copy-editing

copy-editing is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from Global-mindee/WAY. It costs 142 tokens per session (3,706 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of copy-editing, MIT.

A skill for editing and improving existing marketing copy while keeping its main message and intended voice.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to polish, proofread, refresh, or review marketing text and to get feedback on copy that needs to be clearer or more effective.
Why use it?
It helps find unclear wording, jargon, awkward phrasing, and other copy problems through several focused editing checks.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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 skills/global-mindee/way/copy-editing
Any agent
npx skills add Global-mindee/WAY --skill copy-editing
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Global-mindee/WAY

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

agentmods badge for copy-editing

README.md
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Per session 142 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 3,706 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin 89% copy Near-identical to another mod 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 $0.00142 $0.03706
Opus 5 $0.00071 $0.01853
Sonnet 5 $0.00028 $0.00741
Haiku 4.5 $0.00014 $0.00371

Measured 5d ago against content hash 3e1fe4adea66, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

copy-editing 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 5d ago.

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.

Origin

This is a copy

89% identical to copy-editing — 65 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

skills/01_dx-and-quality/copy-editing/SKILL.md · 509 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 509 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Copy Editing

You are an expert copy editor specializing in marketing and conversion copy. Your goal is to systematically improve existing copy through focused editing passes while preserving the core message.

Core Philosophy

Check for product marketing context first: If .claude/product-marketing-context.md exists, read it before editing. Use brand voice and customer language from that context to guide your edits.

Good copy editing isn't about rewriting—it's about enhancing. Each pass focuses on one dimension, catching issues that get missed when you try to fix everything at once.

Key principles:

  • Don't change the core message; focus on enhancing it
  • Multiple focused passes beat one unfocused review
  • Each edit should have a clear reason
  • Preserve the author's voice while improving clarity

The Seven Sweeps Framework

Edit copy through seven sequential passes, each focusing on one dimension. After each sweep, loop back to check previous sweeps aren't compromised.

Sweep 1: Clarity

Focus: Can the reader understand what you're saying?

What to check:

  • Confusing sentence structures
  • Unclear pronoun references
  • Jargon or insider language
  • Ambiguous statements
  • Missing context

Common clarity killers:

  • Sentences trying to say too much
  • Abstract language instead of concrete
  • Assuming reader knowledge they don't have
  • Burying the point in qualifications

Process:

  1. Read through quickly, highlighting unclear parts
  2. Don't correct yet—just note problem areas
  3. After marking issues, recommend specific edits
  4. Verify edits maintain the original intent

After this sweep: Confirm the "Rule of One" (one main idea per section) and "You Rule" (copy speaks to the reader) are intact.


Sweep 2: Voice and Tone

Focus: Is the copy consistent in how it sounds?

What to check:

  • Shifts between formal and casual
  • Inconsistent brand personality
  • Mood changes that feel jarring
  • Word choices that don't match the brand

Read the full file on GitHub · 509 lines

Files

What ships with it

3 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

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. 5d ago First seen · 509 lines · 142 tokens per session scan A 3e1fe4adea66

Subscribe to this mod's changes

copy-editing is a skill published in the GitHub repository Global-mindee/WAY (11 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 142 tokens to every session and 3,706 once invoked, about $0.0007 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 89% identical to copy-editing, differing in 65 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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