Stop Slop
Remove AI writing patterns from prose. Use when drafting, editing, or reviewing text to eliminate predictable AI tells.
Install
$ agentstack add skill-wpgaurav-claude-code-skills-stop-slop ✓ 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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Declared compatibility
Compatibility is declared by the source manifest. End-to-end runtime verification is coming, see below.
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Stop Slop
Eliminate predictable AI writing patterns from prose.
Core Rules
- Cut filler phrases. Remove throat-clearing openers and emphasis crutches. See [references/phrases.md](references/phrases.md).
- Break formulaic structures. Avoid binary contrasts, dramatic fragmentation, rhetorical setups. See [references/structures.md](references/structures.md).
- Vary rhythm. Mix sentence lengths. Two items beat three. End paragraphs differently.
- Trust readers. State facts directly. Skip softening, justification, hand-holding.
- Cut quotables. If it sounds like a pull-quote, rewrite it.
Quick Checks
Before delivering prose:
- Three consecutive sentences match length? Break one.
- Paragraph ends with punchy one-liner? Vary it.
- Em-dash before a reveal? Remove it.
- Explaining a metaphor? Trust it to land.
- Same concept called three different names? Pick one and repeat it.
- "Serves as" or "stands as" where "is" works? Use "is."
- Stacked "from X to Y" ranges? Pick one specific example.
- Closing paragraph could apply to any article? Make it specific.
Self-Audit (Final Pass)
After writing, ask: "What makes this obviously AI-generated?" Read every paragraph looking for:
- Synonym cycling (same thing, different words each time)
- -ing gerund clusters (highlighting, showcasing, fostering)
- Significance inflation (testament, pivotal, transformative)
- False comprehensiveness (from X to Y, whether A or B)
- Generic optimistic closing
Fix every instance found. Then read once more.
Scoring
Rate 1-10 on each dimension:
| Dimension | Question | |-----------|----------| | Directness | Statements or announcements? | | Rhythm | Varied or metronomic? | | Trust | Respects reader intelligence? | | Authenticity | Sounds human? | | Density | Anything cuttable? |
Below 35/50: revise.
Examples
See [references/examples.md](references/examples.md) for before/after transformations.
License
MIT
Source & license
This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.
- Author: wpgaurav
- Source: wpgaurav/claude-code-skills
- License: MIT
- Homepage: https://gauravtiwari.org/stop-slop/
Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.
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Versions
- v0.1.0 Imported from the upstream source.