# Write Like A Human

> Strip the AI-isms out of any text — em-dash overuse, "It's not just X, it's Y", inflated significance, sycophantic openers, rule-of-three padding. Use when the user says "humanize this", "make this less AI", "tighten this", or pastes obviously-AI prose and asks for a rewrite.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-spencerpauly-skills-repo-write-like-a-human`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [spencerpauly](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/spencerpauly)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [spencerpauly](https://github.com/spencerpauly)
- **Source:** https://github.com/spencerpauly/skills-repo/tree/main/skills/write-like-a-human
- **Website:** https://skillsovermcp.com

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-spencerpauly-skills-repo-write-like-a-human
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Write Like a Human

Rewrite text so it stops sounding like a language model wrote it. Wraps the open-source [humanizer](https://github.com/blader/humanizer) skill, which catalogs ~30 specific tells (em-dash overuse, "stands as a testament", `-ing` analyses, rule-of-three padding, inline-bold lists, and so on).

## When to use

- The user pastes a chunk of writing and asks to "humanize", "de-AI", "tighten", or "make this sound like me".
- The user asks for editing on something they wrote with an LLM.
- A blog post / launch email / README draft has tells the user wants gone.

## Steps

1. **Pull down the reference list of patterns** the first time this skill activates in a session:
   ```bash
   curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/blader/humanizer/main/SKILL.md
   ```
   Read it. There are ~30 patterns; you don't need to memorize them, just keep them visible while editing.

2. **Ask for a voice sample** if you don't already have one. One paragraph the user wrote themselves is enough. Match cadence, vocabulary, and how they handle transitions.

3. **Do a first pass** removing the highest-signal tells in this order:
   1. Sycophantic openers ("Great question!", "Absolutely!").
   2. Em-dashes that should be commas, periods, or parens.
   3. "It's not just X, it's Y" / "Not only … but …" parallelisms.
   4. Inflated significance words: *testament, pivotal, landscape, vibrant, tapestry, underscore*.
   5. Rule-of-three lists that pad ideas into groups of three.
   6. Inline-bold vertical lists (`- **Speed:** …`).

4. **Do a second "audit" pass.** Re-read your draft and ask out loud: *"What still makes this sound AI-generated?"* Answer briefly, then revise once more. This step is the difference between "cleaned up" and "actually sounds human".

5. **Return three things:**
   - A draft rewrite.
   - A short list of remaining tells you noticed during the audit.
   - A final rewrite with those fixed.

## Don't

- Don't replace AI mush with new AI mush. If the original said "stands as a testament to" and you change it to "represents a key milestone in", you haven't fixed anything.
- Don't sand off the user's voice. Quirks, opinions, and the occasional sentence fragment are the *point*.
- Don't add em-dashes back in. If you must use a punctuation break, prefer a period.

## Reference

Patterns and examples:

## Source & license

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

- **Author:** [spencerpauly](https://github.com/spencerpauly)
- **Source:** [spencerpauly/skills-repo](https://github.com/spencerpauly/skills-repo)
- **License:** MIT
- **Homepage:** https://skillsovermcp.com

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

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** yes
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-spencerpauly-skills-repo-write-like-a-human
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/spencerpauly
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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