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name: solo-humanize\ndescription: Use when \"humanize this\", \"make it sound human\", \"strip AI patterns\", \"clean up the copy\", or text reads like AI-generated output with em dashes and stock phrases.\nlicense: MIT\nmetadata:\nauthor: fortunto2\nversion: \"1.1.0\"\nopenclaw:\nemoji: \"✍️\"\nallowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep\nargument-hint: \"[file-path or paste text]\"

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/humanize

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Strip AI writing patterns from user-facing text. Takes a file or pasted text and rewrites it to read like a human wrote it, without losing meaning or structure.

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Why this exists

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LLM output has recognizable tells — em dashes, stock phrases, promotional inflation, performed authenticity. Readers (and Google) notice. This skill catches those patterns and rewrites them.

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When to use

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Input

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Pattern Catalog

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1. Em Dash Overuse (—)

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The most obvious AI tell. Replace with commas, periods, colons, or restructure the sentence.

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\"The tool — which is free — works great\"\"The tool (which is free) works great\"
\"Three features — speed, security, simplicity\"\"Three features: speed, security, simplicity\"
\"We built this — and it changed everything\"\"We built this. It changed everything.\"
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Rule: Max 1 em dash per 500 words. Zero is better.

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2. Stock Phrases

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Phrases that signal \"AI wrote this.\" Remove or replace with specific language.

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Filler phrases (delete entirely):

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Promotional inflation (replace with specifics):

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Performed authenticity (rewrite):

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3. Rule of Three

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AI loves triplets: \"fast, secure, and scalable.\" Real writing varies list length.

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\"Fast, secure, and scalable\"\"Fast and secure\" (if scalable isn't proven)
\"Build, deploy, and iterate\"\"Build and ship\" (if that's what you mean)
Three bullet points that all say the same thingOne clear bullet
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Rule: If you find 3+ triplet lists in one document, break at least half of them.

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4. Structural Patterns

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Every section has the same shape:\nAI tends to write: heading → one-sentence intro → 3 bullets → transition sentence. Real writing varies section length and structure.

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Hedging sandwich:\n\"While X has limitations, it offers Y, making it Z.\" → Pick a side. State it.

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False balance:\n\"On one hand X, on the other hand Y.\" → If one side is clearly better, say so.

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5. Sycophantic Openers

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6. Passive Voice / Weak Verbs

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7. Rhetorical Patterns

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Word-level fixes miss these. They survive shortening: a 300-character message can still\ncarry three of them, which is why manually trimming text does not make it sound human.\nCut them, don't rewrite them into better versions.

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PatternBeforeAfter
Binary contrast\"It's not a docs problem. It's a coverage problem.\"\"6 questions fail because 3 devices have no docs.\"
Negative listing\"Not a wrapper. Not a chatbot. A compiler.\"\"It's a compiler.\"
Colon reveal\"The catch: it needs your docs.\"\"It needs 3 docs nobody has written.\"
Faux-insight setup\"The part everyone misses is distribution.\"\"Distribution is the moat.\"
Throat-clearing\"Here's the thing.\" / \"Let me be clear.\"(cut, state the point)
Rhetorical setup\"What if I told you...\", \"Think about it:\"(cut, make the claim)
-ing pseudo-analysis\"…shipped v2, highlighting their focus on speed.\"\"…shipped v2, which cut load time to 400ms.\"
Importance puffery\"marks a pivotal moment\", \"a testament to\"state the fact, let the reader judge
Metadiscourse\"This matters more than it sounds.\"(cut — the fact carries it)
Weasel attribution\"experts agree\", \"studies show\"name the source or drop the claim
Synonym cycling\"the agent… the assistant… the tool…\"one name, repeated
Profound kicker\"The future isn't coming. It's already here.\"delete it, end on the last concrete line
Summary recap\"In conclusion…\", \"Overall…\"end on the takeaway or next action
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Portability test. If a sentence would read identically about another person,\ncompany, or product, it is filler. Replace it with a fact, mechanism, number or\nconsequence specific to this subject, or cut it.

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Show, don't label. Cut commentary that tells the reader a point is important,\nsurprising or subtle. If the prose already shows it, delete the label.

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Protect the specific fact. Never smooth a detail into generic importance.\n\"significantly improves productivity\" → \"cut review time from 30 minutes to 8.\"

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Process

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  1. Read the input — file path or pasted text.

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  2. Scan for patterns — check each category above. Count violations per category.

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  3. Rewrite — fix each violation while preserving:

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  4. Report what changed:

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    Humanized: {file or \"pasted text\"}\n\nChanges:\n  Em dashes:  {N} removed\n  Stock phrases: {N} replaced\n  Inflation: {N} deflated\n  Triplets: {N} broken\n  Sycophancy: {N} cut\n  Rhetorical patterns: {N} cut\n  Total: {N} patterns fixed\n\nBefore: {word count}\nAfter:  {word count}\n
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  5. If file path: write the cleaned version back. Show a diff summary.\nIf pasted text: output the cleaned version directly.

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Detect mode

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Asked \"is this AI slop?\" or handed someone else's draft to audit: name each pattern\nfrom this skill that appears, quote the line, give the fix in a few words. Do not\nrewrite, do not score the text, and never claim an AI wrote it — detectors guess, a\nnamed pattern is evidence the writer can check. Offer to edit afterwards.

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What NOT to change

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Edge Cases

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Credits

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The rhetorical-pattern taxonomy in section 7 and the detect-mode contract are adapted\nfrom no-ai-slop by Peter Yang (MIT).

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