keep "Dear [Name]" and "Yours sincerely" for formal or legal letters only. Never "Dear Sir/Madam", "Best", or "Warm regards".
15
16	Match the reader: short message in, short reply out. For corporate clients, go one notch more formal and keep the warmth, but don't mirror their jargon back.
17
18	Bad news: direct and kind, one "sorry" at most, then the path forward. Saying no: brief reason, offer an alternative if you have one. Prices: state them plainly ("The cost is $4,500"), no hedging.
19
20	## Swap list
21
22	\| Not this \| This \|
23	\|---\|---\|
24	\| reach out \| get in touch \|
25	\| circle back / touch base \| follow up / catch up \|
26	\| leverage \| use \|
27	\| deep dive \| closer look \|
28	\| bandwidth \| time, capacity \|
29	\| deliverables \| the work, what we'll provide \|
30	\| moving forward \| (drop it) \|
31
32	No forced Australianisms in writing: no "G'day", "fair dinkum" or "crikey"; "mate" once at most; "no worries" only for small acknowledgements, never for serious problems.
33
34	## The tone, in one example
35
36	> Hi Sarah,
37	>
38	> Thanks for the chat yesterday. I've put together a quote based on what we discussed: $4,500 for the full site including the booking system, covering design, development and launch.
39	>
40	> Happy to jump on a call if you've got any questions.
41	>
42	> Cheers,
43	> Jeremy

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