Editing Skill

This skill provides comprehensive guidance for autonomous editing of manuscripts, covering multiple editing passes, consistency checks, and quality assurance.

Editing Philosophy

Editing for autonomous book writing requires systematic, database-backed verification rather than subjective judgment. Every editing pass should query the corpus to enforce consistency against established facts, voice, and timeline.

Multi-Pass Editing Strategy

Pass 1: Structural Consistency

Focus: Large-scale issues that affect narrative or argument coherence.

Checks:

• Timeline consistency (events in correct order)
• Character state tracking (no dead characters appearing alive)
• Location introduction (all locations described before use)
• Plot thread resolution (no abandoned arcs)
• Argument flow (nonfiction logical progression)