Manuscript Optimizer

Overview

Use this skill to treat a manuscript like a precision instrument: fix the top-level design first, then the evidence chain, then the figures, then the terminology, and only then the sentence-level polish.

This workflow is not tied to a single paper or field. Use it across manuscript projects whenever structure, evidence, figures, and prose need to be brought back into alignment.

Core rule: do not spend effort polishing prose that sits on top of an unstable claim, a broken evidence chain, or inconsistent figures.

When To Use

Use this skill when:

• A paper is being drafted, revised, resubmitted, or journal-adapted
• The abstract or introduction may be stronger than the downstream evidence
• The storyline feels diffuse, repetitive, or hard to defend
• Figures, legends, and main text may have drifted out of sync
• Core terminology or abbreviations may be unstable
• The writing needs to become clearer, tighter, and more reader-friendly without losing rigor