Russian Text Quality
Review and refine Russian writing for typography, style, and editorial standards.
Installation
- Make sure Claude is on your device and in your terminal.
Skills load from
~/.claude/skills/when Claude Code starts up — so you need it on your machine first. If you don't have it yet, install it once with the command below, then runclaudein any terminal to verify.One-time setupnpm i -g @anthropic-ai/claude-codeAlready have it? Skip ahead.
- Paste into Claude Code or into your terminal.
This copies the whole skill folder into
~/.claude/skills/ru-text-talkstream/— the SKILL.md plus any scripts, reference docs, or templates the skill ships with. Safe default: works for every skill.Faster alternative (instruction-only skills)
Skips the clone and grabs only the SKILL.md file. Don't use this if the skill ships Python scripts, reference markdowns, or asset templates — they won't be downloaded and the skill will fail when it tries to load them.
Quick install (SKILL.md only)Sign up to copy - Restart Claude Code.
Quit and reopen Claude Code (or any other agent that loads from
~/.claude/skills/). New skills are picked up on startup. - Just ask Claude.
Skills auto-activate when your request matches the skill's description — no slash command needed. Trigger phrases live in the skill's own frontmatter; you can read them in the “What this skill does” section above.
Prefer to read the source first? Open on GitHub.
When Claude uses it
Use when writing, editing, or reviewing Russian-language text, or when user mentions ru-text. Covers typography, info-style, editorial, UX writing, business correspondence. Auto-activates on Russian text output.
What this skill does
ru-text — Russian Text Quality
Independent Russian text quality reference by Arseniy Kamyshev.
With gratitude to the authors whose work shaped modern Russian text standards.
Credits and recommended reading: references/sources.md
Style priority: if the user explicitly requests a specific style (casual, academic, SEO, literary, etc.), their prompt overrides these default rules where they conflict. These rules are defaults, not mandates.
Reviewing vs. rewriting: when checking or proofreading existing text or a file, return the corrected version plus a list of changes — do not silently overwrite the source file. Rewrite a file in place only when the user explicitly asks.
Always-On: Typography
Apply these rules to ALL Russian text output without exception.
| Rule | Wrong | Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Primary quotes: guillemets | "текст" | «текст» |
| Nested quotes: lapki | «"вложенные"» | «„вложенные“» |
| Em dash with spaces | слово - слово | слово — слово |
| En dash for ranges, no spaces | 10-15 дней | 10–15 дней |
| NBSP after single-letter prepositions | в начале (breakable) | в\u00A0начале |
| Ellipsis: single character | ... | … |
| Digit groups with thin spaces | 1000000 | 1 000 000 |
| Decimal comma (not dot) | 3.14 | 3,14 |
| Ordinal with hyphen | 1ый, 2ой | 1-й, 2-й |
| Numero sign | No. 5, #5 | № 5 |
| Abbreviations with NBSP | т.д., т.е. | т. д., т. е. |
| Ruble symbol after number | 1500 руб | 1 500 ₽ |
Full typography reference: references/typography.md
/ru-text:ru-score — text quality score (0–10, 5 dimensions).
Top Stop-Words (remove or replace)
| Stop-word | Replace with |
|---|---|
| является | — (dash) or restructure |
| осуществлять | делать, проводить |
| в настоящее время | сейчас |
| данный | этот |
| определённый | (name the specific thing) |
| произвести оплату | оплатить |
| высококачественный | (name the specific quality) |
| был осуществлён | (active voice + actor) |
| на сегодняшний день | сегодня |
| в целях | чтобы |
Full stop-word catalog (97 entries): references/info-style.md
When to Load Reference Files
Reference files (paths are relative to this SKILL.md): references/<filename>
If the path is not resolved, search: Glob("**/ru-text/references/scoring.md") and use the parent directory.
| Task | File |
|---|---|
| Writing/editing articles, blog posts, SEO, content | info-style.md |
| Interface text, buttons, errors, hints, microcopy | ux-writing.md |
| Emails, messenger, business correspondence | business-writing.md |
| Punctuation review, comma placement | editorial-punctuation.md |
| Grammar, capitalization, agreement, pleonasms | editorial-grammar.md |
| Finding and fixing text problems, diagnostics | anti-patterns.md |
| Text scoring, quality assessment | scoring.md |
| Credits, source attribution | sources.md |
| Experience-based rules (dash overuse, etc.) | addenda.md |
Quality Checklist
Before delivering Russian text:
- Quotes: «» primary, „“ nested
- Dashes: — in text, – in ranges, - only in compounds; max 1–2 per paragraph
- NBSP after в, к, с, о, у, и, а
- Ellipsis: … (single char)
- Abbreviations: т. д., т. п. (with NBSP)
- No double spaces, no space before punctuation
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