# Stop Slop

> Remove AI writing patterns from prose. Use when drafting, editing, or reviewing text to eliminate predictable AI tells.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-wpgaurav-claude-code-skills-stop-slop`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [wpgaurav](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/wpgaurav)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [wpgaurav](https://github.com/wpgaurav)
- **Source:** https://github.com/wpgaurav/claude-code-skills/tree/master/stop-slop
- **Website:** https://gauravtiwari.org/stop-slop/

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-wpgaurav-claude-code-skills-stop-slop
```

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

## About

# Stop Slop

Eliminate predictable AI writing patterns from prose.

## Core Rules

1. **Cut filler phrases.** Remove throat-clearing openers and emphasis crutches. See [references/phrases.md](references/phrases.md).

2. **Break formulaic structures.** Avoid binary contrasts, dramatic fragmentation, rhetorical setups. See [references/structures.md](references/structures.md).

3. **Vary rhythm.** Mix sentence lengths. Two items beat three. End paragraphs differently.

4. **Trust readers.** State facts directly. Skip softening, justification, hand-holding.

5. **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:

1. Synonym cycling (same thing, different words each time)
2. -ing gerund clusters (highlighting, showcasing, fostering)
3. Significance inflation (testament, pivotal, transformative)
4. False comprehensiveness (from X to Y, whether A or B)
5. 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](https://github.com/wpgaurav)
- **Source:** [wpgaurav/claude-code-skills](https://github.com/wpgaurav/claude-code-skills)
- **License:** MIT
- **Homepage:** https://gauravtiwari.org/stop-slop/

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:** no
- **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-wpgaurav-claude-code-skills-stop-slop
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/wpgaurav
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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