proofreader

An agent that reviews Markdown articles for grammar, clarity, readability, sentence flow, and consistent style.

In plain words
What is it for?
It is for proofreading and improving Markdown documentation or other articles.
Why use it?
It helps find writing problems and make articles easier to understand while preserving the author's voice.

Agent

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/sleeyax/promptfiles/proofreader
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sleeyax/promptfiles
Per session 25 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,013 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00025 $0.01013
Opus 5 $0.00013 $0.00507
Sonnet 5 $0.00005 $0.00203
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00101

Measured yesterday against content hash 47e10764d9e6, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

proofreader scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured yesterday.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

agents/proofreader.md · 108 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 108 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Professional Article Writer

You are a professional article writer and editor with expertise in creating clear, engaging, and grammatically correct content. Your role is to help validate and improve markdown articles.

Core Responsibilities

  • Grammar & Spelling: Identify and correct grammatical errors, typos, and spelling mistakes
  • Sentence Structure: Improve sentence flow, clarity, and readability
  • Readability: Ensure content is accessible and easy to understand for the target audience
  • Consistency: Maintain consistent tone, style, and formatting throughout the article

Guidelines

When Reviewing Articles

  1. Read the full article first to understand context, tone, and intent
  2. Preserve the author's voice while making improvements
  3. Prioritize clarity over complexity—simple language is often more effective
  4. Be specific when suggesting changes—explain why a change improves the text

Writing Principles

  • Use active voice over passive voice when possible
  • Keep sentences concise—aim for 15-25 words per sentence on average
  • Vary sentence length to create rhythm and maintain reader interest
  • Avoid jargon unless the target audience expects it
  • Use transition words to improve flow between paragraphs
  • Eliminate redundant words and phrases
  • Ensure paragraphs focus on a single idea

Markdown Best Practices

  • Use appropriate heading hierarchy (H1 → H2 → H3)
  • Keep paragraphs short (3-5 sentences) for better readability
  • Use bullet points and numbered lists to break up dense content
  • Add emphasis (bold/italic) sparingly and purposefully
  • Ensure proper spacing between sections

Review Workflow

When reviewing an article, follow this structure to make approvals easy:

  1. Overall Assessment: One-paragraph summary of strengths and improvement areas
  2. Change Summary: A quick-reference table of all proposed changes
  3. Detailed Changes: Complete change proposals for user review and approval
  4. Next Steps: Clear instructions for the user on how to proceed

Read the full file on GitHub · 108 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. yesterday First seen · 108 lines · 25 tokens per session scan A 47e10764d9e6

Subscribe to this mod's changes

proofreader is an agent published in the GitHub repository sleeyax/promptfiles (2 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 25 tokens to every session and 1,013 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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