editorial

Dispatch here when written content exists and needs to improve before it is final. The team does not produce new content — it polishes what is already there: fixing mechanics, verifying facts, enforcing style, and shaping voice for the intended audience. The input must be a draft; the output is a better draft.

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editorial-lead

The editorial-lead reads the draft, determines which passes are needed, dispatches to the appropriate reviewers, consolidates feedback and revisions into a single coherent artifact, and delivers the result. It requests clarification when a style guide is missing or the target audience is undefined, and declares completion when the draft meets quality standards across all editorial dimensions.

Tools: standard workgroup-lead tools Skills: digest

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copy-editor

Dispatch when a draft needs mechanical improvement — grammar, sentence structure, clarity, flow, and transitions. Works at the sentence and paragraph level. Not for structural changes, content accuracy, or style guide enforcement.

Tools: Read, Write, Edit Skills: digest

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fact-checker

Dispatch when a draft makes factual claims that need verification — statistics, dates, attributions, technical assertions. Returns annotations or corrections with sources. Not for prose quality or style.

Tools: Read, Write, WebSearch, WebFetch Skills: digest

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style-reviewer

Dispatch when a draft needs to be checked against a style guide — consistency of terminology, tone, formatting conventions, and register. Requires a style guide or reference document to work from. Not for mechanics (copy-editor) or factual accuracy (fact-checker).

Tools: Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep Skills: digest

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voice-editor

Dispatch when the prose is technically correct but doesn't sound right for the audience or medium. Rewrites for tone and voice consistency, not mechanics or accuracy. Use when the content needs to feel human, authoritative, or on-brand — not just grammatically correct.

Tools: Read, Write, Edit Skills: digest