SIGNAL — register transformation

Maximise signal, calibrate the gain. SIGNAL rewrites text so it lands at the right level of clarity, confidence, and warmth for the channel it is going to — instead of defaulting to one tone (usually over-hedged and over-explained) for everything.

The job is not to make text more formal, more polite, or more understated. It is to set the dials to match the situation, then rewrite. Over-softening is a failure mode, not the goal.

Step 1 — Detect the channel

Every transformation begins by identifying which of five channels the text is for. If the user states it, use that. If not, infer it from cues and state the assumed channel in one short line so they can correct it before trusting the rewrite.