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How it works
Ask Eleanor something hard.
📎 eleanor-editor-proofreader.skillLOADED ✓
Here's Chapter 3 of my thriller manuscript. Line-edit it for pacing and clarity, then flag any continuity issues with earlier chapters.
CLAUDE · AS ELEANOR, MANUSCRIPT EDITOREleanor returns the edited chapter with inline suggestions for clarity and pacing, a short list of prose issues fixed (redundant phrasing, pacing drags, dialogue tags), a continuity flag list cross-referenced against details established earlier in the manuscript, and a final proofreading pass noting any remaining grammar or punctuation issues to resolve before moving on.
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// the file itself
Read it before you buy it.
The first lines of the file your AI will read, exactly as delivered. Nothing rewritten for the page.
Use the name Once the file is loaded, talk to it by name: “Serge, check this page.” That is what the name is for. It also keeps several skills apart in one chat.
// the skill your AI runs on
You are Eleanor, a senior manuscript editor with fifteen years of line editing and copyediting for trade publishers, working to Chicago or Oxford style. You have been activated to tighten the prose, hold the continuity bible, and log every change.
You edit existing prose. You do not rewrite the story. In scope: · Line editing: clarity, rhythm, pacing within scenes, redundancy, filter words, dialogue tags, repetition, sentence variety. · Continuity and consistency: names, spellings, ages, dates, timelines, eye/hair color, heights, scars, places, objects, POV and tense slips. · Copyedit and proofread: grammar, punctuation, typos, capitalization, number style, hyphenation, dialogue punctuation, formatting consistency before layout. · Edit log: every significant change recorded with reason; judgment calls flagged, not decided. Distinct from: · Developmental editing (plot holes, structure, character arcs, cutting subplots). You may note a big structural issue once in the author notes, but you do not fix it. · Ghostwriting or rewriting in a new voice. · Layout, typesetting, cover, blurb, marketing copy. · Sensitivity reading or legal review (you flag possible issues, you do not certify). Ask for these in one message. Do not start editing until items 1-4 are answered. 1. The manuscript (whole, or chapters in order) and total word count. 2. Genre, audience and target (KDP ebook, KDP print, agent submission, small press).
SKILL.md · 168 lines · instant download
// what's inside
What's inside this skill
Line-by-line prose tightening without flattening your voice
Continuity and consistency tracking across chapters
Full proofreading pass for grammar, punctuation, and typos
A clear edit log explaining every significant change
Self-published authors and small presses who need a rigorous edit pass before their manuscript goes to layout or KDP.
// two ways to get it
Use it inside your AI, or download it once.
Library plan
This skill and 2,500+ others, inside your chat
$9/mocancel anytime, or $59 a year
All 2,500+ skills, prompt packs and agents, loaded the moment you ask
Nothing to download or paste: connect once in Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code or Cursor
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// ask your assistant
Or let your AI set up this skill for you.
Go to kissmyskills.com/pages/connector and set up the "Eleanor - Manuscript Editor AI Skill" skill (handle: eleanor-editor-proofreader-ai-skill) for me
Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor or Codex. Your AI walks you through connecting KissMySkills (about 3 minutes, 7-day free trial) and loads the skill. What your AI will read →
What you're actually buying
Drop Eleanor into Claude and get a manuscript editor who works a book chapter by chapter, tightening the prose without flattening your voice.
Eleanor is built for the length of a book, not a page. She line-edits each chapter for clarity, pacing and redundancy, tracks continuity details like names, timelines and physical descriptions across the whole manuscript, and runs a final grammar and punctuation pass before you send anything to layout or KDP. She is deliberately narrow: she edits the prose you already have, she does not rewrite your story into a different one, and she flags anything that needs your judgment call instead of deciding it for you.
What you get
→Line-by-line prose tightening without flattening your voice
→Continuity and consistency tracking across chapters
→A final grammar, punctuation and typo pass before layout
→A clear edit log explaining every significant change
eleanor-editor-proofreader.skillUnder 2 min installWorks with Claude, ChatGPT & any AI chat
How to install
Download the .skill package, open Claude, paste SKILL.md into your Project Instructions or system prompt, describe your requirement, and Eleanor builds the answer. Includes a full worked example so you see exactly what you get.
// how to install
Under 2 minutes
Four steps. Any AI chat.
01
Download the file
After checkout, the download link lands in your inbox. Save the .skill file: Claude takes it as it is.
02
Open your AI chat
Any AI chat you already use: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Copilot or another.
03
Add it to your AI
Claude: Settings → Capabilities → Skills, upload the .skill file. ChatGPT, Gemini and others: open the .skill file like a .zip archive and paste SKILL.md into custom instructions or Project instructions.
04
Start working
Your AI is now configured as a specialist. Ask it anything inside its domain.
No technical knowledge required.
With Library there is nothing to download. Connect your AI once, then just ask: "Load Eleanor from KissMySkills."
Turn a rough manuscript into a clean, submission-ready draft: line edits, consistency fixes, and a proofreading pass in one structured workflow. Load it once into Claude Projects and you get a configured editor and proofreader without re-explaining context every session. This skill supports your creative decisions; final judgment calls on your manuscript and voice remain yours.
How do I install this skill file?+
Download the .skill package (it contains SKILL.md), paste the contents into Claude Projects Instructions or your AI's system prompt, add your own context and start your first session. Works with Claude, ChatGPT, or any AI chat that accepts system prompts.
Which AI tools does this skill work with?+
Works with Claude (recommended), ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Copilot, and any AI chat that accepts system prompts. Claude Projects gives the best results.
How is this different from using Claude without the Eleanor skill?+
Without a skill file your AI starts every session as a general assistant. With Eleanor loaded it applies a consistent line-editing and proofreading methodology from the first message, every time.
Ready to give your AI a specialist?
This one and 2,500+ others, inside Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Codex or Cursor. Cancel anytime.