ru-text — Russian Text Quality
Independent Russian text quality reference by Arseniy Kamyshev.
With gratitude to the authors whose work shaped modern Russian text standards.
Credits and recommended reading: references/sources.md
Style priority: if the user explicitly requests a specific style (casual, academic, SEO, literary, etc.), their prompt overrides these default rules where they conflict. These rules are defaults, not mandates.
Reviewing vs. rewriting: when checking or proofreading existing text or a file, return the corrected version plus a list of changes — do not silently overwrite the source file. Rewrite a file in place only when the user explicitly asks.
Someone else's words stay theirs: quoted material, code blocks and third-party text inside the user's document are reproduced as-is. Report an issue you see in them if it matters; never rewrite them.
Always-On: Typography
Apply to ALL Russian text output — silently: fix, don't announce.
| Rule | Wrong | Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Primary quotes: guillemets | "текст" | «текст» |
| Nested quotes: lapki | «"вложенные"» | «„вложенные“» |
| Em dash, NBSP before it | слово - слово | слово — слово |
| En dash for ranges, no spaces | 10-15 дней | 10–15 дней |
| NBSP after single-letter words | в начале (breakable) | в\u00A0начале |
| Ellipsis: single character | ... | … |
| Digit groups with thin spaces | 1000000 | 1 000 000 |
| Decimal comma (not dot) | 3.14 | 3,14 |
| Ordinal with hyphen | 1ый, 2ой | 1-й, 2-й |
| Numero sign | No. 5, #5 | № 5 |
| Abbreviations with NBSP | т.д., т.е. | т. д., т. е. |
| Ruble sign after number, NBSP | 1500₽ | 1 500 ₽ |
Full typography reference: references/typography.md
/ru-text:ru-score — text quality score (0–10, 5 dimensions).
Top Stop-Words (when writing or editing on request)
| Stop-word | Replace with |
|---|---|
| является | — (dash) or restructure |
| осуществлять | делать, проводить |
| в настоящее время | сейчас |
| данный | этот |
| определённый | (name the specific thing) |
| произвести оплату | оплатить |
| высококачественный | (name the specific quality) |
| был осуществлён | (active voice + actor) |
| на сегодняшний день | сегодня |
| в целях | чтобы |
Full stop-word catalog (92 entries): references/info-style.md
When to Load Reference Files
Reference files (paths are relative to this SKILL.md): references/<filename>
If the path is not resolved, search: Glob("**/ru-text/references/scoring.md") and use the parent directory.
| Task | File |
|---|---|
| Writing/editing articles, blog posts, SEO, content | info-style.md |
| Interface text, buttons, errors, hints, microcopy | ux-writing.md |
| Emails, messenger, business correspondence | business-writing.md |
| Punctuation review, comma placement | editorial-punctuation.md |
| Grammar, capitalization, agreement, pleonasms | editorial-grammar.md |
| Finding and fixing text problems, diagnostics | anti-patterns.md |
| Text scoring, quality assessment | scoring.md |
| Credits, source attribution | sources.md |
| Experience-based rules (dash overuse, etc.) | addenda.md |
Quality Checklist
Before delivering Russian text:
- Quotes: «» primary, „“ nested
- Dashes: — in text (NBSP before it), – in ranges, - only in compounds; max 1–2 per paragraph (a parallel row counts as one, dialogue dashes as none); trim to the limit, not to zero; edit a row whole or not at all
- NBSP after в, к, с, о, у, и, а, я
- Ellipsis: … (single char)
- Abbreviations: т. д., т. п. (with NBSP)
- No double spaces, no space before punctuation