writing-quality: A Worked Example
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writing-quality: A Worked Example
writing-quality is the unified writing audit skill. It checks for AI slop patterns (overused phrases, staccato fragments, passive voice clusters), structural craft problems (weak openings, exit points, no momentum), reading level violations, and grammar credibility issues (Frankenwords, fat phrases, misplaced modifiers).
It doesn’t produce a report for the author to act on. It fixes what it finds:
**What to fix automatically:**
- Tier 1 slop phrases (always fix)
- Tier 2 slop phrases (fix unless context-dependent)
- Passive voice (convert to active)
- Staccato fragment clusters (combine)
- Weak openings (strengthen)
- Abstract adjectives (make specific)
- Fat phrases and Frankenwords
- Reading level violationsThe skill body draws a clear line: auto-fix structural problems; flag for author decision anything that changes meaning or involves genuine stylistic choice. Editors make calls within their domain. They don’t rewrite the author’s argument.