Reader — Development skill for Claude Code
Read the whole packet as the human who actually receives it.
How to install Reader
Installs to ~/.claude/commands/calebnewtonusc-apply-kit-reader.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/commands && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/calebnewtonusc/apply-kit/HEAD/.claude/commands/reader.md -o ~/.claude/commands/calebnewtonusc-apply-kit-reader.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Reader does
description: Read the whole packet as the human who actually receives it
Load `reader-pov` and follow it. Run on the **whole packet at once**, every file in `drafts/`, not one org at a time. Most of what this catches only exists across answers.
Write `review/READER.md`.
Read three times: as the 11pm first-round screener with 200 left, as the specialist doing diligence who will interview them, and as the future teammate deciding whether they want to be on a project with this person for
Alternatives in Development
- Reader Review — reader skill — 苛刻读者版 669 ★
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- URL Reader — 智能网页内容读取器 - Claude Code Skill,支持微信公众号、小红书、今日头条等中国主流平台 164 ★
Full documentation available on GitHub
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