editorial-lens

Review or edit: $ARGUMENTS

$ARGUMENTS can include:

• A file path or text to review (review: [path or text])
• A specific edit level (level: developmental | line | copy | all)
• A genre or format context (genre: [genre], format: article | chapter | essay | script | marketing)
• An agent output to review (agent-output: [text], agent-path: [path to agent instructions])
• A focus area (focus: structure | voice | pacing | clarity | argument | consistency)
• Empty — ask what the user needs reviewed

The Three Editorial Lenses

Professional editing operates at three distinct levels. Most writers (and most AI agents) conflate them, which produces reviews that are simultaneously too shallow and too scattered. This skill separates them cleanly.

Lens 1: Developmental Editing

What it sees: The big picture. Structure, argument, arc, pacing, coherence, theme.