tone-consistency-checkerlisted

# Tone Consistency Checker ## What This Skill Does Identifies passages where the tone or register shifts unexpectedly within a piece of writing, and explains how to bring the text back to a consistent voice. ## When To Use This Skill - After a draft has been written across multiple sessions and the voice may have drifted - When multiple writers collaborated on a single article, script, or report and their individual styles are in conflict - Before publishing a branded publication (newsletter, institutional report, podcast script) that must maintain a specific register throughout - When an editor suspects a piece feels uneven but cannot pinpoint exactly where the problem lies ## What You Need To Provide **Required:** The full text to be checked. **Optional:** A description of the intended tone (e.g., "authoritative but accessible, like a quality broadsheet feature"; "warm and conversational, like a podcast host talking to a friend"; "neutral and precise, broadcast news style"); the publication or format this is written for; any passages the writer considers the tonal benchmark — the parts they are happiest with. ## How the Assistant Approaches This 1. Reads the entire text first to establish what the dominant tone appears to be — or, if a target tone description was provided, uses that as the reference standard. Notes vocabulary level, sentence rhythm, use of contractions, formality of address, emotional temperature, and use of first or second person. 2. Re-reads paragraph