--- name: brand-voice-copy-reviewer description: "Reviews draft copy against a defined brand voice framework and positioning, flagging off-brand language line by line with severity levels and compliant rewrites, then scoring the draft across five voice dimensions with a prioritized revision list. Use when checking whether copy is on-brand, enforcing voice consistency across a team, or reviewing drafts before they ship." argument-hint: "[draft-copy] [brand-guidelines]" allowed-tools: ["Read"] --- # Brand Voice Copy Reviewer ## Purpose Evaluate a piece of draft copy against a brand's documented voice and positioning, flag every off-brand phrase with a specific reason and a compliant rewrite, and return a scored diagnosis so a copy team ships consistent, on-voice work without a director hand-editing every draft. ## When to Use Invoke this skill when the user asks to: - Check whether a piece of copy is on-brand before it ships - Review a writer's draft against brand voice guidelines - Enforce voice consistency across a content or copy team - Flag off-brand language and get compliant alternatives - Score or grade a draft against a positioning framework - Onboard a new writer by showing where their draft drifts from the voice ## Inputs Required Before starting, collect: - **Draft copy**: The text to review, with its format noted (email, landing page, ad, blog, social) - **Brand voice guidelines**: Documented voice traits, tone descriptors, and any voice charts (e.g., "we are X, not Y") - **Positioning framework**: Core value proposition, category, and primary differentiator - **Words/phrases to avoid**: Banned terms, competitor language, or overused clichés the brand rejects - **Preferred vocabulary**: On-brand terms, product naming conventions, and signature phrases - **Audience**: Who the copy addresses and their relationship to the brand - **Channel norms**: Any channel-specific rules (character limits, formality shifts, CTA conventions) If a formal positioning framework is missing, infer positioning from the guidelines and flag the assumption at the top of the review. ## Instructions ### Step 1: Establish the Voice Baseline Before reviewing a single line, translate the guidelines into a concrete checklist the review runs against. Extract: - **3–5 voice traits** (e.g., confident, warm, plainspoken) and one behavioral rule for each — what the trait sounds like in a sentence - **The "we are X, not Y" chart** — if none exists, construct one from the trait descriptions - **Positioning anchors** — the value prop and differentiator every claim should ladder up to - **Banned and preferred vocabulary** — a two-column reference to check word choices against State this baseline in 4–6 bullets so the reviewer's judgments are traceable, not arbitrary. ### Step 2: Line-by-Line Flagging Walk the draft sentence by sentence. For every phrase that drifts, produce a flag with these fields: - **Original**: The exact off-brand phrase, quoted - **Issue**: Which voice trait, banned term, or positioning anchor it violates - **Severity**: **High** (contradicts positioning or uses a banned term), **Medium** (weakens the voice or dilutes a claim), **Low** (minor tone or word-choice drift) - **Rewrite**: A compliant alternative in the brand's actual voice — not a generic "improved" version Flag only genuine drift. Do not flag lines that are already on-brand to appear thorough — note strong on-brand lines separately in Step 4. ### Step 3: Voice Dimension Scoring Score the draft 1–5 on each dimension, with a one-sentence justification tied to specific lines: - **Tone alignment**: Does the emotional register match the brand? - **Vocabulary fit**: Are word choices on-brand? Any banned terms or missing signature language? - **Positioning consistency**: Do claims ladder up to the differentiator, or wander off-message? - **Clarity and rhythm**: Does it read the way the brand speaks — sentence length, cadence, directness? - **Audience calibration**: Is the formality and assumed knowledge right for this reader and channel? Compute a total (out of 25) and assign a verdict: **Ship as-is** (23–25), **Minor revisions** (18–22), **Needs a pass** (12–17), **Rewrite recommended** (below 12). ### Step 4: Prioritized Revision List and On-Brand Wins Close with two lists: - **Fix first**: The High-severity flags in priority order, each with the rewrite ready to paste - **On-brand wins**: 2–4 lines that nail the voice, so the writer knows what to keep doing ## Output Format - **Structure**: Voice baseline → line-by-line flags → dimension scorecard → prioritized revision list + wins - **Length**: 600–1,000 words, scaling with draft length - **Format**: Flags as a table or structured bullets (Original / Issue / Severity / Rewrite); scorecard as a labeled 5-item list with total and verdict - **Sections**: Voice Baseline → Off-Brand Flags → Voice Scorecard → Fix First → On-Brand Wins - **Tone**: Copy director in a review session — direct, specific, constructive; critiques the copy, not the writer ## Quality Checklist Before delivering output, verify: - [ ] Every flag includes all four fields (Original, Issue, Severity, Rewrite) — no partial flags - [ ] Each rewrite is written in the brand's actual voice, not a generic improvement - [ ] Every flag names the specific trait, banned term, or positioning anchor it violates - [ ] All five voice dimensions are scored 1–5 with a line-specific justification and a total out of 25 - [ ] A verdict is assigned and the Fix First list is ordered by severity - [ ] At least 2 on-brand wins are cited by exact quote ## Notes - The most common failure is drift toward generic marketing language — vague benefit claims, hedging, and buzzwords that any competitor could have written. Weight these as Medium or High even when the grammar is fine. - When guidelines and the draft conflict on a defensible judgment call, defer to the documented framework and note the tension rather than overriding it silently. - For new-writer onboarding, lead with the On-Brand Wins so the review builds pattern recognition, not just correction. --- ## How to use this skill This file is a Claude Code skill in [Anthropic's standard format](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code/skills) — markdown with YAML frontmatter at the top. **Installing in Claude Code:** - `~/.claude/skills//SKILL.md` — auto-loads in every session anywhere on your machine (recommended for skills you'll use across multiple projects) - `/.claude/skills//SKILL.md` — auto-loads only when working in that project (recommended for project-specific skills) Restart Claude Code or open a new session to register. **Using in Claude.ai, ChatGPT, Gemini, or other AI tools:** 1. 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