shipshitdev/library

Overview

This skill identifies and removes common AI-generated writing patterns to make text sound natural and human. It preserves meaning and tone while injecting personality and varied rhythm so edited copy reads like it was written by a person. Use it to edit AI drafts, polish content for publication, or refine voice-sensitive writing.

How this skill works

The skill scans input text for documented AI patterns (e.g., puffed-up significance, overused AI vocabulary, formulaic lists, and empty hedging). It flags problematic passages and rewrites them to be specific, concise, and voiceful while keeping the original intent. The output matches the requested tone (formal, casual, technical) and adds human elements like varied sentence length, modest opinions, or small asides where appropriate.

When to use it

• Polishing AI-generated drafts before publication
• Converting neutral, lifeless copy into voice-forward prose
• Removing promotional or weasel-word language from reports
• Editing academic or technical text to improve clarity and directness
• Preparing marketing or blog posts that need a human tone

Best practices

• Specify the desired tone and audience up front (formal, casual, first-person allowed)
• Provide examples of preferred voice or a short sample paragraph to match
• Keep core facts and citations; only change wording and emphasis
• Ask for iterative revisions: coarse pass for patterns, then fine pass for style
• Use the tool to complement, not replace, a final human proofread

Example use cases

• Turn a neutral AI-written product description into a lively marketing blurb
• Remove vague attributions and vague future sections in a policy brief
• Edit a blog draft to add a clear opinion and varied sentence rhythm
• Rewrite a press summary to eliminate promotional adjectives and clichés
• Polish technical documentation to prefer plain copulas and specific details