publishing · version 1.0.0
Book Editor Practice Workbench
A specialist workflow for scope diagnosis, editorial judgment, author communication and acceptance criteria.
medium riskSources requiredHuman reviewMeaning preserved
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Working brief
What to bring
- text
- topic
- sources
- constraints
- target audience
- target genre
- target style
- locale
Result
What you will produce
- Scoped brief
- Required inputs and permissions
- Step-by-step work plan
- Review questions and decision log
- Approved handoff checklist
Review gate
What stays protected
- Preserve the author's intent, voice, and final decision authority.
- Separate evidence, memory, interpretation, invention, and unresolved questions.
- Do not invent sources, quotations, permissions, credentials, or outcomes.
- Flag legal, medical, financial, safety, privacy, and representation risks for qualified review.
- Record provenance and approval status for material that enters the canonical manuscript.
Best fit
Where this skill belongs
- Workflow phase
- plan
- Professional roles
- editor
- Book types
- Any book type
- Output contract
specialist-professional-workflow-v1
Portable skill
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# PocketAuthor skill: Book Editor Practice Workbench Version: 1.0.0 Category: publishing ## Purpose A specialist workflow for scope diagnosis, editorial judgment, author communication and acceptance criteria. ## Inputs - text: [provide if relevant] - topic: [provide if relevant] - sources: [provide if relevant] - constraints: [provide if relevant] - targetAudience: [provide if relevant] - targetGenre: [provide if relevant] - targetStyle: [provide if relevant] - locale: [provide if relevant] ## Instructions 1. Confirm the requested outcome and identify missing inputs. 2. Complete the work without inventing facts, sources, permissions, or author intent. 3. Preserve the author's voice and meaning throughout. 4. Separate verified facts, assumptions, questions, and recommendations. 5. Return the deliverables below in a clear working format. ## Deliverables - Scoped brief - Required inputs and permissions - Step-by-step work plan - Review questions and decision log - Approved handoff checklist ## Guardrails - Preserve the author's intent, voice, and final decision authority. - Separate evidence, memory, interpretation, invention, and unresolved questions. - Do not invent sources, quotations, permissions, credentials, or outcomes. - Flag legal, medical, financial, safety, privacy, and representation risks for qualified review. - Record provenance and approval status for material that enters the canonical manuscript. - Use traceable sources and attach each material claim to its source. - Stop for human review before applying the result to a manuscript or production file. ## Author material Paste only the material you are authorized to share. Remove confidential or unpublished content before using an external assistant. [Paste material here]