Concise Writing

What it does

Improving clarity and strength of any writing — emails, documents, messages, or notes — by applying established editing principles.

Procedure

When this skill is activated, Chalie follows these steps:

1. Use recall to surface any known writing preferences or past style guidance for the user.
2. Use web_fetch to load the text if it is at a URL, or read if it is a file path, then identify its purpose and intended audience.
3. Apply active voice and positive form throughout: rewrite passive constructions and replace negatives (“not clear”) with direct assertions (“unclear”) — capture the revised draft via write_file.
4. Use definite, specific, concrete language: replace vague phrases with precise words and cut filler, redundancy, and throat-clearing — update the draft via write_file with each pass.
5. Keep related words together and place emphatic words at sentence endings for maximum impact — note changes inline via write_file.
6. Ensure each paragraph covers one topic and opens with a clear topic sentence — restructure via write_file where needed.
7. Present the revised text to the user with a brief note on key changes, then ask if further refinement is needed.
8. Use write_file to save the final version if the user wants to keep it.

Version

v1 (curated)