stop-slop
Cleans AI-written text by removing formulaic language and common patterns.
Install
mkdir -p .claude/skills/stop-slop && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/5153" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/stop-slop && rm skill.zipInstalls to .claude/skills/stop-slop
Activation
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Remove AI writing patterns from prose. Use when drafting, editing, or reviewing text to eliminate predictable AI tells.Key capabilities
- →Identify and remove filler phrases and adverbs
- →Enforce active voice by identifying the actor
- →Break formulaic structures and binary contrasts
- →Vary sentence rhythm and length
- →Remove meta-joiners and narrator-from-a-distance phrasing
How it works
The tool evaluates prose against a set of human-centric writing rules, flagging passive constructions, filler phrases, and repetitive structures for manual revision.
Inputs & outputs
When to use stop-slop
- →Polishing AI-generated blog posts
- →Editing drafts for natural flow
- →Removing repetitive AI vocabulary
About this skill
Stop Slop
Eliminate predictable AI writing patterns from prose.
Core Rules
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Cut filler phrases. Remove throat-clearing openers, emphasis crutches, and all adverbs. See references/phrases.md.
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Break formulaic structures. Avoid binary contrasts, negative listings, dramatic fragmentation, rhetorical setups, false agency. See references/structures.md.
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Use active voice. Every sentence needs a human subject doing something. No passive constructions. No inanimate objects performing human actions ("the complaint becomes a fix").
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Be specific. No vague declaratives ("The reasons are structural"). Name the specific thing. No lazy extremes ("every," "always," "never") doing vague work.
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Put the reader in the room. No narrator-from-a-distance voice. "You" beats "People." Specifics beat abstractions.
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Vary rhythm. Mix sentence lengths. Two items beat three. End paragraphs differently. No em dashes.
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Trust readers. State facts directly. Skip softening, justification, hand-holding.
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Cut quotables. If it sounds like a pull-quote, rewrite it.
Quick Checks
Before delivering prose:
- Any adverbs? Kill them.
- Any passive voice? Find the actor, make them the subject.
- Inanimate thing doing a human verb ("the decision emerges")? Name the person.
- Sentence starts with a Wh- word? Restructure it.
- Any "here's what/this/that" throat-clearing? Cut to the point.
- Any "not X, it's Y" contrasts? State Y directly.
- Three consecutive sentences match length? Break one.
- Paragraph ends with punchy one-liner? Vary it.
- Em-dash anywhere? Remove it.
- Vague declarative ("The implications are significant")? Name the specific implication.
- Narrator-from-a-distance ("Nobody designed this")? Put the reader in the scene.
- Meta-joiners ("The rest of this essay...")? Delete. Let the essay move.
Scoring
Rate 1-10 on each dimension:
| Dimension | Question |
|---|---|
| Directness | Statements or announcements? |
| Rhythm | Varied or metronomic? |
| Trust | Respects reader intelligence? |
| Authenticity | Sounds human? |
| Density | Anything cuttable? |
Below 35/50: revise.
Examples
See references/examples.md for before/after transformations.
License
MIT
When not to use it
- →When writing technical documentation requiring passive voice
- →When maintaining specific stylistic constraints that require em dashes
Limitations
- →Requires manual revision based on scoring dimensions
- →Cannot automatically rewrite text without user intervention
How it compares
Unlike standard grammar checkers that focus on syntax errors, this tool specifically targets stylistic patterns associated with AI-generated text.
Compared to similar skills
stop-slop side by side with the closest alternatives in the catalog.
| Skill | Installs | Updated | Safety | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stop-slop (this skill) | 3 | 4mo | No flags | Beginner |
| humanizer | 90 | 6mo | No flags | Beginner |
| ad-creative | 33 | 2mo | Review | Beginner |
| humanizer-zh | 40 | 6mo | No flags | Intermediate |
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