content-style

Content Style Reference

This skill provides style rules for content creation and review. All rules come from the project's configured guidelines file — nothing is hardcoded here.

Config Loading

Before applying any style rules, verify the following are present in .content-ops/config.md. Stop immediately if any are missing:

Required	Config key	If missing
Config file	.content-ops/config.md exists	"Run cp .claude/plugins/content-ops/config.example.md .content-ops/config.md then /init."
Word range	content_types.<type>.word_range	"Run /init content-types to configure content types."
Guidelines list	content_types.<type>.guidelines (must be a non-empty list)	"Run /init style to generate your style guides."
General guide exists	.content-ops/content-styles/general.md exists on disk	"Run /init style — general style guide not found."
Type-specific guide exists	The type-specific guide from the list exists on disk	"Run /init style — no structure guide found for [type]."
Reference content	reference_content	"Run /init style to configure reference content."

Applying Style Rules

Read the content_types.<type>.guidelines list from config. This is a list of file paths.

Loading order:

1. Ensure .content-ops/content-styles/general.md is in the list. If missing, add it — the general guide is always loaded regardless of what the config lists.
2. Load general.md first. This file is the authoritative source for cross-cutting style rules: voice, tone, jargon policy, anti-patterns, and examples.
3. Load the type-specific guide (the other file in the list, e.g., content-styles/article.md). This file is the authoritative source for structural rules: sentence length, paragraph density, opening/closing conventions.
4. Present both to the calling agent as a unified rule set.

Apply only the rules defined in the loaded files. Do not apply rules not present in the guidelines.

Read the files in reference_content to calibrate tone before writing or reviewing.

Frontmatter

Frontmatter fields per content type come from content_types.<type>.frontmatter in config, set during /init content-types.

Linking

Linking review and enforcement is handled by the content-linker agent, not by this skill.