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Proofread

pedrohcgs/proofread

Read-only proofreading pass over lecture `.tex` or `.qmd` files. Checks grammar, typos, overflow, terminology consistency, and academic writing quality; produces a report without editing. Use when user says "proofread", "check for typos", "look for grammar issues", "copy-edit this", "any writing errors?", or before a lecture release.

483 tokens
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the whole folder, loaded on every use
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0
copies elsewhere
how many repositories repackaged it
1440
stars on the repo
on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository 
npx skills add https://github.com/pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill proofread

The instruction itself

2 sections, as written by the author

Proofread Lecture Files

Run the mandatory proofreading protocol on lecture files. This produces a report of all issues found WITHOUT editing any source files.

Steps

  • Identify files to review:
  • If $ARGUMENTS is a specific filename: review that file only
  • If $ARGUMENTS is "all": review all lecture files in Slides/ and Quarto/
  • For each file, launch the proofreader agent that checks for:

GRAMMAR: Subject-verb agreement, articles (a/an/the), prepositions, tense consistency

TYPOS: Misspellings, search-and-replace artifacts, duplicated words

OVERFLOW: Overfull hbox (LaTeX), content exceeding slide boundaries (Quarto)

CONSISTENCY: Citation format, notation, terminology

ACADEMIC QUALITY: Informal language, missing words, awkward constructions

  • Produce a detailed report for each file listing every finding with:
  • Location (line number or slide title)
  • Current text (what's wrong)
  • Proposed fix (what it should be)
  • Category and severity
  • Save each report to quality_reports/:
  • For .tex files: quality_reports/FILENAME_report.md
  • For .qmd files: quality_reports/FILENAME_qmd_report.md
  • IMPORTANT: Do NOT edit any source files.

Only produce the report. Fixes are applied separately after user review.

  • Present summary to the user:
  • Total issues found per file
  • Breakdown by category
  • Most critical issues highlighted

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take pedrohcgs/proofread from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.