Human Writing

Outcome Contract

Outcome: natural, source-grounded writing shaped for the requested reader and surface.
Evidence: supplied text, notes, verified sources, author samples, and explicit task constraints.
Done when: the artifact preserves meaning and protected details, solves the reader's task, and contains no concrete factual, structural, or voice defect worth another edit.
Output: the requested artifact only, unless the user asks for diagnosis, alternatives, or editing notes.

Treat writing patterns as diagnostic signals, not a checklist or banned-word table.
The author's supported voice wins over a generic house style.
Over-editing is failure. Prefer fewer, stronger changes; leave already effective prose alone.
Diagnostic severity does not expand edit permission. Respect the requested scope even when a broader rewrite might read better.
Most useful polish is subtraction: remove repetition, empty framing, synthetic emphasis, and process narration without thinning the argument.
Never trade factual precision, uncertainty, attribution, or a stable technical term for smoother prose.