Create professional, standards-compliant documents. Load the matching reference file before drafting.
When to use this skill
Activate for: SOPs, technical specifications, reports, proposals/RFP responses, contracts/policies, user manuals, whitepapers, and any document that must read as authoritative to an international or regulated audience.
Core principles
- Standards over taste. Match the correct standard for the doc type and jurisdiction (table below). Do not invent formatting.
- Structure before prose. Define sections, numbering, and headings before writing sentences.
- One source of truth. Single glossary, single acronym list, single version/owner/date block.
- Accessibility & locale. Honor locale (LTR/RTL, date/number formats, paper size, measurement units) from the start.
- No surprise. Predictable, scannable, consistent—not "creative."
Standard selection
| Document type | Primary standard | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| SOP / process | ISO 9001:2015 (clause 7.5) | document-types.md |
| Technical spec | ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148:2018 | document-types.md |
| Software reqs | IEEE 830 / ISO/IEC 25030 | document-types.md |
| Formal report | ISO 21500 / ISO 7144 | document-types.md |
| Contract / policy | Local jurisdiction + ISO 32000 (PDF/A) | document-types.md |
| Academic / citing | APA 7 / Chicago / ISO 690 | document-types.md |
| Localization | ISO 17100, W3C i18n | internationalization.md |
Workflow
- Classify the document type and audience (internal/external, jurisdiction, language, RTL/LTR).
- Load the relevant reference file(s) via the table above.
- Build the skeleton: title block, version/owner/date, TOC, sections with numbered hierarchy, glossary, references/appendices.
- Apply typography & layout from typography-layout.md (type scale, spacing, heading levels, tables, figures, captions).
- Draft section by section. Keep sentences direct, active voice, no filler.
- Review against the checklist (below) and the loaded standard.
Review checklist
- Correct standard identified and applied
- Title block: title, doc ID, version, status, owner, date, classification
- Numbered section hierarchy is consistent and restart-free
- Terms defined once in glossary; acronyms expanded on first use
- Figures/tables numbered and captioned; cross-references resolve
- Locale correct (date, number, units, paper size, RTL mirroring)
- Citations/references formatted per chosen style
- No orphan sections, no broken links, no placeholder text
- Export target confirmed (PDF/A for archival, ISO 32000)
References (load as needed)
document-types.md— section templates and required elements per document typetypography-layout.md— type scale, spacing, grids, tables, figures, PDF exportinternationalization.md— locale, RTL/LTR, translation, numbering across languages