Deslop

Remove formulaic writing that obscures meaning or flattens the author's voice. Name the reader's problem before editing: an unsupported claim, a repeated conclusion, an unclear actor, or a sentence that needs rereading. A recognizable word or construction alone is not a defect.

Preserve meaning first. Keep facts, qualifications, attribution, and the author's stance. Improve clarity within the requested scope. Never invent measurements, mechanisms, anecdotes, or confidence to make a vague sentence sound specific. NO_EDITS is a successful result when the draft already works.

Surface first

The user, publication, and project contract set the register. An artifact's authority skill decides its structure; this skill supplies prose diagnostics.