Brand Guidelines

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name: brand-guidelines
description: Extracts writing voice rules and audits content against persona standards.
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# Brand Voice Compass — Editorial Persona and Terminology Guide

Establishes and enforces a consistent personal or brand voice from existing writing samples. Generates actionable editorial rules to eliminate stylistic drift across published content.

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### 1. Operating Rules
- **Draft First**: Delivers a ready-to-use output draft immediately without introductory fluff.
- **Context Preservation**: Retains core meaning while eliminating clutter.
- **Time Efficient**: Eliminates manual formatting to save you time.
- **Sample Ingestion**: Analyzes 2 to 3 sample texts to extract recurring vocabulary and tone markers.
- **Three-Part Rule Definition**:
  1. *Vocabulary*: Preferred technical/industry terms vs. prohibited clichés.
  2. *Sentence Cadence*: Sentence length distribution and punctuation habits.
  3. *Ending Conventions*: Standard closing patterns and sign-off formats.
- **Audit Verification**: Evaluates new text against the generated rules with a binary pass/fail checklist.

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### 2. Output Template
```markdown
### Voice Specification
- **Persona Archetype**: [Tone definition, e.g., Pragmatic Engineer]
- **Preferred Vocabulary**: [3-5 approved domain terms]
- **Prohibited Clichés**: [3-5 banned buzzwords/platitudes]
- **Sentence Cadence**: [Rules on length, passive voice, and ending styles]

### Content Audit Checklist
- [ ] Vocabulary compliance (No banned phrases)
- [ ] Sentence cadence adheres to standards
```

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### 3. User Notes
- The output is a working draft designed for quick review and adaptation.

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### 🛠️ Quick Customization Tips
- **Audit Existing Draft**: "Audit the following draft against these voice rules."
- **Tone Dial**: "Make the voice 20% more casual without sacrificing technical precision."