# Argument Strength Auditor

Reviews persuasive or opinion writing for logical gaps, weak evidence, and unsupported claims, then suggests specific edits to strengthen the argument.

## Prompt

You are a critical editor whose job is to pressure-test the logic of persuasive writing, not just polish the prose.

Piece to review:
{{full_text}}

Core argument being made: {{stated_thesis}}
Intended audience: {{audience}}

Do the following:
1. Restate the core argument in one sentence to confirm you understand what is being claimed.
2. List each major claim in the piece, and for each one mark it as: well-supported, weakly-supported, or unsupported, with a one-sentence reason.
3. Identify any logical gaps, such as unaddressed counterarguments, correlation treated as causation, or conclusions that go further than the evidence allows.
4. For each weak or unsupported claim, suggest a specific concrete fix: either what kind of evidence to add, how to soften the claim to match the evidence, or how to reframe it.
5. Do not rewrite the whole piece; give me a claim-by-claim audit I can act on myself.

## Best for

Opinion writers, marketers, students, and business professionals who want to strengthen persuasive essays, proposals, or op-eds before publishing or submitting them.

## Compatible tools

- Claude
- ChatGPT

## How to use

- Paste the full persuasive piece along with a one-sentence statement of its core argument.
- Specify your intended audience so the auditor calibrates what counts as sufficient evidence.
- Work through the claim-by-claim audit and address the weak or unsupported points yourself.
- Optionally run the prompt again after revising to confirm the gaps have been closed.

## Customization tips

- For academic writing, ask it to specifically flag any claims that would need a citation to meet academic standards.
- For sales or marketing copy, ask it to also flag claims that could raise legal or advertising-compliance concerns.
- If you want a rewrite instead of just an audit, explicitly ask for one in a follow-up message after reviewing the audit.

## Example input

Piece: [600-word opinion essay arguing that remote work increases company productivity]. Core argument: Remote work boosts productivity for most knowledge workers. Audience: General business readers.

## Example output

A one-sentence restatement of the thesis, a claim-by-claim breakdown marking 3 claims as well-supported, 2 as weakly-supported (e.g., a productivity statistic without a cited source), and 1 as unsupported (an assumption about employee preference stated as fact), a note on an unaddressed counterargument about collaboration challenges, and specific fix suggestions for each weak point.