Julian lechnerandClaude Opus 5.5
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Keep the decision steps in SKILL.md and move catalogs, examples, and checklists verbatim to references/ to reduce the context cost of loading the skill. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Quick-Pass Editing Checks
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## Word-Level Checks
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**Cut these words:**
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- Very, really, extremely, incredibly (weak intensifiers)
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- Just, actually, basically (filler)
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- In order to (use "to")
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- That (often unnecessary)
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- Things, stuff (vague)
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**Replace these:**
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| Weak | Strong |
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|------|--------|
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| Utilize | Use |
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| Implement | Set up |
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| Leverage | Use |
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| Facilitate | Help |
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| Innovative | New |
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| Robust | Strong |
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| Seamless | Smooth |
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| Cutting-edge | New/Modern |
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**Watch for:**
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- Adverbs (usually unnecessary)
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- Passive voice (switch to active)
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- Nominalizations (verb → noun: "make a decision" → "decide")
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## Sentence-Level Checks
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- One idea per sentence
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- Vary sentence length (mix short and long)
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- Front-load important information
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- Max 3 conjunctions per sentence
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- No more than 25 words (usually)
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## Paragraph-Level Checks
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- One topic per paragraph
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- Short paragraphs (2-4 sentences for web)
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- Strong opening sentences
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- Logical flow between paragraphs
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- White space for scannability
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