Doc Restructure (Live)
A rambling doc buries its point. In Claude Cowork this skill opens the real document, restructures it around the reader's decision, tightens the prose, and hands back a clean copy with a summary of what changed — so the author sees the edit, not a lecture about editing.
What This Skill Produces
- The restructured document — reorganised (point-first), tightened, and consistently formatted, saved as a new Doc/file
- A change summary — what moved, what was cut, what was surfaced, and any content gaps the author must fill
- The one-line thesis — the single sentence the doc now leads with
Required Inputs
Ask for these if not provided:
- The doc — a Drive/Docs link or an uploaded file
- The reader and their decision — who reads this and what they must do after — structure follows the decision
- How aggressive — light tighten vs full reorganise; keep-voice vs rewrite
Framework: The Restructure Pass
- BLUF — bottom line up front: the ask/answer in the first lines, not the last.
- One idea per section — headings that state conclusions, not topics.
- Cut the filler — throat-clearing, hedging, and restated context go.
- Surface the buried — the real decision or risk hiding in paragraph nine moves up.
- Make gaps explicit — mark
[FILL IN] rather than inventing missing facts.
Execution (Cowork)
- Open the doc — via the Google Drive/Docs connector, read the full document (headings, structure, content). Never edit from a paraphrase.
- Diagnose — find the actual thesis, the reader's decision, the buried point, and the filler.
- Restructure — reorder to point-first, rewrite headings as conclusions, tighten prose, keep the author's voice unless told to rewrite. Preserve every load-bearing fact; never fabricate to smooth a transition.
- Write a new copy — create a new Doc/file (e.g. "[title] — restructured") with the result; leave the original untouched.
- Emit the change summary artifact and list any
[FILL IN] gaps for the author.
Guardrails: never overwrite the source — always a new copy; preserve facts and citations exactly; mark invented-needs as gaps, don't fill them; if the connector is unauthorised, produce the restructured text inline and say the copy couldn't be written.
Output Format
Thesis (new opening line)
…
Change summary
Structure (new outline)
- [conclusion-heading] …
Gaps for the author
[FILL IN] — what's missing and where
Output
- New document: [link/name] — original left unchanged
Quality Checks
Anti-Patterns
- Overwriting the original. Always a new copy.
- Inventing content to fill a thin section — mark the gap.
- Topic headings ("Background", "Details") instead of conclusions.
- Advice instead of an edit — this skill returns the rewritten doc.
Example Trigger Phrases
- "Clean up and restructure my draft in Drive."
- "Make this doc readable — point first — in Cowork."
- "Tighten this for exec review and give me a new copy."
- "Reorganise my proposal doc around what the reader has to decide."
1---2name: doc-restructure-live3description: Restructure the user's REAL Google Doc — open it, tighten and reorganise it, and return a clean version — not advice on how to edit it. Use when asked to clean up this doc, restructure my draft in Drive, make this readable, or tighten the doc for review in Cowork. Reads the document via the Google Drive/Docs connector, applies a structure-and-concision pass (BLUF, one idea per section, cut the filler), and produces a restructured-document artifact plus a change summary — as a new copy, never overwriting the original.4---5
6# Doc Restructure (Live)
7
8A rambling doc buries its point. In Claude Cowork this skill opens the *real* document, restructures it around the reader's decision, tightens the prose, and hands back a clean copy with a summary of what changed — so the author sees the edit, not a lecture about editing.
9
10## What This Skill Produces
11
12- **The restructured document** — reorganised (point-first), tightened, and consistently formatted, saved as a **new** Doc/file
13- **A change summary** — what moved, what was cut, what was surfaced, and any content gaps the author must fill
14- **The one-line thesis** — the single sentence the doc now leads with
15
16## Required Inputs
17
18Ask for these if not provided:
19- **The doc** — a Drive/Docs link or an uploaded file
20- **The reader and their decision** — who reads this and what they must do after — structure follows the decision
21- **How aggressive** — light tighten vs full reorganise; keep-voice vs rewrite
22
23## Framework: The Restructure Pass
24
251. **BLUF** — bottom line up front: the ask/answer in the first lines, not the last.
262. **One idea per section** — headings that state conclusions, not topics.
273. **Cut the filler** — throat-clearing, hedging, and restated context go.
284. **Surface the buried** — the real decision or risk hiding in paragraph nine moves up.
295. **Make gaps explicit** — mark `[FILL IN]` rather than inventing missing facts.
30
31## Execution (Cowork)
32
331. **Open the doc** — via the Google Drive/Docs connector, read the full document (headings, structure, content). Never edit from a paraphrase.
342. **Diagnose** — find the actual thesis, the reader's decision, the buried point, and the filler.
353. **Restructure** — reorder to point-first, rewrite headings as conclusions, tighten prose, keep the author's voice unless told to rewrite. Preserve every load-bearing fact; never fabricate to smooth a transition.
364. **Write a new copy** — create a new Doc/file (e.g. "[title] — restructured") with the result; leave the original untouched.
375. **Emit the change summary** artifact and list any `[FILL IN]` gaps for the author.
38
39Guardrails: never overwrite the source — always a new copy; preserve facts and citations exactly; mark invented-needs as gaps, don't fill them; if the connector is unauthorised, produce the restructured text inline and say the copy couldn't be written.
40
41## Output Format
42
43### Thesis (new opening line)
44> …
45
46### Change summary
47| Change | From → To | Why |
48|---|---|---|
49
50### Structure (new outline)
511. [conclusion-heading] …
52
53### Gaps for the author
54- `[FILL IN]` — what's missing and where
55
56### Output
57- New document: [link/name] — original left unchanged
58
59## Quality Checks
60- [ ] The restructured doc leads with the point (BLUF), not background
61- [ ] Every heading states a conclusion, not a topic
62- [ ] No fact, number, or citation was altered or invented
63- [ ] The original file is untouched; the result is a new copy
64- [ ] Missing content is marked `[FILL IN]`, not fabricated
65
66## Anti-Patterns
67- **Overwriting the original.** Always a new copy.
68- **Inventing content** to fill a thin section — mark the gap.
69- **Topic headings** ("Background", "Details") instead of conclusions.
70- **Advice instead of an edit** — this skill returns the rewritten doc.
71
72## Example Trigger Phrases
73- "Clean up and restructure my draft in Drive."
74- "Make this doc readable — point first — in Cowork."
75- "Tighten this for exec review and give me a new copy."
76- "Reorganise my proposal doc around what the reader has to decide."
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