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title: Content Improvement Protocol
description: The 6-step order of operations for improving any draft — slop removal first, then specificity, technical depth, performance trimming, safety, and voice verification.
source: skills/tier-3-content-ops/improvement-protocol.md
updated: 2026-07-02
order: 2
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# Content Improvement Protocol

When improving drafts:

1. **Remove AI slop first**: Em-dashes, authority phrases, false dichotomies
2. **Add specificity**: Replace "a client" with concrete details
3. **Show technical depth**: Column names, formulas, actual implementations
4. **Trim performance**: Delete anything that sounds like "content"
5. **Check safety**: Pattern vs. person, ecosystem protection
6. **Verify voice**: Does this sound like the builder you, or the corporate you?