avoid-ai-writing

Updated 2026-04-07

Claude Code skill by conorbronsdon. It audits and rewrites text to remove common AI writing patterns. Compatible with Claude Code, OpenClaw, and other agentskills-style agents.

Two Modes

  • Rewrite - finds AI patterns and rewrites the text. A second pass can catch residue the first pass missed.
  • Detect - marks AI patterns without rewriting. Useful for audits or for text you do not want changed directly.

What It Detects

The skill groups patterns into dozens of categories, including:

  • significance inflation
  • copula avoidance such as “serves as” instead of “is”
  • synonym cycling instead of repeating the clearest word
  • filler phrases
  • chatbot artifacts such as “I hope this helps”
  • formulaic conclusions
  • overly uniform rhythm

It also includes a large vocabulary list with varying severity levels.

Installation (Claude Code)

git clone https://github.com/conorbronsdon/avoid-ai-writing ~/.claude/skills/avoid-ai-writing

Or as a slash command:

---
description: Audit and rewrite content to remove AI writing patterns
---
$ARGUMENTS
Read and follow the instructions in ~/.claude/skills/avoid-ai-writing/SKILL.md

Connections

Sources

  • Clipping of conorbronsdon/avoid-ai-writing from GitHub (2026-04-06)