Is the Karpathy Article Writing skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from IrtezaAsadRizvi/article-writing-skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the Karpathy Article Writing SkillProof Score?

9.6/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 9/10, docs & honesty 5/5.

How do I install Karpathy Article Writing?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use Karpathy Article Writing with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

Karpathy Article Writing

Writes technical blog posts in Andrej Karpathy's first-person, build-it-then-explain-it voice.

by IrtezaAsadRizvi · IrtezaAsadRizvi/article-writing-skills

Tested · Works

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: Tested · Works
Score: 9.6/10
Tested: Jul 16, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Aug 10, 2026 · 5ac4ff9

Single self-contained SKILL.md, no bundled scripts or external references to break; ran a real before/after (naive transformer-vs-RNN benchmark writeup) and the skill version was unmistakably Karpathy-register -- first person, one exact 3x figure, a bucket-brigade analogy, a shrug-hedge -- versus the baseline's generic 'in today's rapidly evolving field' third-person filler.

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 5/5
Triggers reliably 5/5
Output vs. baseline 9/10
Docs & honesty 5/5

What Karpathy Article Writing does

Rewrites or drafts technical writeups (experiments, reproductions, from-scratch builds) in Andrej Karpathy's voice: first-person, quantitative over adjectival, honestly hedged, dryly self-deprecating, no marketing cadence. Triggers when a user asks for a post 'in Karpathy's style,' a 'Karpathy-flavored' writeup, or wants an experiment/tutorial to read like karpathy.github.io.

How to install Karpathy Article Writing

git clone https://github.com/IrtezaAsadRizvi/article-writing-skills.git
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r article-writing-skills/andrej-karpathy ~/.claude/skills/karpathy-article-writing

Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.

Commands — how to trigger Karpathy Article Writing

/karpathy-article-writing Writes technical blog posts in Andrej Karpathy's first-person, build-it-then-explain-it voice.

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

rewrite this benchmark writeup so it reads like a builder's blog post
draft a first-person post about reproducing this paper from scratch
make this experiment writeup less corporate and more dryly honest

Frequently asked questions

Is the Karpathy Article Writing skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from IrtezaAsadRizvi/article-writing-skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Karpathy Article Writing work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 16, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Single self-contained SKILL.md, no bundled scripts or external references to break; ran a real before/after (naive transformer-vs-RNN benchmark writeup) and the skill version was unmistakably Karpathy-register -- first person, one exact 3x figure, a bucket-brigade analogy, a shrug-hedge -- versus the baseline's generic 'in today's rapidly evolving field' third-person filler.
What is the Karpathy Article Writing SkillProof Score?: 9.6/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 9/10, docs & honesty 5/5.
How do I install Karpathy Article Writing?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use Karpathy Article Writing with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.