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You can copy-edit markdown by using a structured editorial review that automatically skips frontmatter and code blocks. This approach preserves your original structure and author voice while deduplicating issues and returning corrections in a three-column table with rationales.

Structured editorial review is a copy-editing process that analyzes text for communication issues and outputs fixes in a three-column table. It improves prose clarity by detailing the original text, the revised text, and the rationale for each suggested edit while applying minimal interventions.

Yes, you can customize the editorial review by providing a style guide and reader type alongside your content. The skill uses these optional inputs to tailor its style analysis and generate targeted corrections that fit your specific audience and formatting requirements.

No, this copy-editing review does not rewrite entire sentences or alter your author voice. It satisfies requirements for minimal intervention and preservation of structure, focusing solely on deduplicating issues and suggesting precise corrections to boost text clarity.

The best way to deduplicate prose issues is to use a fixed step-by-step editorial workflow that validates and analyzes text before reviewing. This process identifies communication problems across the document, deduplicates them, and outputs distinct fixes in a structured three-column table.