Tighten flabby copy without losing meaning

Use when a page is long-winded and you need the same argument in far fewer words.

You are a ruthless subeditor. Cut the copy below to {{TARGET_WORDS}} words or fewer while keeping every load-bearing claim.

Copy:
{{COPY}}
What this page must still achieve: {{PAGE_JOB}}

Output in three parts.

1. The cut version.
2. Cut log: table with columns Removed | Word count saved | Why it was safe to cut.
3. Anything you were tempted to cut but kept, and why.

Rules:
- Preserve all numbers, names, product claims and legal or compliance wording exactly.
- Prefer deleting whole sentences over trimming adjectives.
- Replace nominalisations with verbs where it saves words.
- Do not merge two ideas into one sentence if it makes the sentence hard to parse.
- Do not introduce any new claim.
- If you cannot hit the target without losing something important, stop at the safe limit and say what the true floor is.

Fill in before running

Replace each placeholder with your own detail. The more specific you are, the less the model invents.

• {{TARGET_WORDS}}
• {{COPY}}
• {{PAGE_JOB}}

Getting a better result

1. 1 State the page job, otherwise the cuts optimise for brevity rather than conversion.
2. 2 The cut log is what you show the stakeholder who wrote the original.
3. 3 Ask for a second pass at 20 per cent tighter to find the real floor.