humanize_skill

Overview

This skill reviews and edits copy to remove AI-generated patterns and make text sound natural. It preserves meaning, factual claims, and coverage while eliminating mechanical phrasing, filler, and common AI vocabulary. The output includes a before/after human-likeness score, the rewritten text, and a short change summary.

How this skill works

The skill scans input for 30 defined rules across six categories: content, language, style, communication, filler, and voice. It scores the original text, rewrites problem areas to preserve intent and coverage, then rescans the rewrite to produce an after score and notes. The final deliverable includes the score report, the edited text, and a brief summary of changes.

When to use it

• Editing AI-generated drafts
• Polishing copy that sounds robotic or overly formal
• Preparing technical content for a general audience
• Cleaning marketing or product text that uses buzzwords
• Reviewing text flagged with phrases like "sounds too AI" or "this feels machine-generated"

Best practices

• Preserve factual claims, lists, and qualifiers; do not invent facts
• Keep genre and audience intact; do not change tone unless requested
• Avoid em dashes and decorative elements; use straight quotes
• Prefer contractions and natural cadence when the genre allows
• Run the self-check to ensure edits do not reintroduce AI patterns

Example use cases

• Humanize a product description that uses promotional clichés
• Edit a research summary to remove "experts say" and vague attribution
• Polish a user guide so instructions read naturally and directly
• Convert corporate-sounding internal comms to clear, human language
• Refine a blog draft that overuses catalog verbs like "leverage" and "showcase"