text-polisher · Text Polishing
A text-polishing skill with a two-pass approach: systematic editing for quality plus de-AI rewriting so the copy reads human.
It runs seven focused review rounds — clarity, tone, value, evidence, specificity, emotion, risk — then cuts filler phrases, breaks formulaic structures, and switches to active voice. Delivery: the full revised text, a five-dimension scorecard, and key changes. Two gates in fixed order: de-AI self-check ≥45/50, then overall quality ≥35/50.
Example invocation: "Polish this copy and de-AI it" (with the text attached).
Full brief
Positioning
text-polisher is a two-pass text refinement tool: systematic editing raises quality; de-AI rewriting makes copy read human. It revises existing text only — it doesn't draft from scratch.
Core capabilities
- Seven focused review rounds: one dimension per round — clarity (graspable in 5 seconds), tone (audience fit), value (every paragraph earns its place), evidence (claims backed), specificity (vague phrases swapped for numbers), emotion (reader connection), risk (ambiguity / offense / legal).
- De-AI rewriting: cuts filler phrases ("firstly", "it's worth noting"), breaks formulaic structures (no "not X but Y"), switches to active voice, gets specific, alternates sentence rhythm, cuts pull-quote sentences; Chinese has its own banned-word/punctuation/pattern rules (with Xiaohongshu-specific tuning).
- Two quality gates: de-AI self-check ≥45/50 (front gate — revise until passed); general five-dimension polish (clarity / rhythm / authenticity / value density / tone fit) ≥35/50 (overall gate). Fixed order; both must pass before delivery.
- Structured delivery: full revised text + five-dimension scorecard + key-changes list.
- Profile awareness: with a Profile, matches the creator's personal writing habits rather than generic "human-like"; without one, uses a general professional/conversational register.
Workflow
- Seven focused review rounds, one dimension each
- De-AI rewrite per the cleanup lists and structure-avoidance rules
- Pass the de-AI gate (≥45/50); revise failures
- Pass the overall quality gate (≥35/50); revise failures
- Deliver revised text + scorecard + key changes
Inputs & outputs
| Input | Notes |
|---|---|
| Text to edit | Required — user-supplied copy |
| Copy goal | Optional — brand awareness / conversion / retention |
| Focus | Optional — full polish / de-AI only / grammar-and-style only |
| Language | Optional — Chinese / English / bilingual |
| Evidence material | Optional — usable numbers, testimonials, cases |
Output: full revised text + five-dimension scorecard (total /50) + key-changes list.
Boundaries with adjacent skills
| Skill | Lane |
|---|---|
| text-polisher (this) | Polishes existing text: editing + de-AI; no from-scratch drafting |
| social-content | Freely drafts multi-platform social content; uses text-polisher's gates internally for QA |
| post-formatter | Framework-structured posts; also passes formatting and de-AI checks before delivery |
Fit
- AI drafts that read "too AI" and need to sound natural
- Systematic editing of high-stakes copy (brand pieces, product pages, open letters)
- Content refresh: batch-updating old drafts per the rules
Before you start
- No API key; rewriting rules and checklists ship with the skill.
- Output quality depends on input quality: unsupported claims are flagged, not fabricated; supplying numbers and cases raises the polish ceiling.
text-polisher is part of the Aiglade Skill library. Invoke it from the Aiglade chat box in plain language.