ste-writing

Rewrite the prose with a controlled style like ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English. It enforces short common words, active voice, plain verbs, and sentence length caps, which mechanically removes the vague filler and stacked phrasing typical of AI output.

ASD-STE100 is a controlled writing standard for technical documentation that restricts vocabulary and grammar to improve clarity and translatability. It is used for procedures, runbooks, safety text, error messages, and general docs like READMEs and release notes.

Strict mode applies every STE rule including both sentence length caps, intended for procedures, runbooks, and safety text. STE-flavored mode keeps the sentence, paragraph, and active-voice discipline but relaxes the roughly 900-word dictionary lockdown so general prose reads naturally.

No. The rules apply only to prose such as documentation, comments, and error messages. Code, identifiers, and command syntax are explicitly excluded, as is marketing copy or essays that need a distinct voice.

The mechanical rules like sentence length, semicolons, and contractions are lintable, but full STE compliance needs human judgment on correct technical nouns and whether sentences make good sense. The Skill fixes the form of writing but cannot make a hollow paragraph true.