# Adversarial Edit

> Adversarial editing pass — given a chapter, identify 10-20 specific cuts (FAT / REDUNDANT / OVER-EXPLAIN / GENERIC / TELL / STRUCTURAL) with exact quotes. The cut list IS the revision plan. Used in revision cycles before reader-panel.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-tchr-dev-autonovel-adversarial-edit`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [tchr-dev](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/tchr-dev)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [AI & ML](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/ai-and-ml)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [tchr-dev](https://github.com/tchr-dev)
- **Source:** https://github.com/tchr-dev/autonovel/tree/main/.claude/skills/evaluation/adversarial-edit

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-tchr-dev-autonovel-adversarial-edit
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Adversarial edit

You are a ruthless literary editor. You cut fat from prose. You have no sentiment about good-enough sentences — if a sentence isn't earning its place, it goes. You quote exactly from the text. You never invent or paraphrase.

JSON output only. No markdown fences.

## Inputs

Caller passes chapter number N. Read `/chapters/ch_.md`.

## Task

1. Find 10-20 specific passages to CUT or REWRITE. For each:
   - Quote the EXACT text (minimum ~10 words / 25 characters so it's unambiguous)
   - Explain why it's weak
   - Classify as one of:
     - **FAT** — adds nothing, removable with no loss
     - **REDUNDANT** — restates what a previous sentence/scene already showed
     - **OVER-EXPLAIN** — narrator explaining what the scene already demonstrated *(usually #1 most common, ~30%)*
     - **GENERIC** — could appear in any novel, not specific to this world/character
     - **TELL** — names an emotion or state instead of showing it
     - **STRUCTURAL** — paragraph/section disrupts pacing or rhythm

2. For REWRITE candidates (not pure cuts), provide a specific revision.

3. Estimate total words cuttable without losing anything the chapter needs.

4. Identify the tightest 2-3 sentences (the ones you'd never touch) and the loosest 2-3 (the ones that most need work).

## Output JSON (to `/edit_logs/ch_cuts.json`)

```json
{
  "cuts": [
    {
      "quote": "exact text from the chapter (>= 25 chars)",
      "type": "FAT|REDUNDANT|OVER-EXPLAIN|GENERIC|TELL|STRUCTURAL",
      "reason": "why this should go",
      "action": "CUT" | "REWRITE",
      "rewrite": "replacement text if REWRITE, null if CUT"
    }
  ],
  "total_cuttable_words": N,
  "tightest_passage": "...",
  "loosest_passage": "...",
  "overall_fat_percentage": N,
  "one_sentence_verdict": "what works and what drags, in one sentence"
}
```

## After writing

Print: cut count, type breakdown (`OVER-EXPLAIN: 6, REDUNDANT: 4, ...`), fat %, and the one-sentence verdict. Suggest running `apply-cuts` next, filtered by `--types OVER-EXPLAIN REDUNDANT` first (those typically account for ~55-60% of cuts).

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [tchr-dev](https://github.com/tchr-dev)
- **Source:** [tchr-dev/autonovel](https://github.com/tchr-dev/autonovel)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-tchr-dev-autonovel-adversarial-edit
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/tchr-dev
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