Does this make Claude a better coder?
No. It changes how Claude writes to you. The test measured how readable the answers are, not code quality
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The short answer
What ASD-STE100 does to Claude Code's answers
Aircraft manuals are written in ASD-STE100, a simplified English where every word means one thing, so a mechanic reading in a second language cannot misread a step. You can make Claude Code answer the same way with one file, and you can make your own prompts clearer with one skill. I tested both: with the file, long sentences went from about one in eight to almost none. The catch is cost: each answer costs more, because the model thinks harder to keep things simple.
Does it cost more?
Yes. In my test each answer cost about 40% more with the short file and about double with the full rules, because the model thinks more before it answers
Does it work in ChatGPT?
ChatGPT has no style files, but the same rules work as custom instructions. The kit has the text to paste. My measured test ran on Claude Code
Where does ASD-STE100 come from?
The airline industry built it in 1979 for maintenance manuals, so mechanics reading in a second language could not misread a step
ASD-STE100 in plain English
What it is, and what it costs
What ASD-STE100 is
The simplified English aircraft manuals are written in. Every word means one thing, so a mechanic reading in a second language cannot misread a step
What the kit does
One file makes Claude Code answer the same way, and one skill makes your own prompts clearer
What my test showed
With the file, long sentences went from about one in eight to almost none
The catch
Each answer costs more, because the model thinks harder to keep things simple
In the full kit
What the kit gives you
The style file from the video
The quick style file from the video, and the full rule file that scored best
Turn it on and check it
The exact steps to turn it on and check that it loaded
The 80% version
For answers that sound less robotic
The ChatGPT version
The same rules as text for ChatGPT's custom instructions
The /manual skill
It turns a messy prompt into a task card and lists every guess
The full test results
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What this page is, and isn't
- The style changes how Claude writes to you. It does not make Claude a better coder, and the test did not measure code quality.
- Each answer costs more with the style on: about 40% more with the short file and about double with the full rules.
- The measured test ran on Claude Code. The ChatGPT version was not part of it.
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