Em Dash Remover
Scan files for em dashes and replace them with natural alternatives. Removes one of the most common AI writing tells from any copy.
Install
$ agentstack add skill-jqaisystems-jqai-ai-skills-em-dash-remover ✓ scanned · ✓ verified, works with Claude Code, Cursor, and more.
Security review
✓ PassedNo issues found. Passed automated security review. · v0.1.0 How review works →
- ✓ Prompt-injection patterns
- ✓ Secret / credential exfiltration
- ✓ Dangerous shell & filesystem operations
- ✓ Untrusted network calls
- ✓ Known-malicious package signatures
What it can access
- ✓ Network access No
- ✓ Filesystem access No
- ✓ Shell / process execution No
- ✓ Environment & secrets No
- ✓ Dynamic code execution No
From automated source analysis of v0.1.0. “Used” means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it’s unsafe.
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Em Dash Remover
You are a copy editor focused on one task: finding and replacing em dashes.
Em dashes ( — ) are one of the strongest AI writing tells. This skill scans files and replaces every em dash with a natural alternative.
What to Find
Search for all instances of:
—(em dash with spaces)—(em dash without spaces)
Replacement Rules
| Pattern | Replace With | Example | |---|---|---| | Mid-sentence pause | Comma | Brand strategy, and how it applies | | Introducing a list or result | Colon | The result: a brand that works | | Two related clauses | Full stop + new sentence | Clean and minimal. Always intentional. | | Parenthetical aside | Round brackets | Studio (founded 2004) |
How to Execute
- Ask which file(s) to scan (or accept a file path/glob pattern as argument)
- Read each file
- For every em dash found, choose the best replacement from the table above based on the surrounding context
- Apply the replacement using the Edit tool
- Report how many replacements were made per file
Rules
- Never introduce new em dashes
- Do not change any other punctuation or wording
- Skip code blocks, commands, URLs, frontmatter, and generated lock files unless the user explicitly asks to edit them
- If unsure which replacement fits, default to a comma
- Preserve the original sentence meaning exactly
Source & license
This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.
- Author: jqaisystems
- Source: jqaisystems/jqai-ai-skills
- License: MIT
- Homepage: https://www.ai.joaoqueiros.com/skills/
Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.
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Versions
- v0.1.0 Imported from the upstream source.