ktl-prose writes for younger readers.references/young-readers.md gives two bands of age, 8 to 12 and 13 to 18, and a pass for dyslexic readers, with the limits of each. A text for a younger reader is a retelling in a new file, which ktl-librarian writes in the bundle and ktl-prose writes beside a file a person names; a pass for dyslexic readers is a rewording at tighter limits.
prose-check.py holds a page to a band of readers.--audience 8-12, 13-18 or dyslexia sets the band’s limits, counts the sentences in each paragraph, and notes the page’s Automated Readability Index. A page that opens “This page is for readers aged 13 to 18.” is held to that band with no flag.
A band of readers is spared Latin abbreviations, and told which words may be hard. Under a band, prose-check.py reports i.e., vs, cf., etc. and via, and notes the words a page uses that the VOA Learning English word book does not hold. The word book is in the public domain and sits in the skill’s assets/ folder with its credit.
prose-check.py proves that a retelling adds nothing.--derived-from ADULT YOUNG reports a number, link, code span, quotation, HTML tag or fenced block that the retelling holds and the text it retells does not, and notes what it left out. The retelling’s first paragraph must link the original, and in a bundle derivedFrom must name the adult concept.
A README for readers aged 13 to 18.README.en-simple.md retells the README in shorter sentences, prose-check.py --derived-from shows it adds nothing, and the README points to it.
A bundle can declare its younger readers. The curation policy’s optional Younger readers: line names a band of age, and prose-check.py --bundle reports it as audience: 8-12, or audience: none declared.
The librarian retells, and the docent answers, for younger readers. ktl-librarian’s references/retellings.md says how it writes and refreshes a retelling, and that a scheduled run retells only a confirmed concept, for a band the curation policy declares. ktl-docent and its Copilot copy prefer a retelling for a younger reader, or answer from the adult concept in shorter words, with every label kept. docs/examples/prose.md captures the README’s retelling.
Changed
The install commands install all five skills for your user. Both READMEs open with a Quick start that holds every install command, the docent alone included; it installs the whole set with --global, docs/install.md passes --global and --scope user, and a new section there says when a team installs into the repository instead.
A domain schema is one variable in the sidecar’s justfile. The lokf-validate and lokf-check-refs recipes pass schema := "" as --schema, and the registrar, librarian and release workflows run those recipes, so a host wires a domain schema by setting that one line, by hand or through the linkml-sidecar skill.
Fixed
A docs-only merge after a promotion no longer fails the release job. The version semantic-release computes is already promoted and waits for publish.yml, so an empty Unreleased section passes and nothing is promoted twice. A failing check also writes its reason as a GitHub annotation.
