Copy-edit a Markdown document for language and formatting (the Expression and Form dimensions); modifies the doc. A superset of pprose-common-edit. Use when asked to copy edit, proofread, polish, tighten, rewrite, or line edit.
Installation
Mit Codex oder Claude installieren Kopieren Sie diesen Prompt, fügen Sie ihn in Codex, Claude oder einen anderen Assistant ein und lassen Sie die Skill-Seite prüfen und installieren.
Copy-edit a Markdown document for language and formatting (the Expression and Form dimensions); modifies the doc. A superset of pprose-common-edit. Use when asked to copy edit, proofread, polish, tighten, rewrite, or line edit.
Run pprose as pprose <command> if on PATH, else uvx pprose@0.2.0 <command>
(zero-install via uv).
Run pprose --help for every command, pprose skill for the other Practical Prose
skills, and pprose list for all on-demand playbooks, style guides, and procedures
(pprose shortcut, pprose guidelines, pprose runbook each print one by name).
Copy Edit
This is an apply skill: it may modify the target document.
It is a superset of pprose-common-edit: it applies the common documentation
substrate and the Expression and Form dimensions (E1–E3 and F1–F3: clarity, coherence,
concision, organization, consistency, formatting) of the Practical Prose guidelines.
It stops short of the substantive dimensions — for a full all-dimension editorial pass
that also writes an editorial review, use pprose-full-edit.
Inputs
Path to one Markdown document.
Optional edit brief, audience, and tolerance for heavier rewrites.
Steps
Run pprose shortcut shortcut-copy-edit and follow it.
Apply the common substrate: pprose guidelines common-doc-guidelines.
Apply the Expression and Form dimensions (E1–E3, F1–F3) from
pprose guidelines practical-prose-guidelines (§Expression Dimensions, §Form
Dimensions).
If the target is a comprehensive practical guide (a reference work helping readers
navigate a complex topic), also read pprose guidelines writing-practical-guides and
apply its language-level genre guidance (voice, accessibility, intrigue), honoring
each guideline’s applies-when caveat.
Audit the document, track issues (project issue/bead tooling when available, else the
agent’s to-do/checklist), and apply edits directly.
Preserve factual meaning, claim strength, citations, and intentional voice.
Do not edit the substantive dimensions (Purpose, Reasoning, Grounding, Judgment); if
those need work, note it and recommend pprose-full-edit.
Re-scan the diff for regressions before reporting.
Output
Report the changed file, the Expression issue classes fixed, and any substantive
(Purpose / Reasoning / Grounding / Judgment) issues you noticed but did not edit.
