# jev-prose

The skill runs your draft through the jev-prose CLI, gets a report on narrow AI-writing patterns, and revises from that feedback. Useful while drafting paragraphs.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 2020
- Author: pchalasani
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/pchalasani/claude-code-tools/tree/HEAD/packages/jev-prose/src/jev_prose/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/jev-prose

## What it does

The skill drives the `jev-prose` CLI, which returns independent probabilistic editorial feedback. It flags patterns, not authorship. You keep the editorial decisions.

The loop is bounded. Save the exact draft to a UTF-8 file, then run `jev-prose check draft.txt --profile general > report.json`. Read the report even when the command exits 1 — that means findings, not a failed call. You need `ran: true`, `ok: true` and `answered` matching the expected count. Exit 2, missing output or malformed JSON stops the loop as an error. At most three revisions and four checks are allowed, and the last revision always gets checked.

Authentication defaults to `CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID` and `CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN`, or an existing sysone account with a Wrangler login. Text and optional context go to the hosted Jev backend, so keep secrets out of the draft. An auth or billing failure stops the loop. There is a 24,000-character input limit and silent truncation is not allowed. No automatic hook is installed; the workflow runs when invoked.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pchalasani/claude-code-tools --skill jev_prose -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/jev_prose/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/jev_prose/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pchalasani/claude-code-tools --skill jev_prose -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/jev_prose/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pchalasani/claude-code-tools --skill jev_prose -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/jev_prose/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install pchalasani/claude-code-tools jev_prose
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/jev_prose/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pchalasani/claude-code-tools --skill jev_prose -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/pchalasani/claude-code-tools --path packages/jev-prose/src/jev_prose
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/jev_prose/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pchalasani/claude-code-tools --skill jev_prose -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/pchalasani/claude-code-tools/tree/HEAD/packages/jev-prose/src/jev_prose/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- strip template AI phrasing from a finished paragraph
- run a draft through an outside check and get a report
- revise from feedback without losing facts or quotations
- tell real findings apart from false positives
- check the final revision instead of leaving it unchecked

## Example prompts
- check this paragraph with jev-prose and suggest revisions
- run the section draft through jev-prose check and show me the report
- set up a check-and-revise loop for this text, three revisions max

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: jev-prose
description: >-
  Check prose with Jev for narrow AI-writing patterns and revise from its
  feedback. Use when asked for Jev prose checks, AI-pattern cleanup, or an
  ongoing check-and-rewrite loop while writing sentences or paragraphs.
---

# Jev prose check and revision

Use the `jev-prose` CLI to get independent, probabilistic editorial feedback.
It checks patterns, not authorship. The writer makes the editorial decisions.

## Setup

Run `jev-prose --help` to check availability. From a claude-code-tools checkout,
install with `uv tool install ./packages/jev-prose`. The package carries the
persistent question bank; no global skill source paths are needed at runtime.
If no checkout or installed CLI is available, report that prerequisite rather
than substituting self-review for a Jev result.

Default authentication is `CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID` and `CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN`,
or an existing sysone account configuration and Wrangler login. The backend is
hosted Jev; the text and optional context are sent there. A configured alternative
can be selected with `--backend typesafe` or `--url` and `--model`. Do not print
secrets. An authentication or billing failure stops the loop.

## Bounded loop

For each requested sentence, paragraph, or short section:

1. Save the exact draft in a temporary UTF-8 file. Keep the original and track
   the revision count (initial draft is attempt 0). Preserve the user's intended
   facts, names, numbers, citations, caveats, voice, and literal quotations.
2. Run `jev-prose check draft.txt --profile general > report.json`. For papers,
   specifications, and formal technical prose use `--profile formal`. Use
   `strict` only when requested; it adds personal editorial preferences.
   Optional `--audience`, `--voice`, and `--context context.txt` help avoid false
   positives. Keep these settings and the threshold fixed throughout the loop.
3. Read the report even when the command exits 1: that means findings, not a
   failed call. Require `ran: true`, `ok: true`, and `answered == expected`.
   Exit 2, missing output, malformed JSON, or an incomplete check stops the loop
   as an error; never label the draft clean in those cases.
4. If `status` is `clean`, stop. Otherwise inspect the flagged questions and
   guidance against the actual draft. A high probability is not a command to
   edit: dismiss an inapplicable flag with a brief reason. Jev provides no
   evidence spans; locate the passage yourself without pretending it supplied
   an exact quote. Combine overlapping findings into one targeted revision.
5. If no useful revision follows, stop and disclose the unresolved or dismissed
```
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