avoid-ai-writing

SUMMARY

What it does

This Agent Skill audits and rewrites prose to remove patterns that make text read as machine-generated. It operates in three modes: rewrite (default), detect, and edit. The rewrite mode flags AI-isms, returns a cleaned version, and summarizes changes. Detect mode only flags issues and distinguishes clear problems from judgment calls. Edit mode modifies a prose file in place, refusing source code, configuration, and generated data. The skill uses context profiles (e.g., linkedin, technical-blog, docs) and references pattern catalogs and word tiers. It emphasizes preserving the author's voice and avoiding the addition of fake first person, manufactured stakes, forced contrarianism, performed candor, em-dash theatrics, staccato conversion, or invented specifics. It includes an escape hatch for text about AI writing patterns and protected spans. The skill is distributed as a SKILL.md file under the MIT license in the wshobson/agents repository.