writing-agent-builder

Build or improve a writing agent: $ARGUMENTS

$ARGUMENTS can include:

• A writing agent concept to architect (architect: [concept])
• An existing agent to audit for writing quality (audit: [path])
• A specific component to build (component: instructions | tools | guardrails | pipeline | rag)
• A writing domain: fiction, nonfiction, journalism, copywriting, screenwriting, poetry, academic, conversational
• An agent framework target: openai-agents-sdk, claude-agent-sdk, vercel-ai-sdk, langchain, custom
• Empty — ask what the user wants to build

Why Most Writing Agents Produce Bad Prose

Writing agents fail for predictable reasons. Understanding these failures is the foundation of building agents that write well.

The Five Writing Agent Anti-Patterns

1. The Content Mill — The agent has been told WHAT to write but not HOW to write well. It produces structurally correct, stylistically dead prose. Every sentence is medium-length. Every paragraph starts with a topic sentence. It reads like a B+ college essay.