joy-check

Installation
SKILL.md

Joy Check

Two modes:

  • writing — Joy-grievance spectrum for human-facing content (blog posts, emails, articles). Evaluates curiosity/generosity vs. grievance/accusation framing.
  • instruction — Positive framing for LLM-facing content (agents, skills, pipelines). Evaluates "what to do" vs. "what to avoid" (ADR-127).

Evaluates each paragraph/instruction independently, produces a score (0-100), suggests reframes without modifying content. Flags: --fix rewrites flagged items in place and re-verifies; --strict fails on any item below 60; --mode writing|instruction overrides auto-detection.

Checks framing, not topic or voice. The writing workflow owns voice fidelity and AI-pattern detection.

Reference Loading Table

Signal Load These Files Why
Scoring agents, skills, pipelines, or toolkit documentation references/instruction-rubric.md Positive-framing patterns, scoring, and examples.
Scoring articles, emails, posts, or other human-facing prose references/writing-rubric.md Joy-grievance patterns, scoring, and examples.

Instructions

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Mar 23, 2026