avoid-ai-writing
Audit and rewrite content to remove 21 categories of AI writing patterns with a 43-entry replacement table
Profile →npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill avoid-ai-writing --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Avoid AI Writing — Audit & Rewrite Detects and fixes AI writing patterns ("AI-isms") that make text sound machine-generated. Covers 21 pattern categories with a 43-entry word/phrase replacement table that maps each flagged term to a specific, plainer alternative. ## When to Use This Skill - When asked to "remove AI-isms," "clean up AI writing," or "make this sound less like AI" - After drafting content with AI and before publishing - When editing any text that sounds like it was generated rather than written - When auditing documentation, blog posts, marketing copy, or internal communications for AI tells ## What It Detects **21 pattern categories:** formatting issues (em dashes, bold overuse, emoji headers, bullet-heavy sections), sentence structure problems (hedging, hollow intensifiers, rule of three), word/phrase replacements (43 entries like leverage→use, utilize→use, robust→reliable), template phrases, transition phrases, structural issues, significance inflation, copula avoidance, synonym cycling, vague attributions, filler phrases, generic conclusions, chatbot artifacts, notability name-dropping, superficial -ing analyses, promotional language, formulaic challenges, false
- When to Use This Skill
- What It Detects
- Example
- Limitations
What does the avoid-ai-writing skill do?
Audit and rewrite content to remove 21 categories of AI writing patterns with a 43-entry replacement table
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill avoid-ai-writing --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, a repository with 44,414 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.