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technical-article-writer

Use when asked to write, review, or improve a technical article or engineering blog post. Blog mode covers deep dives, postmortems, and launches; article mode cites references. Not for code changes.

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# Technical article writer

## Contract

| Field | Bound contract |
|---|---|
| Trigger | User asks to write, review, or improve a technical article or an engineering blog post such as a deep dive, architecture overview, product launch, postmortem, benchmark study, or tutorial. Mode selects the output and validation rules. |
| Authority | Reversible local: mode `article` writes nothing and delivers in chat; mode `blog` writes only one local markdown draft. Rollback is deleting the draft or reverting the file. No remote mutation. |
| Side effect | Chat output; in mode `blog`, one local markdown draft file. No remote changes. |
| Done | Mode `article`: complete article with title, hook, evidence-based body with subheadings and citations, CTA block, and humanization pass preserving engineered lines. Mode `blog`: local markdown draft with named author byline, verified metrics, tested code, labeled diagrams where needed, information-rich headings, and an actionable technical close. |

## Inputs

- Mode (required): `article` for a citation-driven piece delivered in chat, or `blog` for an engineering post of a named post type with a named byline.