# SimpleEnglish skill by AminBlg Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/simpleenglish/ 5 people recommended SimpleEnglish skill by AminBlg in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Free agent skill that makes LLM-written code comments and docstrings clearer, based on the ASD-STE100 simplified English standard. No criticism recorded. Summary written by Claude from 5 comments. ## Why people recommend it - Improves code comments and docstrings (2 comments in the sample): "I also specify to use https://github.com/AminBlg/SimpleEnglish/ for all writing it does including code comments." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49342607)) "it significantly improves the quality of the docstrings and code comments" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49422199)) ## Other agent skills people recommend - [Superpowers](https://hackerapproved.com/p/superpowers/): 105 recommend, 24 mixed, 71 criticize - [Claude Skills](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-skills/): 46 recommend, 9 mixed, 23 criticize - [grill-me skill by Matt Pocock](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grill-me-skill/): 36 recommend, 2 mixed, 2 criticize - [Matt Pocock's skills](https://hackerapproved.com/p/matt-pocock-s-skills/): 24 recommend, 2 mixed, 2 criticize ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "SimpleEnglish skill by AminBlg", https://hackerapproved.com/p/simpleenglish/ (5 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.