Prose fix

Skill helderberto/agent-skills/skills/prose-fix

My personal SDLC toolbelt for AI coding agents — PRD to ship.

Install

npx -y skills add helderberto/agent-skills --skill prose-fix

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Fix prose formatting, typos, and clarity issues in markdown or text files. Use when user asks to "fix dashes", "fix typos", "clean up text", "improve sentences", or "/prose-fix". Don't use for code style, linting, or full rewrites.

SKILL.md

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Prose Fix

Scan the target file(s) for formatting issues, typos, and weak prose. Fix in place without changing the author's voice or intent.

What to Fix

Formatting

Issue	Replace with
Em dash `—` (with spaces)	Period, comma, colon, or parentheses depending on context
Em dash `—` (no spaces)	Split into two sentences or use comma
Double spaces	Single space

Typos

Misspelled words
Wrong word form (e.g. "teh" → "the", "dont" → "don't")
Missing apostrophes in contractions

Sentence Clarity

Remove filler words ("very", "just", "really", "basically", "actually")
Split run-on sentences into two
Flatten weak constructions ("is able to" → "can", "in order to" → "to")

Rules

Read the file before editing
Never change the author's voice, tone, or meaning
Never rewrite a sentence that is already clear and direct
Preserve technical terms, code references, and proper nouns exactly
Do not add words — only remove or substitute
One pass: formatting first, then typos, then clarity

Workflow

Read the file
Grep for — to list formatting issues
Edit all issues in one pass per category
Grep again for — to confirm none remain
Report a summary of what was changed by category

Scope

Works on any .md or .txt file
If no file is specified, ask the user which file to fix