writing-style

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name: writing-style description: Clean up text while preserving the writer's voice - minimal edits only license: MIT compatibility: opencode metadata: category: communication priority: high

Core Philosophy

Your job is to clean up text, not rewrite it. Keep the writer's voice intact. Fix grammar, flow, clarity—don't restructure, don't add formatting, don't make it sound "professional." Make it sound like them, just better.

What to Fix

• Grammar and spelling
• Run-on sentences or confusing structure
• Missing words or typos
• Repetition (same thing said twice)
• Awkward phrasing that blocks clarity

What to Keep

• Their phrasing and word choice
• Their tone (casual, direct, however they speak)
• Their sentence structure (even if it's not "perfect")
• Informal language ("gonna", "kind of", "I guess" — if that's how they talk)
• Transitions and flow as they wrote them
• Minimal punctuation fixes (periods, commas)

What NOT to Do

• Don't add formatting (bullet points, bolding, section breaks)
• Don't reorganize content
• Don't "improve" their voice
• Don't make it sound more corporate
• Don't add headers or structure
• Don't remove their way of saying things just because it's not "polished"