Writing Guard

Scientific Writing & Document Integrity Guard for AI-assisted research

Less explanation. More argument. Preserve the science.

Writing Guard combines prompt-guided scientific prose discipline with deterministic integrity checks for AI-assisted research. It protects your manuscript across five layers:

Guard	Protects against	Risk
STYLE	Argument economy	防御性写作、过度解释、语义重复、模板腔
EVIDENCE	Scientific drift	数值、单位、引用、结论被改
JOURNAL	Journal mismatch	scope/style/convention 不匹配
DELIVERY	Context leakage	prompt、notes、workflow metadata 泄漏
DOCUMENT 🆕	Document corruption	Word 格式、公式、表格、OOXML 被破坏

Prompt-guided writing · Deterministic integrity core · 394 Tests

npm install dsh-plugin-writing-guard

Writing Guard does not write your paper for you. It makes AI-assisted writing safer to ship.

New in 2.0 — Argument Economy & Control-Plane Separation

Writing Guard 2.0 moves semantic style decisions before generation and keeps deterministic code focused on integrity.

Critique is not content — reviewer/user/guard wording is control context, not manuscript evidence.
Prefer CUT over REWRITE — if a sentence only prevents criticism, reassures reviewers, advertises importance, or repeats an obvious implication, delete it.
Do not close every semantic loop — stop after evidence + necessary interpretation; keep non-obvious statistical interpretation and reproducibility detail.
Style-only revisions default to same length or shorter — no explanatory inflation without new supported content.
Auto-audit no longer reinjects snippets or rewrite suggestions — only structured rule/action metadata is sent back to the agent.
New English/Chinese cues for defensive-purpose framing, semantic-closure markers, and content-free evaluation.

Example:

Avoid:  To prevent data leakage, normalization was carefully performed using only the training data.
Prefer: Normalization parameters were estimated from the training data.

The second sentence states the method fact without importing the defensive reason for mentioning it.

🛡️ Word Document Guard (introduced in 1.8)

Change what was requested. Verify what wasn't.

AI-assisted document editing introduces a subtle risk: the requested text may improve while unrelated parts of the manuscript silently change.

When you ask an AI agent to "rewrite paragraph 3 only," it may inadvertently modify:

equation structures
table borders
numbering
styles
section geometry
relationships
embedded media
OOXML package parts

Writing Guard 1.8 introduces a document-integrity layer for Word manuscripts:

Feature	What it does
Safe scoped editing	Only the specified range can change
Package validation	Verifies DOCX/OOXML package integrity after editing
Structural fingerprinting	Compares document structure before and after
Equation integrity	Checks equation structure, numbering continuity, math-font drift
Scholarly table awareness	Distinguishes data tables from layout/figure containers
Pre/post integrity verification	Deterministic verification, not "I think it's fine"

Before / After

Without Writing Guard:

"Please improve the wording in paragraph 3."
→ AI agent modifies DOCX.
→ Result: paragraph looks better.
→ Unknown: what else changed?

With Writing Guard:

"Please improve the wording in paragraph 3."
→ Writing Guard:
   ✓ scope validated
   ✓ package valid
   ✓ equations preserved
   ✓ protected structures unchanged
   ✓ document fingerprint checked
→ Result: paragraph changed — and unintended document drift is detected.

Quick Start

# Install
dsh plugin add dsh-plugin-writing-guard

# Restart
dsh web

Natural Language Usage

Once installed, you can use natural language:

Say this	Writing Guard does this
"帮我检查论文写作质量"	`writing_word_audit`
"把表格改成三线表"	`writing_word_format_tables`
"扫描DOCX结构"	`writing_word_scan`
"修改第三章的XXX"	`writing_word_edit`
"编辑后验证范围"	`writing_word_scope_check`
"检查有没有AI味"	`writing_audit`

Five Guards — Detailed

STYLE — Argument Economy & Prose Discipline

Guides the host model before writing, then uses deterministic cues to audit mechanical, defensive, and over-explained prose:

Revision residue: revised, as requested, 本轮, 审稿人要求
Defensive writing: concession stacking, limitation pre-emption
Mechanical rhetoric: 不是X而是Y, rather than abuse, triple parallelism
LLM high-frequency words: delve / tapestry / testament (density-based)
Chinese patterns and average sentence length anomalies

EVIDENCE — Scholarship + Epistemic Lock

Protects scientific facts during AI editing:

