Create a team writing style guide from your best docs
Task · Style guides
Time saved · 2-3 hrs one-off (estimate, not measured)
Steps
- Open Claude in a new chat
- Paste the prompt and fill in the [brackets]
- Paste your text or details where shown
- Read the result, push back on anything off, and edit before you use it
Prompt / template
<examples>[paste 3-5 documents your team considers well written]</examples> Draft a one-page writing style guide based only on what these examples do well. Include: voice in 3 adjectives (with evidence), sentence and paragraph length, words we prefer and avoid, how we format dates, numbers and headings, how we write subject lines, and 5 before/after examples taken from the documents. Flag where the examples disagree so we can decide.
Source · https://academy.claude.com/use-cases/on-brand-content
Last checked · 2026-10-19