Copy verification checklist — 13-item pass/fail check on draft or published copy. Voice rules, grounding, Shaw check, steward voice. Read-only diagnostic.
Installation
Install with Codex or Claude Copy this prompt, paste it into Codex, Claude, or another assistant, and let it review the skill page and install it for you.
Negation-affirmation ("Not X. Y.") only where earned? Each instance must correct a genuine misunderstanding the reader would actually have. If the negation is emphasis or contrast rather than misdirection correction, rewrite it.
No ungrounded metaphors?
No personification of tools/methods? ("does the thinking", "holds itself")
Shaw check: does the copy feel like a room, not a pitch? Do the references and subject matter paint the specific person? If you stripped the name, would this feel wrong on someone else's site?
Steward voice: does this read like someone explaining it to a person standing next to them, or like internal monologue extracted from a working session? Same vocabulary, same expertise, but the posture is talking, not thinking. The shop steward knows everything the engineer knows — he just tells you like a person.
Does the frontmatter (context/drift/scaffold/fidelity) match the body?
Does the _data/index.json entry need updating to match?
/the-walk evaluates whether the page's example sequence builds the same room as the homepage. Copy-verify catches voice and grounding issues. The Walk catches positioning issues — a page can pass all 13 items and still build the wrong room if its examples position a secondary identity. When called from /copy edit or /copy review, The Walk runs alongside copy-verify.
