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 memory to recall any known writing preferences or past style guidance for the user.
2. Use read to load the text if it is at a URL or 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 in document.
4. Use definite, specific, concrete language: replace vague phrases with precise words and cut filler, redundancy, and throat-clearing — update document with each pass.
5. Keep related words together and place emphatic words at sentence endings for maximum impact — note changes inline in document.
6. Ensure each paragraph covers one topic and opens with a clear topic sentence — restructure in document where needed.
7. Present the revised text to the user with a brief note on key changes, then ask if further refinement is needed via document.
8. Use document to save the final version if the user wants to keep it.

Version

v1 (curated)