This is a professional Skill toolkit for writing Chinese Party and government official documents (公文). It strictly follows the national standard GB/T 9704-2012 Format of Official Documents of Party and Government Organs, and provides complete writing guidance, templates, examples, and a quality checklist.
This project is optimized based on Claude Code’s official skill-creator framework and adopts the progressive disclosure design approach, offering efficient and professional support for official-document writers.
- Project Name: official-document-writing-skill
- Created: January 2026
- Skill Version: v1.0
- Standard Reference: GB/T 9704-2012 Format of Official Documents of Party and Government Organs
- Core Capabilities: official document drafting, format compliance checking, template usage, writing guidance
- Target Users: staff in Party/government organs, administrative secretarial staff in enterprises and institutions, learners of official writing
Based on GB/T 9704-2012, the toolkit provides:
- Complete formatting requirements (paper, layout, fonts, font sizes)
- Detailed typesetting rules (header section, main body, footer/colophon)
- Special format notes (letter format, orders/decrees, meeting minutes)
- Rules for page numbers, tables, and units of measurement
Provides standard templates for 6 common document types and 30+ real-world examples:
- ✅ Request for Instructions/Approval (请示) — 3 examples
- ✅ Notice (通知) — 4 examples (incl. meetings, training, forwarding)
- ✅ Letter (函) — 4 examples (incl. coordination, approval request, replies)
- ✅ Summary (总结) — 6 examples (incl. work summaries, experience summaries)
- ✅ Meeting Minutes (会议纪要) — 2 examples (incl. Party committee meetings, office meetings)
- ✅ Report (报告) — 1 detailed example
- Four principles of official language: accuracy, plainness, conciseness, and formality
- “Six checks” standard for crafting titles
- “Four-step method” for extracting experience
- 80+ common mistakes with corrections
- 50+ standardized phrases and expressions
100+ quality checkpoints covering:
- Format checks (40+ items)
- Content checks (30+ items across 5 document types)
- Language checks (40+ items)
- Logic checks (10+ items)
- Detail checks (20+ items)
- Final pre-issuance confirmation (10+ items)
Official Document Writing Skill Project/
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├── 📄 README.md # Project documentation (this file)
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├── 📄 SKILL.md # Core navigation (635 lines)
│ ├── Use cases (5 major scenarios)
│ ├── Core workflow
│ ├── Formatting guidance
│ ├── Template navigation for common document types
│ ├── Language and writing norms
│ └── Quality checklist navigation
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├── 📂 references/ # Detailed references (progressive disclosure)
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│ ├── 📄 gb-t-9704-2012-standard.md # National standard explained (522 lines)
│ │ ├── Paper requirements
│ │ ├── Layout specifications
│ │ ├── Font and size rules
│ │ ├── Element arrangement rules
│ │ └── Special format requirements
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│ ├── 📄 document-templates.md # Template library (1,215 lines)
│ │ ├── Request templates + 3 examples
│ │ ├── Notice templates + 4 examples
│ │ ├── Letter templates + 4 examples
│ │ ├── Summary templates + 6 examples
│ │ ├── Meeting minutes templates + 2 examples
│ │ └── Report templates + 1 example
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│ └── 📄 writing-techniques.md # Writing techniques guide (761 lines)
│ ├── Four principles of official language
│ ├── Common standardized expressions
│ ├── Title drafting techniques
│ ├── Four-step method for extracting experience
│ ├── Common error corrections
│ └── Advanced writing tips
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├── 📂 checklists/ # Checklists
│ └── 📄 quality-checklist.md # Quality checklist (396 lines)
│ ├── Format checks (40+ items)
│ ├── Content checks (30+ items)
│ ├── Language checks (40+ items)
│ ├── Logic checks (10+ items)
│ ├── Detail checks (20+ items)
│ └── Pre-issuance confirmation (10+ items)
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├── 📂 templates/ # Blank templates (reserved)
│ └── (Place .docx/.xlsx template files here)
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├── 📂 scripts/ # Utility scripts (reserved)
│ └── (Place Python/bash automation scripts here)
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└── 📄 党政公文格式.txt # Raw material: GB/T 9704-2012 source
For: drafting a document from scratch
Workflow:
- Consult
SKILL.mdto determine the document type - Navigate to
document-templates.md - Choose the corresponding template
- Fill in the content with guidance from the writing techniques
- Verify with
quality-checklist.md
For: optimizing an existing draft
Workflow:
- Check items one by one using
quality-checklist.md - Mark any issues found
- Consult
writing-techniques.mdfor revision suggestions - Improve expression using template examples
- Run a second review to confirm
For: verifying whether the document format is correct
Workflow:
- Open
quality-checklist.md - Verify each item in the format-check section
- Cross-check with
gb-t-9704-2012-standard.md - Mark non-compliant items
- Fix and re-check
For: beginners learning how to write official documents
Workflow:
- Read
SKILL.mdto understand the overall framework - Study the four principles in
writing-techniques.md - Review cases in
document-templates.md - Master key checklist points in
quality-checklist.md - Practice and summarize experience
For: quickly locating specific rules during work
Method:
- Format →
gb-t-9704-2012-standard.md - Templates →
document-templates.md - Wording →
writing-techniques.md - Checklist items →
quality-checklist.md
Aligned with Claude Code skill design best practices:
- 🎯
SKILL.md: concise core (635 lines) - 📚
references/: deep references (2,498 lines) - ✅
checklists/: practical tools (396 lines) - Benefits: avoids information overload, loads on demand, improves efficiency
- 📋 Strictly follows the GB/T 9704-2012 national standard
- 🎯 Compatible with the Claude Code
skill-creatorframework - 📊 Standardized document structure and naming
- 💼 30+ real workplace cases
- ✅ 100+ quality checkpoints
- 📝 50+ standardized phrases and expressions
- 🔧 Tools that can be applied directly in real work
- From format to content to checking
- From fundamentals to advanced improvement
- From templates to techniques to examples
- A complete official-document writing system
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Secretarial staff in Party/government organs
- Daily official document drafting
- Format compliance control
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Administrative staff in enterprises and institutions
- Requests and reports to higher authorities
- Notices and guidance to subordinate units
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Learners of official-document writing
- Learn compliance requirements
- Master writing techniques
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Official document reviewers/proofreaders
- Format and quality review
- Standardized inspection
- Party and government organs at all levels
- Public institutions
- State-owned enterprises
- Private enterprises (external formal documents)
- Social organizations
- Beginner Onboarding
Start with SKILL.md → understand the overall framework ↓ Study writing-techniques.md → master the core principles ↓ Review document-templates.md → learn concrete examples ↓ Use quality-checklist.md → master key inspection points - **Daily Use
While drafting → open SKILL.md to confirm the document type ↓ Find templates → locate the relevant template in document-templates.md ↓ When in doubt → consult gb-t-9704-2012-standard.md for rules ↓ After completion → verify item-by-item with quality-checklist.md
3.**Quality Control Format → gb-t-9704-2012-standard.md ↓ Content → document-templates.md (key points by document type) ↓ Language → writing-techniques.md (the four principles) ↓ Overall → quality-checklist.md (100+ items)
中文说明请见 README.zh-CN.md