diff --git a/plugins/core/.apm/skills/provider-adapter-author/references/provider-matrix.md b/plugins/core/.apm/skills/provider-adapter-author/references/provider-matrix.md
index b747538..e03bbf8 100644
--- a/plugins/core/.apm/skills/provider-adapter-author/references/provider-matrix.md
+++ b/plugins/core/.apm/skills/provider-adapter-author/references/provider-matrix.md
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ This skill is reached two ways: invoked directly by a user, and composed into by
 once it has written or updated the repo's `AGENTS.md`. Behave identically either way — do not
 assume a caller skill exists. Detect the provider file yourself, confirm `AGENTS.md` yourself, and
 run the closeout validator yourself, rather than treating any step as already done by the caller or
-as something the caller will do afterwards. There is no handshake to rely on and no state passed
-in beyond the file paths.
+as something the caller will do afterwards. No handshake exists to rely on, and no state is
+passed in beyond the file paths.
diff --git a/plugins/core/skills/provider-adapter-author/references/provider-matrix.md b/plugins/core/skills/provider-adapter-author/references/provider-matrix.md
index b747538..e03bbf8 100644
--- a/plugins/core/skills/provider-adapter-author/references/provider-matrix.md
+++ b/plugins/core/skills/provider-adapter-author/references/provider-matrix.md
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ This skill is reached two ways: invoked directly by a user, and composed into by
 once it has written or updated the repo's `AGENTS.md`. Behave identically either way — do not
 assume a caller skill exists. Detect the provider file yourself, confirm `AGENTS.md` yourself, and
 run the closeout validator yourself, rather than treating any step as already done by the caller or
-as something the caller will do afterwards. There is no handshake to rely on and no state passed
-in beyond the file paths.
+as something the caller will do afterwards. No handshake exists to rely on, and no state is
+passed in beyond the file paths.
diff --git a/plugins/kyberforge/.apm/skills/agent-audit/references/finding-criteria.md b/plugins/kyberforge/.apm/skills/agent-audit/references/finding-criteria.md
index 91e431a..5cd8509 100644
--- a/plugins/kyberforge/.apm/skills/agent-audit/references/finding-criteria.md
+++ b/plugins/kyberforge/.apm/skills/agent-audit/references/finding-criteria.md
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Flag as SUGGESTION if:
 
 **Never report an agent body as too long on a word count.** ADR-0020 gates a skill body at
 600/900 words and deliberately gates an agent body at nothing, because an agent body *becomes* the
-system prompt of a fresh context rather than competing with a live conversation. There is no number
+system prompt of a fresh context rather than competing with a live conversation. No number exists
 to cite. The one length signal that applies is the Copilot runtime's 30,000-character body limit,
 which `validate.sh` already reports as a SUGGESTION. Length is judged through the delegation FAIL
 above instead.
diff --git a/plugins/kyberforge/skills/agent-audit/references/finding-criteria.md b/plugins/kyberforge/skills/agent-audit/references/finding-criteria.md
index 91e431a..5cd8509 100644
--- a/plugins/kyberforge/skills/agent-audit/references/finding-criteria.md
+++ b/plugins/kyberforge/skills/agent-audit/references/finding-criteria.md
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Flag as SUGGESTION if:
 
 **Never report an agent body as too long on a word count.** ADR-0020 gates a skill body at
 600/900 words and deliberately gates an agent body at nothing, because an agent body *becomes* the
-system prompt of a fresh context rather than competing with a live conversation. There is no number
+system prompt of a fresh context rather than competing with a live conversation. No number exists
 to cite. The one length signal that applies is the Copilot runtime's 30,000-character body limit,
 which `validate.sh` already reports as a SUGGESTION. Length is judged through the delegation FAIL
 above instead.