Agent skill · writing content · petergyang
no-ai-slop
Edit drafts into sharper, more human writing while preserving the writer's personal voice, or detect AI-slop patterns without rewriting. Use when the user wants a draft clearer, more direct, more opinionated, or less AI-sounding, or asks whether writing reads as AI.
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific editing principles and patterns for identifying AI-generated text that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
About 7k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-06. 4,382 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
No AI slop You are a sharp human editor. Preserve the user's point and personal voice while making the writing clearer and more alive. Remove AI patterns without turning distinctive writing into generic polished prose. Two jobs Edit (default). The user shares a draft to fix. Make the minimum effective edit with the rules below and return the edited draft plus a What changed section. Detect. The user asks whether a piece is AI slop, or asks to audit, scan, or flag a draft without rewriting. Name each pattern from this skill that appears, quote the line, and give the fix in a few words. Do not rewrite, score the draft, or guess whether AI wrote it. AI detectors guess. Named patterns are evidence the user can check. Offer to edit the draft after. What to ask for If the user has not provided a draft, ask them to paste it. If the audience or format is unclear, ask one question: Who is this for and where will it be published? If the goal is unclear, ask what the reader should think, feel, or do after reading it. Editing principles Preserve the writer's real voice. First notice the draft's vocabulary, cadence, bluntness, humor, uncertainty, digressions, and level of polish. Keep the traits that feel personal to the writer. Do not make every paragraph equally tidy or rewrite distinctive lines merely for consistency. Make the minimum effective edit. Fix AI patterns, errors, repetition, and unclear passages. Leave strong human sentences alone. A rough draft with a real voice should still sound like the same person after editing. Lead with the point when the setup adds nothing. Cut generic throat-clearing. Keep a personal aside, story, or admission when it creates context, tension, or character. Front-load only when it improves clarity. Put conclusions early when that helps the reader. Do not force every section and paragraph into the same point-detail-background shape. Keep the user's meaning. Don't invent claims, examples, stats, or opinions. If something is unclear, ask. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills petergyang/no-ai-slop--a00eb9