Agent Skills: prose-force-and-rhythm

Runs Jack Hart's Wordcraft line passes in strict order (Structure, Force, Brevity, Clarity, Rhythm, Humanity, Color, Voice, Mechanics) followed by a slop audit, one pass per edit class, with a claim-strength invariant that stops verb strengthening and hedge cutting from silently overclaiming. Enforces upward escalation instead of downward compensation, a protected-hedge list, a clarity split log the rhythm pass may not undo, and rhythm metrics reported as diagnostics rather than optimized. Use when line-editing a draft, tightening flabby prose, fixing weak verbs or monotonous sentence rhythm, de-slopping AI-sounding copy, or when user mentions line edit, force pass, punch it up, tighten this, passive voice, wordy, sentence variety, sounds like AI, burstiness, or Wordcraft.