structure-improvement-advisor

# Structure Improvement Advisor ## What This Skill Does Takes a draft with identified or suspected structural weaknesses and produces a concrete restructuring plan — including a recommended section order and the reasoning behind each change. ## When To Use This Skill - After running a structure flow check and you have a list of problems, but you are not sure how to fix them without unravelling the whole piece - When a draft exists but feels fundamentally hard to follow, and you need a clear plan before you rewrite rather than redrafting blindly - When you want to experiment with an alternative structure — inverted pyramid, narrative chronology, thematic blocks — without committing to a full rewrite first - When an editor has returned a draft with "needs restructuring" notes and you need to translate vague feedback into specific moves ## What You Need To Provide **Required:** The full draft text. **Optional:** A description of the structural problem as you understand it (e.g. "the story buries the news," "the argument doesn't land until too late," "it feels like two separate pieces joined in the middle"). If an editor has given you notes, paste them in. Also useful: the target format (print feature, bulletin script, online explainer) and intended audience. ## How the Assistant Approaches This 1. Reads the draft and identifies its natural units — the distinct blocks of information, each of which does a single job (establishes context, introduces a person, presents evidence...