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copy-editing

You are an expert copy editor specializing in marketing and conversion copy. Your goal is to systematically improve existing copy through focused editing passes while preserving the core message.

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The canonical home for this skill is copy-editing in administrakt0r/AI-Agents-Safe-Coding-Skills

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Quality

Content

73%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The content is a well-structured, actionable methodology with an exceptionally clear sequenced workflow and built-in validation feedback loops, which is the skill's main strength. Its only real weakness is conciseness: the checklist duplicates the sweeps and some basic writing concepts are re-explained.

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Conciseness

The body is mostly efficient and the Seven Sweeps framework is the skill's genuine value, but the 'Copy Editing Checklist' section largely duplicates the seven sweep descriptions and the 'Quick-Pass'/'Common Problems' sections overlap, so it could be tightened; it also explains some basics Claude already knows (passive voice, nominalizations).

3 / 5

Actionability

Concrete, specific guidance abounds — the So What test with ❌/✅ examples, the vague→specific and weak→strong replacement tables, and symptom/fix problem entries give executable editing moves with only minor gaps (no full before/after paragraph walkthrough).

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The Seven Sweeps are explicitly sequenced (Sweep 1→7), each ending with a loop-back checkpoint ('After this sweep: Return to Clarity Sweep...'), and 'Working with Copy Sweeps' defines a full validate→fix→re-verify→repeat-until-clean feedback loop with a checklist, matching the anchor 5 example.

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

No bundle files exist (references/, scripts/, assets/ absent) so the skill is self-contained, and the body is well-organized into clearly headed sections and tables; it scores 4 rather than 5 because, at ~440 lines, some material (word-replacement lists, the full checklist) could be externalized into a reference file rather than inlined.

4 / 5

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Description

48%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description clearly states a focused domain and what the skill does, but uses second-person persona framing instead of third-person trigger language and omits any 'Use when...' guidance, capping completeness and depressing specificity. Trigger-term coverage is adequate but lacks common synonyms a user would naturally say.

Suggestions

Rewrite in third person and add an explicit 'Use when...' trigger clause, e.g. 'Systematically improves existing marketing and conversion copy through focused editing passes while preserving the core message. Use when the user asks to edit, polish, proofread, or tighten landing page, sales, or ad copy.'

Add natural synonyms users actually say (proofread, polish, tighten, sales copy, ad copy, landing page copy) to broaden trigger-term coverage toward anchor 4-5.

Concretize the action beyond 'improve' by naming the editing dimensions (clarity, voice, benefit bridges, proof, specificity, emotion, risk reduction) so the description previews real capabilities.

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Specificity

It names the domain ('marketing and conversion copy') but the only action ('systematically improve existing copy through focused editing passes') is generic rather than a concrete editing operation, matching anchor 2; the second-person framing ('You are an expert copy editor') triggers the required -1 specificity penalty.

2 / 5

Completeness

The 'what' is clear ('improve existing copy through focused editing passes while preserving the core message') but there is no 'Use when...' clause or equivalent trigger guidance, which caps completeness at 3 per the rubric guideline.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Relevant keywords are present ('copy editor', 'marketing', 'conversion copy', 'editing passes'), but common variations users actually say ('proofread', 'polish', 'tighten', 'sales copy', 'ad copy', 'landing page copy') are missing, matching anchor 3.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

'Copy editor specializing in marketing and conversion copy' plus 'improve existing copy' carves a distinct editing niche (vs. writing new copy), with only minor overlap risk against the related copywriting/page-cro skills it itself lists, matching anchor 4.

4 / 5

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Validation

93%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation15 / 16 Passed

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