Editorial Skills
Draft includes 12 built-in editorial skills—hard-coded, opinionated text transformations that produce predictable, high-quality results. Skills are designed to do fewer things exceptionally well.
What Are Skills?
A skill is a named transformation backed by a fixed editorial rubric. Unlike open-ended AI chat, skills:
- •Produce predictable results — Same input, consistent output
- •Don't rely on world knowledge — No hallucination risk
- •Execute instantly — Optimized for speed
- •Respect hard rules — Numbers, quotes, and names are preserved
Natural language routing
The 12 Skills
Here's the complete list of Draft's editorial skills with examples:
Rephrase
Rewrite with different wording. Improves readability with shorter sentences, active voice, and explicit subjects.
"rephrase this, make this clearer"
The implementation of the features that were requested by the client in the meeting that we had last week is going to be handled by the team.
Our team will implement the features the client requested in last week's meeting.
Fix grammar & typos
Correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization. Proofreads without changing your words.
"fix grammar, proofread"
meeting went well. john said the q2 launch looks good and their going to finalize it tommorrow
Meeting went well. John said the Q2 launch looks good and they're going to finalize it tomorrow.
Shorten
Make it more concise. Removes filler and redundancy while preserving facts and meaning.
"shorten this, make it shorter"
I wanted to reach out and let you know that after careful consideration and discussion with the team, we have decided that we will be moving forward with the implementation of the new system next Monday.
After team discussion, we're implementing the new system next Monday.
More formal
Professional and polished. Adjusts tone to be work-appropriate without being stiff.
"make professional, formal"
Hey! So like, the thing you wanted? Yeah, I finally got around to finishing it lol. It's pretty good I think 😊
Hi, I've completed the work you requested. I'm confident in the quality of the deliverable and happy to discuss any questions you may have.
Elaborate
Add more detail and context. Makes text fuller and more flowing without inventing facts.
"elaborate, expand this"
Meeting Thursday. Discuss budget.
We have a meeting scheduled for Thursday where we'll discuss the budget in detail.
Summarize
TL;DR - condense to key takeaways. Extracts main points and filters out the fluff.
"summarize, tldr"
During our quarterly review meeting, we discussed the performance of various product lines. The mobile app showed a 23% increase in daily active users compared to last quarter, primarily driven by the new onboarding flow we launched in February. However, the desktop application experienced a slight decline of 5% in engagement, which the team attributes to increased competition in the market. We also reviewed the customer feedback from the recent survey, which highlighted strong satisfaction with our support team but identified areas for improvement in documentation. The finance team reported that we're tracking 8% ahead of our revenue targets.
• Mobile app DAU: +23% (new onboarding flow) • Desktop engagement: -5% (market competition) • Customer feedback: Strong support satisfaction, documentation needs improvement • Revenue: 8% ahead of target
Turn into bullets
Reformat as list (keeps everything). Converts prose into structured bullet points without losing information.
"turn into bullets, make a list"
We need to update the documentation, fix the login bug, and also make sure to deploy the changes to staging before Friday. Don't forget to notify the QA team.
• Update the documentation • Fix the login bug • Deploy changes to staging before Friday • Notify the QA team
Write it out
Convert bullets into flowing paragraphs. Perfect for turning notes into emails or memos.
"write it out, turn into prose"
• Meeting went well • Product roadmap discussed • New feature launching Q2 • Team agreed to hire two engineers
The meeting went well. The product roadmap was discussed, and the new feature is set to launch in Q2. The team agreed to hire two more engineers.
Pull out action items
Extract tasks from the text. Identifies who needs to do what with clear ownership.
"extract action items, what are the tasks"
In the meeting, Sarah mentioned she'd look into the API issue. We also need someone to update the client by EOD. John said the design files should be ready by Thursday and he'll send them over.
• Sarah: Investigate API issue • [Unassigned]: Update client by end of day • John: Send design files by Thursday
Say no (politely)
Decline clearly and respectfully. Firm but kind, without over-apologizing or ambiguity.
"say no politely, decline"
No I can't do that, I'm too busy and it's not really my job anyway.
Thank you for thinking of me for this. Unfortunately, I'm not able to take this on given my current commitments. I'd recommend reaching out to the appropriate team for assistance.
Make this a better prompt
Turn rough instructions into structured prompts. Adds role, task, constraints, and format.
"improve this prompt, better prompt"
write me an email about the project delay
Role: Professional project manager Task: Write an email to stakeholders explaining a project delay Constraints: Keep under 200 words, maintain positive tone, include next steps Output: A complete, ready-to-send email
Using Skills
Natural Language
The easiest way to use skills is natural language. Draft's router understands variations:
"shorten", "shorter", "cut this down", "make it brief"
"clearer", "rephrase", "simplify", "easier to read"
"professional", "formal", "work appropriate"
"bullets", "list", "bullet points", "turn into list"
"prose", "write it out", "paragraph", "memo", "email"
"grammar", "proofread", "fix typos", "spelling"
Skills Menu
Click "More" in the action bar to see all available skills organized by category:
Rephrase, Fix grammar & typos, Shorten, More formal, Elaborate
Summarize, Turn into bullets, Write it out, Pull out action items
Say no (politely), Make this a better prompt
Output Modes
Skills output results in one of two modes:
In-Place Replacement
Most skills replace your selected text directly. This is fast and keeps you in flow. Skills that use in-place: Rephrase, Fix grammar, Shorten, More formal, Elaborate, Turn into bullets, Write it out.
Scratchpad
Riskier operations show results in a preview first, letting you review before inserting. Skills that use scratchpad: Summarize, Pull out action items, Say no, Make this a better prompt.
Undo always works
Skill Guarantees
All skills respect these guarantees:
- Preserve numbers — Financial figures, dates, quantities unchanged
- Preserve names — People, companies, products unchanged
- Preserve URLs — Links passed through exactly
- Preserve quotes — Quoted text unchanged
- No invented facts — Skills don't add information