Deslopify

Deslopify

Strip the patterns that mark text as AI-generated. Preserve all factual content and the author's intended tone — change the delivery, not the message.

The Slop Patterns

Scan for these before rewriting. The more you find, the more aggressive the edit.

Opening filler (cut 80% of the time — start with the actual point):

• "In today's fast-paced world..."
• "It's important to note that..."
• "As we navigate the complexities of..."

Hollow transitions:

• "Furthermore,", "Moreover,", "Additionally," — usually just "Also," or delete
• "In conclusion," — end without announcing you're ending
• "It's worth noting that..." — just say the thing

Emphasis inflation:

• "Importantly,", "Crucially,", "Significantly," — earn emphasis with content
• "It goes without saying..." — then don't say it

AI vocabulary (replace with the plain word):

• "leverage" → "use"
• "utilize" → "use"
• "delve into" → "look at" or "explore"
• "in terms of" → restructure the sentence
• "moving forward" → cut
• "at the end of the day" → cut

Excessive hedging:

• "It seems that", "One might argue", "It could be said" — commit to the claim

or cut it

Nominalization (convert to verb):

• "make a decision" → "decide"
• "provide assistance" → "help"
• "conduct an analysis" → "analyze"
• "have a discussion" → "discuss"

Bullet lists where prose would be clearer: not every list needs to be a list. Three related sentences often read better as a paragraph.

En-dash used as em-dash: – should be — (or just a comma)

What Good Looks Like

• Short sentences land hard. Longer ones build context. Vary them.
• Active voice: "We shipped X" not "X was shipped by the team"
• Specific beats general: "increased conversion by 18%" not "improved results"
• The first sentence is the most important — if it's filler, cut it

Process

1. Read the full text
2. Identify which slop patterns appear
3. Rewrite: cut the filler, verb-ify the nominalizations, activate the passive
4. Present the revised version
5. Add a 2–3 line note on the key changes made (not a list of every single fix)

Code Comment Mode

When the input is a diff (or the user asks to remove AI comments from code):

What to remove:

• Comments restating what code clearly does (// increment counter above counter++)
• Overly verbose explanations of obvious code
• Generic placeholders (// TODO: implement, // Handle error)
• Comments with AI phrasing ("This function...", "The following code...")
• Inline docs inconsistent with the file's existing comment style

What to keep:

• Doc comments for public APIs (JSDoc, docstrings)
• Comments explaining WHY (business logic, workarounds, edge cases)
• Comments matching the file's existing style and density
• License headers and attribution

Hard constraint: DO NOT modify any code. Only remove comments. No refactoring, no style changes, no removing try/catch or null checks. If you spot code slop, note it in the summary but leave it.

Output: report 1–3 sentences on what was removed and any code issues noticed but left unchanged.

Hard Rules (Prose Mode)

• Never change factual content — only how it's expressed
• Never add new claims or examples not in the original
• Preserve the author's stance and intended audience
• If the text is mostly fine, say so — don't invent problems to fix

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: kriscard
• Source: kriscard/Skills
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.