---
name: "draft-tightener"
description: "Shorten a draft to a requested budget while preserving its factual commitments. Use when the user needs: Get a tighter draft, word counts and a preservation checklist."
metadata: {"version": "2026-10-17.1", "category": "writing-editing", "publisher": "AIDiveForge"}
---

# Draft Tightener

Get a tighter draft, word counts and a preservation checklist.

## Requirements

Provide the draft, target length and any wording that must remain exact.

## Workflow

1. Record the argument, facts, numbers, attribution, caveats and required phrases before editing.
2. Cut repetition, filler and avoidable sentence structure before removing substantive points.
3. Preserve uncertainty and obligations; do not improve brevity by overstating a claim.
4. Count words before and after using a stated method and compare the final text with the preservation list.
5. If the budget cannot be met without losing required meaning, show the tradeoff instead of silently deleting it.

## Worked example

Read `examples/input.txt` and `examples/expected.txt` before adapting the workflow.

## Acceptance checks

Preserve the Friday review deadline and the conditional launch caveat. Report actual counts for any requested percentage reduction.

## Limits

There is no universal 20% reduction that preserves every draft; the requested budget and required content govern.

Worked example included. Model-specific performance and vendor compatibility have not been benchmarked.