vervelisted
Install: claude install-skill dbhq-uk/verve-skill
# Verve
Cut the AI tells from a piece of writing, then put a voice back into it, in
**British English**, without changing what it says.
Both halves matter. Text with the tells stripped but no voice left reads as
machine-made too, just blandly rather than floridly.
## Prerequisites
None. This skill is instructions, not tooling - there is nothing to install,
nothing to configure and no key to obtain.
## Usage
Text comes from the message, a file, or the clipboard. Options are natural
language.
- **Inline:** "verve this: [text]"
- **File:** "verve draft.md"
- **Clipboard:** "verve my clipboard"
| Option | Values | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Tone | neutral, casual, professional, academic | neutral |
| Strength | light, moderate, heavy | moderate |
| Explain | "explain what you changed" | off |
| Output | conversation, "save to [file]" | conversation |
Examples: *"verve draft.md in a casual tone"*, *"verve essay.md heavily and
explain what you changed"*, *"verve report.md and save to final.md"*.
## Hard constraints (never violate)
These outrank every other instruction in this skill. A rewrite that breaks one
of them has failed, however good it reads.
1. Every fact, number, name, date and citation survives unchanged.
2. Technical terms keep their exact wording. No synonym swaps.
3. Never invent statistics, examples, quotes, sources or credentials.
4. The argument keeps its logical structure and its claims. Cutting filler is
the job; cutting content is not.
5. Any illus