/de-ai-ify

Strip AI-sounding patterns from generated text and rewrite to be natural, direct, and human.

Usage

/de-ai-ify <note path>          # Rewrite a specific note
/de-ai-ify --section <heading>  # Rewrite only a specific section
/de-ai-ify --clipboard          # Rewrite text from clipboard context

Instructions

1. Read the target note or receive the text to rewrite

2. Identify AI patterns — flag any of the following:

   Filler phrases to remove:

   • "Let's dive into...", "Let's explore..."
   • "I'd be happy to..."
   • "It's worth noting that..."
   • "It's important to understand..."
   • "In today's rapidly evolving..."
   • "This is a great question"
   • "As we can see..."
   • "Moving forward..."

   Hedging to reduce:

   • "It could potentially..." → state directly or remove
   • "This might suggest..." → "This suggests..." or cut
   • "It's possible that..." → state the thing or qualify once
   • Stacking qualifiers: "perhaps", "maybe", "somewhat", "arguably"

   Structural patterns to fix:

   • Excessive bullet points where prose would be clearer
   • Every paragraph opening with a transition word
   • Formulaic "In conclusion..." / "To summarise..." wrap-ups
   • Numbered lists for things that aren't sequential
   • Restating the question before answering it

   Tone patterns to adjust:

   • Overly enthusiastic ("fantastic", "incredible", "amazing")
   • Corporate-bland ("leverage", "synergise", "drive value")
   • Sycophantic agreement before every response

3. Rewrite the flagged sections:

   • Keep the author's intent and meaning
   • Use active voice, concrete language
   • Prefer shorter sentences
   • Let the content speak — cut throat-clearing
   • Preserve any technical accuracy and wiki-links
   • Maintain frontmatter unchanged

4. Show the diff — present before/after for each changed section so the user can review

5. Apply changes only after user confirms

Guidelines

• Do NOT change frontmatter, wiki-links, or Dataview queries
• Do NOT remove content — only rephrase
• Do NOT add new content or expand the text
• Preserve the author's voice where it comes through
• When in doubt, cut rather than rephrase
• UK English throughout