Outline

by alexeykrol

Outline is a Writing skill for Claude Code, published by alexeykrol in claude-code-starter.

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Install Outline

Copy Outline into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/alexeykrol/claude-code-starter/tree/main/templates/content/skills/outline ~/.claude/skills/outline

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/alexeykrol/claude-code-starter.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: templates/content/skills/outline/SKILL.md in alexeykrol/claude-code-starter
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/outline
Collection: One of 16 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Writing — 1279 skills

What Outline does

Outline builds content maps for books, courses, knowledge bases, and documents. Use it to define sections, order dependencies, and identify gaps before writing.

Outline is cataloged under Writing on DirSkills. Outline comes from a repository tagged claude-code, development-environment, frameworks and vibe-coding.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

brief
research outputs
existing index/arc/program
audience and content type

Process

Определи конечный результат для читателя
Разбей материал на content units
Для каждого unit задай функцию: teach, prove, reference, decide, practice, archive
Построй порядок: prerequisites, learning curve, narrative arc, decision flow
Отметь dependencies и cross-links
Проверь, что обязательные sources не потеряны
Зафиксируй gaps for research/write

Output

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Outline

What else does alexeykrol publish alongside Outline?
Outline is one of 16 skills that DirSkills catalogs from alexeykrol/claude-code-starter, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Content Index, Content Review and Database Migration. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Outline does, and is maintained by alexeykrol in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the alexeykrol/claude-code-starter page.
How does Outline compare to other Writing skills?
Outline ranks #1061 by stars among the 1279 Writing skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Article Writing, Social Media Content Calendar and Knowledge Comic Creator. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Outline against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.