simplify-technical-writing

Invoke the skill with no argument to rewrite the previous response, pass a file path to rewrite that file in place, or paste text directly as the argument. The output follows ASD-STE100 rules for voice, tense, sentence length, and vocabulary.

ASD-STE100 is a controlled language specification that restricts vocabulary and grammar to make technical text unambiguous. This skill applies its core rules: active voice, simple tenses, one topic per sentence, and limits of 20 words per instruction and 25 per descriptive sentence.

No. A fidelity contract requires every claim, number, condition, and qualifier to survive the rewrite. Code blocks, commands, identifiers, and quoted material are verbatim zones copied exactly, with STE rules not applied inside them.

Fidelity outranks form: the skill keeps the information, breaks the rule, and records the deviation. The output ends with a deviations list documenting each place where preserving meaning forced a rule violation.

Yes. When the argument is a path to an existing file, the skill reads the full file content and writes the rewrite back to the same path, then reports the path. Document structure such as headings, tables, and links is preserved.