bmad-editorial-review-prose

To review prose for clarity without altering meaning, apply minimal edits that fix communication issues impeding comprehension. This process identifies specific problem areas and suggests precise revisions while preserving the author's original intent and ideas.

Yes, copyediting can safely process markdown files by skipping code blocks, frontmatter, and structural markup. The review targets only text-heavy inputs, ensuring that structural elements and code snippets remain exactly as written.

The best way to present suggested text revisions is a three-column table format showing the original text, revised text, and change rationale. This structured output allows readers to quickly compare differences and understand why each edit was made.

Yes, editorial review works with XML text-heavy inputs, as well as markdown and plain text. The process skips structural markup and focuses entirely on reviewing the prose content to identify and resolve communication issues.

If text does not meet minimum requirements for prose clarity review, the process triggers a halt behavior and stops. It requires validation of content length and reader_type before proceeding with deduplication and conflict-free merging of fixes.