PassiveVoice

Field	Value
Type	Skill Resource
Source	~/.copilot/skills/technical-writing/references/vale-styles/TechnicalWriting/PassiveVoice.yml
Description	Not specified

Source Content

extends: existence
message: "Possible passive voice: '%s' — name who or what performed the action, or confirm the passive is deliberate (e.g. the actor is unknown or irrelevant)."
level: suggestion
ignorecase: true
raw:
  - '\b(?:am|is|are|was|were|be|been|being)\s+\w+(?:ed|en)\b'
exceptions:
  # Adjectival participles after a be-verb are not passive constructions —
  # "the doc is done" describes a state, it doesn't name an actor doing
  # something to the doc. Regex existence checks can't tell state from
  # action, so known adjectival cases are excluded here instead of firing
  # false positives on every doc that uses them.
  - is done
  - is based
  - is related
  - is dedicated
  - is committed
  - is focused
  - is qualified
  - is experienced
  - is prepared
  - is equipped
  - is interested
  - is excited
  - is pleased
  - is satisfied
  - is worried
  - is concerned
  - is confused
  - is tired
  - is bored
  - is broken
  - is finished
  - is open
  - was born