wtf is prose-revision-skill-ht-anthony-lee-zhang?

This project is a Claude Skill, a packaged set of instructions that teaches Claude how to revise draft prose such as essays, papers, memos, and reports. Its guiding idea is that structure should be fixed before wording, meaning the order and emphasis of ideas matters more at first than making individual sentences sound nice. When this skill is active, Claude treats awkward writing as a sign that the structure is off, not just that the phrasing needs polishing. It works at every level, from individual sentences up through paragraphs, sections, and the whole piece, fixing the bigger structural problems before rewriting inside paragraphs. It also tries to lead with the main claim of a piece and push any qualifications after the point they modify, so a reader is not kept waiting to find out what the author is actually arguing. The skill is deliberately conservative about content. It aims to preserve the author's own voice and the strength of their claims, so it will not turn a cautious word like suggests into a stronger word like shows. When it revises a draft, it can offer versions that differ in how much they restructure the piece, ranging from light touch-ups to a full rebuild, along with a note on what is gained or lost with each option. If a draft already reads well, the skill is meant to say so rather than invent unnecessary edits. This tool is meant to be distinct from proofreading. It focuses on getting the structure and flow of a rough draft into shape, while catching typos and doing final copy-editing is left for a separate, later pass. It is installed by uploading it as a Skill inside Claude's settings, and once installed, Claude uses it automatically whenever someone asks for help revising prose. The project builds on an existing prose-revision approach by Anthony Lee Zhang and is released under the MIT license.