cw-voice-check
Diagnose whether writing matches the active writer, project, publication, and platform voice context, then offer a closer revision. Use when the user asks whether text sounds like them, feels generic, or has drifted from an established voice.
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Install
Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.
npx skills add https://github.com/everyinc/compound-writing --skill cw-voice-check- 01
Install
Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.
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Describe the task
Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads cw-voice-check automatically when relevant.
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Review the result
The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.
SKILL.md
The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.
Voice Check
Evaluate the passage against the voice context that actually governs the assignment.
Load Voice Context
Read ../../references/context-contract.md, then load the relevant maintained voice and style sources it identifies.
Use this authority order for voice work:
- Explicit instructions for the current passage.
- The active writer and project
VOICE.mdfiles. - Project, publication, column, or platform
STYLE.mdand more specific guides. - Relevant curated examples from the active project's
examples/folder. - Legacy
TASTE.md, only when the project still maintains it. - Plugin defaults only for unresolved gaps.
Name the sources used in the assessment. Do not treat plugin defaults as the writer's identity.
Diagnose
Check for:
- sentence architecture and cadence;
- diction and register;
- specificity, scenes, examples, and stakes;
- humor, vulnerability, priors, and distinctive asides;
- publication or platform fit;
- smoothing, generic symmetry, scaffolding, and other AI residue;
- phrases copied too closely from illustrative voice-guide examples.
Preserve intentional rule-breaking when it carries the writer's point of view. Treat examples as evidence for voice rules, not a corpus to imitate.
Output
Provide:
- Voice sources used — the live files or supplied instructions.
- Aligned — the strongest specific matches.
- Drift — the few highest-impact mismatches, quoted precisely.
- Closer revision — a usable rewrite that preserves meaning and authorship.
- Judgment call — any tension between writer voice and publication/platform constraints.
Do not turn the result into a generic style checklist. The test is whether this piece sounds like this writer in this context.
FAQ
What does the cw-voice-check skill do?
Diagnose whether writing matches the active writer, project, publication, and platform voice context, then offer a closer revision. Use when the user asks whether text sounds like them, feels generic, or has drifted from an established voice.
How do I install cw-voice-check?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/everyinc/compound-writing --skill cw-voice-check in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/cw-voice-check/ (personal) or .claude/skills/cw-voice-check/ (project).
Which AI agents can use cw-voice-check?
Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.
Is cw-voice-check safe to install?
No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.
Who maintains cw-voice-check?
It is published by everyinc in everyinc/compound-writing. It has 211 recorded installs.
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