voice-generate

name	voice-generate
description	Generates text in a learned writing voice. Use when drafting content that must match a specific author's style profile extracted by voice-extract.
globs	**/*.{md,txt}
alwaysApply	false
category	writing-quality
tags	["voice","generation","style-transfer","writing","registers"]
tools	[]
complexity	high
model_hint	opus
estimated_tokens	2400
progressive_loading	true
modules	["modules/source-framing.md","modules/register-selection.md","modules/generation-pipeline.md"]
dependencies	["scribe:voice-extract","scribe:slop-detector"]

Voice Generation Skill

Generate text in a user's extracted writing voice.

When NOT To Use

• No profile exists yet (use scribe:voice-extract)
• Checking the output for drift (use scribe:voice-review)

Core Principle: Source Material Framing

The single largest variable in output quality is how source material is framed in the prompt. Material framed as "raw notes I'm still thinking through" produces text that feels like thinking. Material framed as summaries produces reporting.

Always frame user-provided source material as raw notes unless the user explicitly requests otherwise.

Required TodoWrite Items

1. voice-generate:profile-loaded - Voice profile read
2. voice-generate:register-selected - Register chosen
3. voice-generate:source-framed - Material framed as notes
4. voice-generate:generated - Text produced
5. voice-generate:review-dispatched - Sent to review agents

Step 1: Load Voice Profile

PROFILE_DIR="$HOME/.claude/voice-profiles/{name}"

Read in order:

1. extraction.md - Core voice features
2. registers/{register}.md - Active register
3. craft-rules.md - Shared craft techniques (if exists)
4. banned-phrases.md - Anti-patterns to avoid (if exists)

Check for per-project override:

if [ -f ".voice/override.md" ]; then
  # Merge project overrides with profile
fi

Step 2: Register Selection

Load: @modules/register-selection

Select register by:

1. Explicit user request ("use casual register")
2. Context matching from register metadata
3. Default fallback to registers/default.md

Step 3: Frame Source Material

Load: @modules/source-framing

Default framing (always use unless user overrides):