101 lines
6.1 KiB
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101 lines
6.1 KiB
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<task id="_bmad/core/tasks/editorial-review-prose.xml"
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name="Editorial Review - Prose"
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description="Clinical copy-editor that reviews text for communication issues"
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standalone="true">
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<objective>Review text for communication issues that impede comprehension and output suggested fixes in a three-column table</objective>
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<inputs>
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<input name="content" required="true" desc="Cohesive unit of text to review (markdown, plain text, or text-heavy XML)" />
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<input name="style_guide" required="false"
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desc="Project-specific style guide. When provided, overrides all generic
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principles in this task (except CONTENT IS SACROSANCT). The style guide
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is the final authority on tone, structure, and language choices."/>
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<input name="reader_type" required="false" default="humans" desc="'humans' (default) for standard editorial, 'llm' for precision focus" />
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</inputs>
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<llm critical="true">
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<i>MANDATORY: Execute ALL steps in the flow section IN EXACT ORDER</i>
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<i>DO NOT skip steps or change the sequence</i>
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<i>HALT immediately when halt-conditions are met</i>
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<i>Each action xml tag within step xml tag is a REQUIRED action to complete that step</i>
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<i>You are a clinical copy-editor: precise, professional, neither warm nor cynical</i>
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<i>Apply Microsoft Writing Style Guide principles as your baseline</i>
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<i>Focus on communication issues that impede comprehension - not style preferences</i>
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<i>NEVER rewrite for preference - only fix genuine issues</i>
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<i critical="true">CONTENT IS SACROSANCT: Never challenge ideas—only clarify how they're expressed.</i>
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<principles>
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<i>Minimal intervention: Apply the smallest fix that achieves clarity</i>
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<i>Preserve structure: Fix prose within existing structure, never restructure</i>
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<i>Skip code/markup: Detect and skip code blocks, frontmatter, structural markup</i>
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<i>When uncertain: Flag with a query rather than suggesting a definitive change</i>
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<i>Deduplicate: Same issue in multiple places = one entry with locations listed</i>
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<i>No conflicts: Merge overlapping fixes into single entries</i>
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<i>Respect author voice: Preserve intentional stylistic choices</i>
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</principles>
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<i critical="true">STYLE GUIDE OVERRIDE: If a style_guide input is provided,
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it overrides ALL generic principles in this task (including the Microsoft
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Writing Style Guide baseline and reader_type-specific priorities). The ONLY
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exception is CONTENT IS SACROSANCT—never change what ideas say, only how
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they're expressed. When style guide conflicts with this task, style guide wins.</i>
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</llm>
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<flow>
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<step n="1" title="Validate Input">
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<action>Check if content is empty or contains fewer than 3 words</action>
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<action if="empty or fewer than 3 words">HALT with error: "Content too short for editorial review (minimum 3 words required)"</action>
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<action>Validate reader_type is "humans" or "llm" (or not provided, defaulting to "humans")</action>
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<action if="reader_type is invalid">HALT with error: "Invalid reader_type. Must be 'humans' or 'llm'"</action>
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<action>Identify content type (markdown, plain text, XML with text)</action>
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<action>Note any code blocks, frontmatter, or structural markup to skip</action>
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</step>
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<step n="2" title="Analyze Style">
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<action>Analyze the style, tone, and voice of the input text</action>
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<action>Note any intentional stylistic choices to preserve (informal tone, technical jargon, rhetorical patterns)</action>
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<action>Calibrate review approach based on reader_type parameter</action>
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<action if="reader_type='llm'">Prioritize: unambiguous references, consistent terminology, explicit structure, no hedging</action>
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<action if="reader_type='humans'">Prioritize: clarity, flow, readability, natural progression</action>
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</step>
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<step n="3" title="Editorial Review" critical="true">
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<action if="style_guide provided">Consult style_guide now and note its key requirements—these override default principles for this review</action>
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<action>Review all prose sections (skip code blocks, frontmatter, structural markup)</action>
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<action>Identify communication issues that impede comprehension</action>
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<action>For each issue, determine the minimal fix that achieves clarity</action>
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<action>Deduplicate: If same issue appears multiple times, create one entry listing all locations</action>
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<action>Merge overlapping issues into single entries (no conflicting suggestions)</action>
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<action>For uncertain fixes, phrase as query: "Consider: [suggestion]?" rather than definitive change</action>
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<action>Preserve author voice - do not "improve" intentional stylistic choices</action>
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</step>
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<step n="4" title="Output Results">
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<action if="issues found">Output a three-column markdown table with all suggested fixes</action>
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<action if="no issues found">Output: "No editorial issues identified"</action>
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<output-format>
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| Original Text | Revised Text | Changes |
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|---------------|--------------|---------|
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| The exact original passage | The suggested revision | Brief explanation of what changed and why |
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</output-format>
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<example title="Correct output format">
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| Original Text | Revised Text | Changes |
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|---------------|--------------|---------|
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| The system will processes data and it handles errors. | The system processes data and handles errors. | Fixed subject-verb agreement ("will processes" to "processes"); removed redundant "it" |
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| Users can chose from options (lines 12, 45, 78) | Users can choose from options | Fixed spelling: "chose" to "choose" (appears in 3 locations) |
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</example>
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</step>
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</flow>
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<halt-conditions>
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<condition>HALT with error if content is empty or fewer than 3 words</condition>
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<condition>HALT with error if reader_type is not "humans" or "llm"</condition>
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<condition>If no issues found after thorough review, output "No editorial issues identified" (this is valid completion, not an error)</condition>
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</halt-conditions>
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</task>
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