The Principle
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The Principle
Any skill that reviews, audits, or analyses content must apply its findings directly. Not “consider changing X to Y.” Change X to Y. Report what changed, before and after. Leave the file better than you found it.
This is a design principle baked into the system’s CLAUDE.md:
Any agent that reviews, audits, or analyzes content MUST have Edit tool in its toolset. Apply fixes directly, not just recommend them. Report what was changed (before/after), not what should change.
The Edit tool is the difference. Without it, you have a critic. With it, you have an editor.