humanize-text_skill

Overview

This skill humanizes AI-generated text by removing common AI writing patterns and fixing stylistic tells without rewriting the content. It strips em-dashes, filler phrases, structural clichés, and sycophantic openers so the result reads naturally and human-written. Use modes to control how aggressive the cleanup is: Clean, Light, or Preserve.

How this skill works

The skill applies a deterministic set of transformations in order: punctuation fixes, dead-phrase removal, structural changes, formatting adjustments, vocabulary swaps, and tone calibration. For files it can read the input, apply the chosen mode, produce a diff summary of changes, and write or preview the cleaned version. It preserves technical terms, meaning, and the author's intent while removing only AI-specific patterns.

When to use it

• Cleaning blog posts or articles that feel mechanical or over-polished
• Polishing emails, pitches, or social posts to sound more natural
• Preparing documentation or framework text where voice must stay human
• Reducing sycophantic or formulaic openings in customer-facing copy
• Before publishing content that must avoid obvious AI provenance

Best practices

• Start in Clean mode for full de-AI-ing, use Light when you want minimal change
• Review the diff for files — transformations aim to preserve meaning but may alter punctuation and sentence shapes
• Keep the author's personality; avoid replacing voice or adding opinions
• Preserve domain-specific jargon and technical accuracy—skip vocabulary swaps when inappropriate
• Run a second pass for tone calibration if the original had strong personality

Example use cases

• Turn an AI-drafted blog post into a natural, varied narrative with contractions and varied sentence length
• Remove filler phrases and structural clichés from product documentation without changing technical terms
• Clean up marketing copy that uses puffery and buzzwords, replacing them with plain alternatives
• Polish customer emails to remove overly formal punctuation and robotic openers
• Batch-process a wiki or handbook file set and get a diff report of all stylistic fixes