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Editing.FullPass.prompt

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editing-fullpass-prompt.prompt

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---
model: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (copilot)
agent: DocsEditor
description: "Performs comprehensive editing pass following Microsoft Style Guide"
---

# Article Editing Instructions

Examine and edit the entire article, including front matter, for clarity, conciseness, grammar, spelling, and adherence to Microsoft Style Guide standards.

## EDITING - FINAL VALIDATION - MANDATORY CHECKS

After editing, you MUST verify:
- [ ] ALL passive voice converted to active voice
- [ ] ALL "you can/should" converted to imperative mood
- [ ] ALL future tense converted to present tense for descriptions
- [ ] ALL contractions added where appropriate
- [ ] ALL verbose phrases simplified
- [ ] ALL weak constructions eliminated
- [ ] ALL ambiguous "this" pronoun uses replaced with explicit nouns
- [ ] Content maintains technical accuracy
- [ ] Tone is conversational and helpful
- [ ] Sentences are concise and scannable
- [ ] Formatting follows conventions
- [ ] No consecutive headings without content
- [ ] Code blocks are unchanged (except comments if needed)

when to use it

Community prompt sourced from the open-source GitHub repo ItamarZand88/awesome-agent-conventions (MIT). A "Editing.FullPass.prompt" style prompt — adapt the placeholders and specifics to your task. Imported as-is and not independently retested here, so check the output before relying on it.