Numbers, percentages, p-values, confidence intervals, units
Citations, Figure/Table numbers, DOI
Causal strength: associated with cannot become caused
Null findings: no significant difference cannot disappear
Scope boundaries and evidence status

JOURNAL — Target Journal Fit

Calibrates manuscript against target journal conventions:

Syntax structure (sentence length, paragraph length)
Voice and person (passive voice, first-person usage)
Citations (bibliographic, figure/table references)
Scientific claims (claim density, causal/evidential strength)
Rhetorical moves (coverage, canonical order)

DELIVERY — Context Leakage Detection

Stops workflow context from leaking into final artifacts:

Rejected alternatives
Revision process residue
Provenance leakage
Defensive hedge leakage

DOCUMENT — Word Document Integrity 🆕

Safely edit Word manuscripts without breaking structure:

writing_word_scan → writing_word_edit → writing_word_scope_check

13 tools for complete document integrity:

Tool	Purpose
`writing_word_scan`	Structural scan
`writing_word_edit`	Safe scoped editing
`writing_word_audit`	Writing audit for .docx
`writing_word_scope_check`	Scope integrity verification
`writing_word_format_tables`	Three-line table formatting
`writing_word_audit_equations`	OMML equation audit
`writing_word_package_validate`	OOXML package validation
`writing_word_fingerprint`	Baseline formatting fingerprint
`writing_audit`	Text writing audit
`writing_rules`	Writing guidelines
`writing_style_profile`	Author style profile
`writing_journal_profile`	Journal profile
`writing_delivery_audit`	Delivery integrity audit

Installation

# From npm (recommended)
dsh plugin add dsh-plugin-writing-guard

# From GitHub
dsh plugin add github:xmutfyh/dsh-plugin-writing-guard

# From local source
dsh plugin add ./path/to/dsh-plugin-writing-guard

Prerequisites:

Node.js ≥ 18
Python 3.10+ with python-docx (pip install python-docx)

Architecture

Writing Guard
├── STYLE (writing_audit)
│   ├── Revision residue detection
│   ├── AI style patterns
│   └── Density-based thresholds
├── EVIDENCE (Scholarship/Epistemic Lock)
│   ├── Number/unit preservation
│   ├── Citation integrity
│   └── Claim strength conservation
├── JOURNAL (Journal Profile)
│   ├── Corpus-aware analysis
│   ├── Section-level comparison
│   └── Rhetorical move matching
├── DELIVERY (CAL Detection)
│   ├── Rejected alternative leakage
│   ├── Process residue
│   └── Baseline reality check
└── DOCUMENT (Word Guard) 🆕
    ├── Structural scanning
    ├── Safe editing
    ├── Package validation
    ├── Fingerprinting
    └── Equation audit

Design principle: Baseline manuscript > journal/template > plugin defaults.

The LLM/agent decides what should change. Deterministic Word code decides how to make that change without silently altering unrelated formatting.

Tests

npm test

394 deterministic tests covering:

STYLE, Scholarship Lock, Epistemic Lock
Claim alignment, local citation integrity
Journal Profile, Journal Fit
DELIVERY (CAL detection)
Word Guard (v1.8.2): OOXML validation, fingerprinting, equation audit

Security & Privacy

Deterministic integrity checks run locally; semantic writing decisions are handled by the host model under the Writing Guard policy.
The plugin only reads files being edited.
The plugin itself does not upload or collect manuscript content.
See SECURITY.md

Why Writing Guard?

	Writing Guard	Humanizer	AI Detector
Pre-writing rules	✅	❌	❌
During-writing checks	✅	Usually ❌	❌
Auto-monitor manuscript	✅	❌	❌
Full rewrite	❌	✅	❌
Explainable issues	✅	Partial	Partial
Deterministic integrity checks	✅	Usually no	Depends

Humanizer rewrites after writing. Writing Guard prevents during writing.

Brand

                  WRITING GUARD
                       │
       Scientific Writing & Document Integrity
                       │
 ┌─────────┬──────────┬─────────┬──────────┬──────────┐
 STYLE   EVIDENCE   JOURNAL   DELIVERY   DOCUMENT
                                            │
                               Change what was requested.
                               Verify what wasn't.

Classic slogan: Less AI. More Evidence. Better Journal Fit. Clean Delivery.

Document slogan: Change what was requested. Verify what wasn't.

CHANGELOG

See CHANGELOG.md.

License

MIT

dsh-plugin-writing-guard

Installer

README