anexlbk/algerian-darija-skill

# Algerian Darija Skill for Claude A Claude Skill that makes Claude respond in real Algerian Darija (chat, street, narrative, and commercial registers) instead of Modern Standard Arabic with a few words swapped. Most models default to "Arabic dialect" that reads as MSA wearing a costume: correct vocabulary, wrong grammar, no code-switching, sanitized tone. This skill fixes the grammar (the ma-...-ch negation pattern, ديال/تاع possession, غادي future), restores natural French code-switching, and gives Claude a curated phrasebank instead of letting it guess. ## What's in here ``` algerian-darija/ SKILL.md core rules: grammar, code-switching, script/register matching reference/ phrasebank.md chat-register function words, negation, common verbs, expressions loanwords.md French/Spanish/Turkish/Berber loanwords, confidence-tagged (common/regional/rare) narrative-patterns.md story/narration register (openers, scene transitions, dialogue) commercial-copy.md business/marketing register: CTA phrasing, brand voice, platform formatting ``` ## Install **Claude.ai / Claude apps with custom skills:** upload the `algerian-darija/` folder as a skill. **Claude Code:** drop the `algerian-darija/` folder into `.claude/skills/` in your project (or your user-level skills directory). **Other environments that support the Skill format:** place `algerian-darija/` wherever that environment loads skills from. Once installed, Claude should pick it up automatically when you write to it in Darija or ask for Darija output. No configuration needed. ## Example > **Prompt:** "قولي كيفاش نحضر قهوة بالحليب" > > **Without the skill (typical MSA-leaning output):** كيف يمكنني تحضير قهوة بالحليب... (correct Arabic, wrong dialect, reads like a textbook) > > **With the skill:** راك تحتاج قهوة، حليب، وسكر... خلي الحليب يسخن شوية، بعدها زيد القهوة... ماتنساش السكر واش تحب ## What's confidence-tagged `loanwords.md` tags eve …