writing-qualitylisted

# Writing Quality A gate, not a suggestion. Any prose leaving the building passes through here first. ## When to use - Automatically, on every piece of prose headed to an external reader - Any copy inside a deliverable, including copy presented as an option or a proposal - When somebody asks whether something reads as machine-written **Framing does not exempt text.** Copy labeled "suggested", "draft", or "just an option" is still copy somebody will paste into an external surface, and it gets the same pass. ## Inputs - Reads: `workspace/agents/context/voice.md` if it exists, otherwise the defaults below - Needs from user: nothing ## Workflow ### 1. Strip the structural tells These patterns are the clearest machine signatures in business prose, and they survive most editing passes because they read as confident. | Pattern | Why it fails | |---|---| | "It's not X, it's Y" | A rhetorical reveal that usually replaces an argument | | "X didn't do Y, it revealed Z" | The same move wearing a different coat | | "The real X is..." | Announces insight rather than delivering it | | Rule-of-three lists everywhere | Real thinking is rarely three parallel items | | "In today's fast-paced world" | Says nothing. Delete the sentence, never replace it | | A closing paragraph restating the opening | Padding. Stop at the last real point | | Symmetrical two-part sentences on repeat | Rhythm that reads as generated after three of them | ### 2. Strip the vocabulary Delete or replace: unloc