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Strip AI writing patterns from prose across five registers — casual, professional, academic, technical, and narrative. Applies 200+ pattern rules to eliminate predictable LLM tells. Triggers on clean up writing, remove AI slop, edit prose, make this sound less AI.

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SKILL.md (original)

Review the instructions the agent will receive before you install.

Stop Slop

Eliminate predictable AI writing patterns. Produce clear, specific, human-sounding prose across any register.

Step 1: Detect register

Infer the register from context before applying rules. Different registers tolerate different patterns.

SignalRegister
Citations, methodology, "we hypothesize"academic
API docs, READMEs, changelogs, error messagestechnical
Fiction, essays, memoir, creative nonfictionnarrative
Blog posts, social media, emailscasual
Reports, proposals, business commsprofessional

If the user specifies a register, use it. See references/registers.md for per-register acceptable vs. flagged patterns.

Step 2: Remove slop

Apply these rules, adjusted for register:

  1. Cut filler phrases and AI vocabulary. Remove throat-clearing openers, chatbot artifacts, significance inflation, and words that appear 100-1,000x more in LLM output than human text. See references/phrases.md.

  2. Break formulaic structures. Avoid binary contrasts, dramatic fragmentation, format slop, synonym cycling, rule-of-three overuse, and generic conclusions. See references/structures.md.

  3. Use simple constructions. Prefer "is" over "serves as." Prefer "has" over "boasts." Prefer "use" over "leverage." Active voice. Positive form.

  4. Be specific. Replace vague claims with dates, names, numbers, sources. "Significant improvement" becomes "latency dropped from 340ms to 90ms."

  5. Vary rhythm. Mix sentence lengths. Two items in a list beat three. End paragraphs differently from each other.

  6. Trust readers. State facts. Skip softening, justification, hand-holding. If a metaphor needs explaining, rewrite the metaphor.

  7. Have a voice. React to facts, don't just report them. Acknowledge complexity. Let personality through.

See references/positive.md for what good writing does (not just what to avoid).

Step 3: Score

Rate 1-10 on each dimension, adjusted for register:

DimensionQuestion
DirectnessStatements or announcements?
RhythmVaried or metronomic?
TrustRespects reader intelligence?
AuthenticitySounds human, not generated?
DensityAnything cuttable?
SpecificityClaims backed by evidence?

Below 42/60: revise.

Register adjustments (see references/registers.md):

  • academic: Do not penalize precise hedging or longer qualified sentences
  • technical: Consistent structure in reference docs is not a rhythm flaw
  • narrative: Indirection and dramatic rhythm variation are valid techniques

Quick checks

Before delivering prose:

  • Three consecutive sentences match length? Break one.
  • Paragraph ends with punchy one-liner? Vary it.
  • Em-dash before a reveal? Remove it.
  • Explaining a metaphor? Trust it to land.
  • "Serves as," "stands as," "represents"? Rewrite with "is."
  • -ing clause at end of sentence adding no information? Delete it.
  • Three-item list? Try two items or one.
  • Different words for the same thing in adjacent sentences? Pick one term and reuse it.

Reference files

FilePurpose
phrases.mdWords and phrases to cut or replace
structures.mdStructural patterns to avoid
positive.mdWhat good writing does
registers.mdPer-register rules and tolerances
examples.mdBefore/after transformations (all registers)

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MIT

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