stop-slop
Remove AI writing patterns from prose. Use when drafting, editing, or reviewing text to eliminate predictable AI tells and produce more human-like writing.
npx skills add Infrasity-Labs/dev-gtm-claude-skills --skill stop-slop --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.
# Stop Slop Eliminate predictable AI writing patterns from prose. ## Core Rules 1. **Cut filler phrases.** Remove throat-clearing openers, emphasis crutches, and all adverbs. See Phrases to Remove below. 2. **Break formulaic structures.** Avoid binary contrasts, negative listings, dramatic fragmentation, rhetorical setups, false agency. See Structures to Avoid below. 3. **Use active voice.** Every sentence needs a human subject doing something. No passive constructions. No inanimate objects performing human actions ("the complaint becomes a fix"). 4. **Be specific.** No vague declaratives ("The reasons are structural"). Name the specific thing. No lazy extremes ("every," "always," "never") doing vague work. 5. **Put the reader in the room.** No narrator-from-a-distance voice. "You" beats "People." Specifics beat abstractions. 6. **Vary rhythm.** Mix sentence lengths. Two items beat three. End paragraphs differently. No em dashes. 7. **Trust readers.** State facts directly. Skip softening, justification, hand-holding. 8. **Cut quotables.** If it sounds like a pull-quote, rewrite it. ## Quick Checks Before delivering prose: - Any adverbs? Kill them. - Any passive voice? Find the acto
- Core Rules
- Quick Checks
- Scoring
- Phrases to Remove
- Throat-Clearing Openers
- Emphasis Crutches
- Business Jargon
- Adverbs
- Meta-Commentary
- Performative Emphasis
- Telling Instead of Showing
- Vague Declaratives
- Structures to Avoid
- Binary Contrasts
What does the stop-slop skill do?
Remove AI writing patterns from prose. Use when drafting, editing, or reviewing text to eliminate predictable AI tells and produce more human-like writing.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add Infrasity-Labs/dev-gtm-claude-skills --skill stop-slop --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 Infrasity-Labs/dev-gtm-claude-skills, a repository with 97 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.