clarify — Controlled-Language Rewriting (EN/ZH)

Rewrite the final deliverable text into a controlled language per ASD-STE100 principles — in English (the standard itself) and in Chinese (the same principles adapted to Chinese grammar). The rules apply only to the output layer — never let them leak into your reasoning, analysis, or drafting.

Hard rule — constraint placement. Do all thinking, exploring, and drafting in normal full language first. Apply the controlled rewrite only as the last transformation, right before presenting text the user will consume or hand to another agent. Do not "write simply while you think" — enforced at the thought level it measurably degrades reasoning quality. Think freely, then constrain the surface.

Scope

Use when the text will be read by a human who needs unambiguous content — or consumed by a downstream machine / non-native reader with no one to ask a follow-up question:

• Deliverables a person must act on correctly: instructions, reports, explanations, documentation. (STE's original purpose and Karpathy's use: "a lot more readable" for humans.)
• Agent-to-agent messages, tool / function descriptions, error messages, system prompts
• Instructions handed to another agent, a translation pipeline, or a downstream system
• Any output where a misread carries real cost — for a human or a machine

Do not use for creative writing, marketing copy, persuasive text, or anything where voice and nuance are the point. Controlled language is deliberately flat and literal.

Not for humanizing — both serve humans. deslop-bi makes text read naturally (de-AI-flavored, restores human voice); this skill makes text read precisely (controlled, unambiguous). 要人性化用 deslop-bi；要精确无歧义用本 skill。

Language selection

• Input is English → rewrite to STE (the ASD-STE100 standard itself).
• Input is Chinese → rewrite per the same ASD-STE100 principles adapted to Chinese (rules below).
• Mixed input → follow the dominant language; preserve code, commands, paths, API names, and identifiers exactly in both modes.

Shared principles (both languages)

English rules (ASD-STE100)

Common replacements: prior to→before, utilize→use, commence→start, ensure→make sure, replenish→fill, approximately→about, in order to→to.

中文规则（ASD-STE100 中文适配）

常见替换：「利用」→「用」，「进行 X」→「X」，「通过…来」→直接动词，「务必」→「必须」或删，「相关」→写明具体关系，「妥善」→写明具体动作。

Optional intensity: ~80%

By default apply the rules fully. If the user asks for a softer pass ("80% of the way" / 「八成力度」), apply the word-choice and voice rules but relax the hard length caps — ambiguity removed, meaning exact, short of the strictest form. Always state which level you applied.

Process

1. Read the input once for meaning. Do not rewrite before you understand what it must still say.
2. Flag every violation sentence by sentence.
3. Rewrite each flagged sentence, preserving every fact, condition, exception, scope qualifier, and number exactly. If a shorter phrasing would drop required precision (a safety condition, a scope limit), keep the longer phrasing and flag the trade-off — never silently simplify.
4. Produce the before/after table.
5. If the input already complies, say so. Do not force changes onto compliant text.
6. 对照自检（Audit）——把原文和改写稿对照，主动找三类问题并列出：
   • 新增：改写稿里有没有原文没有的内容（模型自己加的）
   • 遗漏：原文内容有没有丢
   • 变义：意思有没有被偷换（含确定性丢失——引「保确定性」；语义升级——引「语义不升级」）

Input text: $ARGUMENTS — 若无参数，处理当前对话中的交付文本。

Output contract

Return:

1. The rewritten text (controlled-language applied).
2. A before/after table of changed sentences, with the rule violated:

| Rule violated / 违反规则 | Original | Rewritten |
|---|---|---|
| Present perfect tense | "We have received your request." | "We received your request." |
| 主体不明时必补主语 | 「完成后更新状态」 | 「任务完成后，agent 更新状态」 |

3. A short left-unsimplified note for anything deliberately kept long (and why).
4. An audit report — the self-check from step 6:

## Audit / 对照自检
- 新增: <改写稿中原文没有的内容，或 "无">
- 遗漏: <原文中丢失的内容，或 "无">
- 变义: <语义被改变处，或 "无">

References

• references/writing-rules.md — ASD-STE100 rule summary and sources (from kv0906/cc-skills/asd-ste100, MIT)
• examples/before-after.md — official-rule illustrations + agent-output examples
• Official standard (free download): https://www.asd-ste100.org/

The English mode applies the principle (plainest available word, used the same way every time) rather than checking against ASD's ~900-word approved dictionary. The Chinese mode is an original adaptation of the same principles — there is no official controlled-Chinese standard. For certified STE-compliant documentation, check word-by-word against the real dictionary.