name: hemingway
description: Writing editor for bold and clear content.
category: ai

Hemingway Editor Skill

Writing editor for bold and clear content.

Quick Install

curl -sSL https://canifi.com/skills/hemingway/install.sh | bash

Or manually:

cp -r skills/hemingway ~/.canifi/skills/

Setup

Configure via canifi-env:

# First, ensure canifi-env is installed:
# curl -sSL https://canifi.com/install.sh | bash

canifi-env set HEMINGWAY_EMAIL "your_email"
canifi-env set HEMINGWAY_PASSWORD "your_password"

Privacy & Authentication

Your credentials, your choice. Canifi LifeOS respects your privacy.

Option 1: Manual Browser Login (Recommended)

If you prefer not to share credentials with Claude Code:
1. Complete the Browser Automation Setup using CDP mode
2. Login to the service manually in the Playwright-controlled Chrome window
3. Claude will use your authenticated session without ever seeing your password

Option 2: Environment Variables

If you're comfortable sharing credentials, you can store them locally:

canifi-env set SERVICE_EMAIL "your-email"
canifi-env set SERVICE_PASSWORD "your-password"

Note: Credentials stored in canifi-env are only accessible locally on your machine and are never transmitted.

Capabilities

1. Readability Score: Grade level analysis
2. Simplify Writing: Reduce complexity
3. Passive Voice: Detect and fix
4. Adverb Detection: Highlight weak words
5. Sentence Length: Identify long sentences

Usage Examples

Check Readability

User: "What's the grade level of this text?"
Assistant: Returns readability score

Simplify Text

User: "Make this writing clearer"
Assistant: Highlights complex sentences

Fix Passive Voice

User: "Find passive voice in my writing"
Assistant: Identifies passive constructions

Reduce Adverbs

User: "Which adverbs should I remove?"
Assistant: Highlights weak adverbs

Authentication Flow

1. Account-based authentication
2. No official API
3. Browser automation
4. Desktop app available

Error Handling

Notes

• Bold, clear writing
• Color-coded feedback
• Grade level scoring
• Desktop app
• No public API
• Simple interface