Quiz: Skills That Edit and Fix

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Module 3 · Quiz

Check Your Understanding

Answer all questions correctly to complete this module.

Check Your Understanding

Answer all questions correctly to complete this module.

1. What is the 'editors, not critics' principle?

Only experienced editors should use AI tools Skills that review content should apply fixes directly rather than just producing reports AI should only be used for editing, never generating Critics should be removed from the review process

2. Why does the writing-quality skill report what it changed (before/after)?

To create a paper trail for legal compliance Because the author needs to understand what the skill did — a black box that changes your file isn't trustworthy To bill the user per edit Because Claude Code requires change logs

3. What tools must a skill that edits files include in its declaration?

Bash and Glob Write and Skill Read and Edit (or Write) Search and Replace

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