Empty State and Microcopy Writer skill for Claude and Codex

Empty State and Microcopy Writer as an AI skill. It asks for Product and audience, Screens or elements, Brand voice and 3 more, then does the rest. Free to…

Install it once and Claude or Codex runs it for you. When your request matches, your AI loads the skill, asks for anything it is missing, and works through the template itself. Prefer to fill it in by hand? See the full prompt template.

Download the skill (.zip) · View SKILL.md

When it is used

Use when an interface needs its empty states, button labels, tooltips or confirmation dialogs written or tightened to guide users. Do not use for long-form marketing copy or translating an entire interface. Related topics: design, writing.

What it will ask you for

• Product and audience (longer free text)
• Screens or elements (longer free text)
• Brand voice (choose one: Friendly, Neutral, Formal, Playful)
• User goal on each screen (longer free text)
• Existing wording (longer free text)
• Language (free text, e.g. "English or Spanish")

How it works

1. Restate the user's goal for each screen or element before writing any text.
2. Write empty states with a headline, a one-line reason and one action, and button labels as a verb plus an object.
3. Write tooltips and confirmations that name the affected thing, state the consequence and repeat the action in the button.
4. Check terms, capitalisation and punctuation for consistency across every screen.
5. Offer two options for key screens and flag text that needs legal or safety review.

What you get

A table by screen and element giving the final text, with two options for key screens and a short list of items needing review.

What it watches out for

• Using generic labels such as OK or Submit, which hide what will actually happen.
• Filling an empty state with a paragraph, when one line and one action get people moving.
• Calling the same thing by different names on different screens, which makes users doubt they are the same.

How to install

Claude.ai and the Claude desktop app

1. Download the skill .zip.
2. Open Settings, then Capabilities, and find Skills.
3. Choose Upload skill and select the .zip.
4. Ask Claude for help with the task. It loads the skill when your request matches.

Claude Code

1. Download the skill .zip.
2. Unzip it into ~/.claude/skills/ (or .claude/skills/ inside a project).
3. Start a new session. Claude Code loads the skill when your request matches.

Codex

1. Download the skill .zip.
2. Unzip it into ~/.agents/skills/ (or .agents/skills/ inside a project).
3. Codex picks it up on its own. Type $ and the skill name to use it, or just ask for the task.

Cursor

1. Download the Cursor rule (.mdc).
2. Save it in .cursor/rules/ inside your project.
3. Cursor's agent applies the rule when your request matches its description.

AGENTS.md (Codex, Cursor, and other coding agents)

1. Copy the AGENTS.md section.
2. Paste it into AGENTS.md at the root of your repository, creating the file if needed.
3. Coding agents that read AGENTS.md follow it when your request fits.