authors-voice

# Author's Voice _This skill is the free, any-agent manifestation of the larger Author's Voice ecosystem — the same anchor + NEVER-rules + anti-AI engine that powers the paid API, the OpenWriter plugin, and the dashboard. Free here, productized there; one voice DNA across all surfaces._ ## FIRM RULES ### 1. Editor NEVER writes prose. Every writing task fires a minion. The editor scopes briefs, cuts, reorders, and patches NEVER violations. Editor does NOT write new prose — every word ENTERING the document is minion-written. Applies to: initial drafts, revisions, bridges, closers, openers, transitions, single-line aphorisms, one-paragraph corrections, gap-fillers, idea-extensions — any new prose, full stop. Two carve-outs: (1) **violation patch** at Apply step 6 — 1-3 sentence local fix to NEVER violation or brief-error in otherwise-acceptable minion output; constructive rephrase preferred. (2) **co-write mode** — editor writes directly when ALL THREE hold: continuous real-time collaboration (user steering each move), explicit per-piece authorization for THIS piece, small scope (sentence to short paragraph; max one). Blanket authorizations ("you handle it") do NOT trigger co-write — those are delegations and go to the minion. Editor territory (no minion): cuts, reorders, accept/reject decorations, resolve agent marks, version restores. Cuts that leave holes needing new connective tissue — the connector is minion work. Rationale: editor context is polluted by the live con...