# proofreader-api

A skill that walks an agent through browser Proofreader API integration: availability checks, model download monitoring, proofreading and correction handling. Useful when adding built-in proofreading to a web app.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 470 installs · ★ 52
- Author: webmaxru
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/webmaxru/web-ai-agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/proofreader-api/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-29
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/proofreader-api

## What it does

The skill runs the agent through five steps. First it inspects the workspace for browser entry points and runs `node scripts/find-proofreader-targets.mjs .` to inventory likely frontend files and existing Proofreader API markers. Then it reads the `references/` docs on API options, examples, browser compatibility and troubleshooting.

Next the agent adapts `assets/proofreader-session.template.ts` to your framework and gates session creation behind `Proofreader.availability()`. Sessions are created only after user activation when the browser may need to download a model, and download progress goes through the `monitor` option. Cancellation uses `AbortController`, and a session must be destroyed with `destroy()` once the UI is done with it.

One hard limit: the Proofreader API is window-only, so it will not run in a worker or on a server. It also needs a secure context and the `proofreader` permissions-policy feature — a blocked frame throws `NotAllowedError`. For browsers without support, the skill insists on a non-AI fallback.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add webmaxru/web-ai-agent-skills --skill proofreader-api -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add webmaxru/web-ai-agent-skills --skill proofreader-api -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add webmaxru/web-ai-agent-skills --skill proofreader-api -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install webmaxru/web-ai-agent-skills proofreader-api
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add webmaxru/web-ai-agent-skills --skill proofreader-api -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/webmaxru/web-ai-agent-skills --path skills/proofreader-api
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add webmaxru/web-ai-agent-skills --skill proofreader-api -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/webmaxru/web-ai-agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/proofreader-api/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- check whether the browser supports the Proofreader API
- create a proofreading session after user activation
- show model download progress in the UI
- parse the corrections array and render diffs
- cancel a long proofread with AbortController

## Example prompts
- Add built-in proofreading to the editor with the Proofreader API
- Check Proofreader availability and create a session with download monitoring
- Debug a NotAllowedError thrown when creating a proofreading session

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: proofreader-api
description: Implements and debugs browser Proofreader API integrations in JavaScript or TypeScript web apps. Use when adding Proofreader availability checks, monitored model downloads, proofread flows, correction metadata handling, or permissions-policy checks for built-in proofreading. Don't use for generic prompt engineering, server-side LLM SDKs, or cloud AI services.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: webmaxru
  version: "1.4"
---

# Proofreader API

## Procedures

**Step 1: Identify the browser integration surface**
1. Inspect the workspace for browser entry points, editor or form UI handlers, and any existing built-in AI abstraction layer.
2. Execute `node scripts/find-proofreader-targets.mjs .` to inventory likely frontend files and existing Proofreader API markers when a Node runtime is available.
3. If a Node runtime is unavailable, inspect the nearest `package.json`, HTML entry point, and framework bootstrap files manually to identify the browser app boundary.
4. If the workspace contains multiple frontend apps, prefer the app that contains the active text-entry route, editor component, or user-requested proofreading surface.
5. If the inventory still leaves multiple plausible frontend targets, stop and ask which app should receive the Proofreader API integration.
6. If the project is not a browser web app, stop and explain that this skill does not apply.

**Step 2: Confirm API viability and option shape**
1. Read `references/proofreader-reference.md` before writing code.
2. Read `references/examples.md` when the feature needs session creation, download monitoring, result rendering, or quota-aware preflight.
3. Read `references/compatibility.md` when preview flags, browser channels, hardware requirements, iframe constraints, or browser-specific option gaps matter.
4. Read `references/troubleshooting.md` when feature detection, availability, creation, or proofreading fails.
5. Verify that the feature runs in a secure `Window` context and that the current frame is allowed to use the `proofreader` permissions-policy feature.
6. Match `availability()` and `create()` option shapes exactly, especially for `expectedInputLanguages`, `includeCorrectionTypes`, `includeCorrectionExplanations`, and `correctionExplanationLanguage` when the target browser supports them.
7. If the feature must run in a worker, on the server, or through a generic text-generation interface, stop and explain the platform mismatch.
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