proofread

Reactant tag-only proofreading. Use only when execute or execute-one dispatches an exact <@proofread> tag from a document; never activate from ordinary chat or another skill.

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Proofread

Activation Boundary

This is a tag-only worker skill. Use it only after execute or execute-one selects an exact <@proofread...> annotation in a target document and hands off its context. Never activate it from an ordinary chat-window request, semantic similarity, or any skill other than those two routers. Without that router handoff, do not change the document; tell the user to add the tag and run one of the routers.

Fix grammar, spelling, and punctuation in the surrounding block, then consume the tag.

Tag

<@proofread>
<@proofread: optional narrower instruction>

Example: <@proofread: only fix punctuation>.

Input

  • File path — the document being processed.
  • Surrounding block — the maximal run of non-blank lines containing the tag; blank lines bound it.
  • Prompt (optional) — narrows the scope. Default: fix all mechanical errors.

Workflow

  1. Read the surrounding block; read the full file if broader context helps (for example, to recognize intentional terminology).
  2. Fix grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors only.
  3. Write the result back: replace the surrounding block (including the <@proofread> tag) with the corrected text.

Scope Modifiers

  • Protect << >> — must NOT be modified even if it contains errors. Preserve the content exactly; remove the delimiters in the output.
  • Field (( )) — ONLY text inside may be corrected. Remove the delimiters in the output.

Context References

Double-backtick references in the prompt point to resources to consult (for example a glossary of domain terms that must not be "corrected"). Resolve paths relative to the document's directory unless absolute. Remove the delimiters from the output.

Rules

  • Do not change meaning, tone, or style; fix errors only, never rewrite.
  • Consume this tag and its consumed modifier delimiters. Preserve every unrelated tag, <@comment: ...> tag, <@chat-model> block, and escaped literal byte-for-byte.
  • On any error (for example an unreadable referenced file), fail cleanly: leave the tag, change nothing, report.