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  A **style guide** is a codified set of writing rules that a team encodes into
  an AI system (for example, a 400-rule guide loaded into a Claude project) so
  drafts are checked against those rules before reaching a human editor.
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# style guide

Canonical: https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/explore/term/style-guide-52ace8ce6c38

Parent: [Channel index](https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/llms.txt)

## Definition

A **style guide** is a codified set of writing rules that a team encodes into an AI system (for example, a 400-rule guide loaded into a Claude project) so drafts are checked against those rules before reaching a human editor.

In this channel's material, a **style guide** is the codified set of writing rules and conventions that an editorial team encodes into an AI system so drafts are checked against it automatically. Every's editor in chief Kate Lee describes a **400-rule style guide** loaded into a Claude project, which drafts pass through *before they ever reach a human editor* — a way of using AI to raise the floor on quality while the _taste_ layer of editing stays with people.In Katie Parrott's writing workflow, a style guide is one distinct component among several — alongside **skills** and **custom instructions** — and she builds a **voice guide** from writing samples to keep AI output from drifting or going stale.- A style guide is the rulebook (e.g., 400 rules) encoded into an AI project so drafts are checked before human editing.- It sits alongside skills and custom instructions as a distinct piece of an AI writing setup.- Its purpose is raising the floor on quality; judgment and taste remain human.