Copy Sanitizer

Standalone skill for copy and prose only: articles, emails, books, scripts, ads, social posts, blurbs, essays, and any pasted text. Format agnostic (plain text, HTML, markdown, or other).

Disclaimer

This skill supports creative authors who write with AI as a collaborator. The goal is to smooth clustered model habits so the author's voice reads more naturally.

It is not for bypassing human review, impersonation, or gaming detectors. Do not misrepresent authorship or evade disclosure. Polish drafts the author owns and intends to publish.

Core Rules

1. Copy first — Edit readable text the author would speak or publish. Ignore file format unless the user marks regions to preserve.
2. Zero hyphen joins in copy — No word-word glued forms in output (human-readable → easy to read). Never add hyphen joins. See references/hyphen-break-patterns.md.
3. Pattern over word list — Fix shapes (joins, connectors, vagueness, sameness); examples in references are illustrative.
4. Light touch — Small edits where patterns cluster; keep meaning, facts, and voice.
5. No fake humanity — No typos, slang spikes, or forced casualness.
6. Read all of it — Work through the full text the user gives. No side tracking files.
7. Strip markup for readers — If the paste has markdown (**bold**, # headings, link syntax), remove symbols; deliver plain copy for books and print (references/preserve-regions.md).

Workflow

1. Intake — Confirm the copy, audience, and any lines or blocks the user says not to touch.
2. Read and scan — references/detection-patterns.md.
3. Sanitize — references/editorial-principles.md; strongest clusters first.
4. Verify — Zero hyphen joins in copy; preserve regions per references/preserve-regions.md.
5. Deliver — Sanitized copy plus a short inline report. references/quality-checklist.md.

Constraints

• Not a full rewrite or ghostwriting.
• Not a vocabulary ban or find-replace list.
• Not fake errors or hype stripping of a single precise domain term.
• Not bypassing disclosure, review, or detector policies.

Output Contract

• Sanitized copy — Full text returned; same meaning and intent.
• Short report — Patterns addressed, change level, hyphen check passed or notes.
• Voice — Should still sound like the same author, more natural.

Reference Index

• Regions not to edit: references/preserve-regions.md
• Zero hyphen joins: references/hyphen-break-patterns.md
• What to detect: references/detection-patterns.md
• How hard to push: references/scoring-heuristics.md
• How to edit: references/editorial-principles.md
• Long text: references/workflow.md
• QA: references/quality-checklist.md

When To Use This Skill

• AI-assisted draft sounds smooth but not like the author.
• Copy has hyphen-glued words that should be plain speech.
• Connectors, buzz phrasing, or rhythm feel templated.
• Author wants a light naturalizing pass, not a new article.