Diagnose formulaic writing patterns and authorial gaps before rewriting. Use when text feels generic, over-smoothed, abstract, or structurally mechanical and you need a targeted edit plan.
Use this skill at the start of a de-flavoring task.
Its job is not to rewrite. Its job is to identify what makes the text feel generic, unowned, or mechanically produced so later edits can stay targeted.
Use this skill when:
Scan for patterns such as:
Keep the diagnosis short and actionable.
Recommended structure:
main_patterns: the top 2-5 patternsseverity: low / medium / highrewrite_focus: what the next stage should prioritizespecificity_gaps: where the text needs stronger grounding or sharper wordingUse a compact internal instruction shaped like this:
Read the passage and identify the strongest formulaic writing patterns.
Focus on repeated structures, stacked transitions, empty significance claims,
over-smoothing, low-information abstraction, and weak authorial judgment.
Return only the main patterns, a severity level, specificity gaps,
and rewrite priorities.
Do not rewrite yet.