bmad-editorial-review-prose

To review markdown prose for clarity, the Skill identifies communication issues and recommends minimal revisions without changing meaning. It returns edits in a three-column table showing the original text, revised text, and the reason for the change.

Yes, you can use this for copy editing text-heavy XML or plain text documentation. The Skill applies editorial review to markdown, plain text, and text-heavy XML while preserving the author's structure and voice.

The best way to clean up technical writing for an LLM reader is to use the Skill's reader-type handling feature. It processes prose specifically for humans or llm, ensuring clearer machine-readable wording without altering the intended message.

The editorial review does not rewrite your entire article; it suggests the smallest possible fixes. It identifies grammar issues and ambiguous phrasing, recommending minimal-change revisions instead of rewriting for style preference or restructuring the text.

Suggested prose revisions are formatted as structured output for review. The Skill returns a three-column table showing the original text, the revised text, and the reason for the change, making it easy to evaluate each edit.

Markup tags will not be modified during the editorial review process. The Skill features markup skipping and input validation to ensure the preservation of document structure and voice while deduplicating repeated issues.