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Two shifts in scope: - Remove the line-editor agent. The plugin no longer mutates the manuscript — all commands report findings to the conversation and leave revisions to the writer. - Consolidate the consistency surface. /check-voice and /check-continuity were narrow checks with overlapping concerns; they are replaced by /check-consistency, a single broader pass covering author voice, character voice, words-vs-actions alignment, and in-world believability. Plot-logic and sequencing concerns formerly in /check-continuity are now served by /generate-timeline's consistency-issues section. - Add /proofread for the mechanical layer that previously had no command equivalent — grammar, tense, punctuation, spelling, agreement, sentence-level clarity. Reports issues; does not edit. Command count unchanged at nine. The plugin is now agent-free and mutation-free; every command is read-only on the manuscript. BREAKING CHANGE: /check-voice and /check-continuity are removed (superseded by /check-consistency). The line-editor agent is removed (use /proofread for reporting; the writer makes the edits). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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description, argument-hint, allowed-tools
| description | argument-hint | allowed-tools | |||
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| Proofread and line-edit pass — grammar, tense, punctuation, spelling, mechanical errors. Reports issues; does not edit. | [path, glob, or selection] |
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Read the text at $ARGUMENTS and identify mechanical and sentence-level problems. Report what you find — do not edit the file. The writer is making the changes themselves.
What to check
Grammar and mechanics
- Verb tense — consistency within a sentence, paragraph, and across the piece; unintended slips between past and present
- Subject-verb agreement — number, person, indefinite pronouns
- Pronoun-antecedent agreement — number, gender, unclear reference
- Modifiers — dangling, misplaced, squinting
- Parallelism — in lists, comparisons, correlative conjunctions
Punctuation and conventions
- Commas — splices (unless deliberate), missing commas after introductory phrases, serial comma consistency
- Semicolons, colons, dashes — used correctly and consistently
- Quotation marks and dialogue tags — punctuation inside/outside, comma vs. period before tags, paragraph breaks per speaker
- Apostrophes — possessive vs. plural, its vs. it's
- Hyphenation — compound modifiers, hanging hyphens, en/em dash usage
- Capitalization — proper nouns, titles, after colons, in dialogue
Spelling and word choice
- Misspellings — including names that drift across the manuscript
- Homophones — their/there/they're, your/you're, peek/peak/pique, etc.
- Confused words — affect/effect, fewer/less, who/whom, lie/lay, etc.
- Repeated words — accidental doubles, awkward proximity repetition
Sentence-level clarity
- Sentence fragments — unintentional vs. stylistic; flag the unintentional ones
- Run-ons and comma splices — flag unless clearly deliberate for voice
- Awkward constructions — passive where active would be clearer, nominalization piles, tangled syntax
- Word order — modifier placement, sentence rhythm
- Tightening opportunities — redundancies, throat-clearing phrases, weak intensifiers (very, really, quite, just), filter words (saw, heard, felt, noticed) when they distance the reader
Style consistency
- Spelling/style variants — US vs. UK, grey/gray, -ize/-ise, etc. Pick one and flag drift
- Number formatting — when to spell out, when to use digits
- Time, date, and unit formatting
- Italics, bold, small caps — consistency for thoughts, emphasis, foreign words, titles
Output format
For each issue:
- Location — chapter/scene/line if known, with a short quoted excerpt
- Issue type — one of the categories above
- What's wrong — concrete diagnosis
- Suggested fix — show the corrected version, not just the rule
Group issues by type so the writer can attack one category at a time. Close with:
- Summary — total issues by category
- Patterns — recurring problems the writer should watch for in future drafts (e.g., "consistent tense-slip in interior-thought passages")
Be a careful reader, not a pedant. Don't flag stylistic choices that read as deliberate — fragments for voice, comma splices for rhythm, dialogue that breaks rules to sound right. Note them only if a choice looks accidental.