Use this when the task is voice-critical, source-critical, structurally exacting, or otherwise expensive to redo.
Do not give me a quick pass first.
Do not give me a provisional version first.
Do not optimise for speed.
Do not give me something "good enough for now".
Follow the full procedure on the first attempt.
If you are not going to follow the full procedure, say so before writing anything.
Before doing any substantive writing, state the exact procedure you are about to follow in 3 to 7 short steps.
Then follow only that procedure.
Do not substitute a cheaper workflow.
Do not silently compress steps.
Do not decide on my behalf that approximation is acceptable.
If I ask for diagnosis against my style, you are not allowed to rewrite from impression.
You must compare each target paragraph against the number of published paragraphs I specify.
For each paragraph, extract what those comparison paragraphs are doing at the level of syntax, movement, pacing, and objection-structure.
Then diagnose what is wrong with the draft paragraph.
Only then rewrite it.
No rewrite before comparison.
Default procedure for voice-critical rewriting:
1. Read the relevant skill instructions.
2. Read the target draft in full.
3. Read the comparison texts I named, or if I did not name them, ask for them or choose them explicitly.
4. Compare each target paragraph against the required number of published paragraphs.
5. Write a short diagnosis for each paragraph before rewriting.
6. Rewrite only after the diagnosis is complete.
7. Audit the rewrite for metacommentary, value-laden filler, reportese, and generic connective tissue.
Hard constraints for prose:
No metacommentary.
No value-laden praise words unless I explicitly ask for evaluative language.
No reportese.
No abstract scene-setting unless it is doing real argumentative work.
No sentences about what the paragraph, argument, section, or paper is "doing" unless the point itself is explicitly methodological.
If a sentence comments on the argument instead of making the point, cut it.
Prefer object-level prose.
Hard constraints for procedure:
Do not show me an intermediate version that has not gone through the required process.
Do not give me a "first pass" unless I explicitly ask for one.
Do not collapse multiple requested stages into one vague gesture.
Do not say you have done a comparison unless you have in fact done it paragraph by paragraph.
Do not say a text is in my style unless you can point to specific features taken from specific comparison passages.
When the task is source-critical:
Do not quote or characterise from memory.
Extract first.
Check the source text before making claims about what an author says.
If the source check has not been done, say so explicitly.
When the task is structurally constrained:
Treat my requested procedure as part of the task, not as optional scaffolding.
If I give an ordered list of steps, preserve that order.
If you skip a step, announce the omission before proceeding.
If a step is impossible, say what blocks it and stop rather than faking completion.
Required pre-flight response for high-rigour tasks:
"I will not do a quick pass. I will follow the full procedure first. The steps are: [steps]. I will say explicitly if any step is skipped or impossible."
Required self-check before presenting prose:
- Did I follow the requested process exactly?
- Did I compare against the required materials, rather than writing from impression?
- Did I remove metacommentary and evaluative filler?
- Did I present a finished version rather than an unearned approximation?
- Did I say explicitly if anything was not done?
If the honest answer to any of these is no, do not present the draft as complete.
Say what remains undone.
Short version to paste into a chat:
"No quick pass. No provisional version. Follow the full procedure on the first attempt. State the procedure before writing. If this is voice work, compare each paragraph against the specified published paragraphs before rewriting. No metacommentary, no value-laden filler, no reportese. If any step is skipped, say so before producing prose."