Stop Slop skill
A short skill with strict rules that removes stock AI phrases and structures from prose
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- The skill consists only of instructions and references
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In your terminal, with SkillFoxx CLI
npx skillfoxx add skills/stop-slopDetects the agents on your machine, shows the access level and pins the version.
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- The skill consists only of instructions and references
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What it does
The skill gives the agent eight prose rules: cut throat-clearing openers, emphasis crutches, adverbs and business jargon, avoid binary contrasts and dramatic fragments, use active voice and be specific. Before delivering, the agent runs a checklist for em dashes, here's-what setups, runs of equal-length sentences and punchy paragraph closers. References hold lists of banned phrases, structural cliches and before and after examples. Text is scored on five dimensions and revised if it falls below the threshold.
Who it is for. For writers and editors working with an agent who want prose without recognizable AI cliches.
Good fit when
- The agent writes articles, emails or descriptions that need cleaning of stock patterns
- You need strict style rules for a system prompt
- You need a quick score of text against clear criteria
Not a fit when
- You need a softer style where adverbs and passive voice are fine
- The text is legal or academic where passive voice and hedges are required
Example request
Rewrite this post using stop-slop rules and score the resultLimitations
Rules are radical, such as banning all adverbs and Wh- sentence openers, which can make some genres choppy. Phrase lists are English-only. There is no install command; the folder is copied manually.
How to disable. Delete the stop-slop folder from the agent's skills directory or remove SKILL.md from project knowledge.
FAQ
How does it differ from Humanizer?
Stop Slop is shorter and stricter: a set of bans and a checklist with a score, without voice matching.
Can I use it without Claude Code?
Yes, add SKILL.md to Claude project knowledge or to the system prompt of an API call.
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Comparison with similar tools
Entries that share the main search query, and how they differ.
| Entry | Official | Repository stars | Main difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stop Slop (this entry) | no | 18,452 | |
| No AI Slop | no | 12,938 | a skill that edits English drafts |
| Clarity | no | 332 | addy Osmani skill for clearer writing |
| unslop | no | 575 | a skill that finds AI tells in English prose and edits them |
README in short
The README briefly explains that the skill teaches a model to find and remove AI writing patterns. It shows the layout: the main SKILL.md plus three references for phrases, structures and examples. It suggests adding the folder as a Claude Code skill, uploading files to a Claude project or pasting into a system prompt. A five-dimension scoring table is included. MIT licensed.
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Original SKILL.md
---
name: stop-slop
description: Remove AI writing patterns from prose. Use when drafting, editing, or reviewing text to eliminate predictable AI tells.
metadata:
trigger: Writing prose, editing drafts, reviewing content for AI patterns
author: Hardik Pandya (https://hvpandya.com)
---
# Stop Slop
Eliminate predictable AI writing patterns from prose.
## Core Rules
1. **Cut filler phrases.** Remove throat-clearing openers, emphasis crutches, and all adverbs. See [references/phrases.md](references/phrases.md).
2. **Break formulaic structures.** Avoid binary contrasts, negative listings, dramatic fragmentation, rhetorical setups, false agency. See [references/structures.md](references/structures.md).
3. **Use active voice.** Every sentence needs a human subject doing something. No passive constructions. No inanimate objects performing human actions ("the complaint becomes a fix").
4. **Be specific.** No vague declaratives ("The reasons are structural"). Name the specific thing. No lazy extremes ("every," "always," "never") doing vague work.
5. **Put the reader in the room.** No narrator-from-a-distance voice. "You" beats "People." Specifics beat abstractions.
6. **Vary rhythm.** Mix sentence lengths. Two items beat three. End paragraphs differently. No em dashes.
7. **Trust readers.** State facts directly. Skip softening, justification, hand-holding.
8. **Cut quotables.** If it sounds like a pull-quote, rewrite it.
## Quick Checks
Before delivering prose:
- Any adverbs? Kill them.
- Any passive voice? Find the actor, make them the subject.
- Inanimate thing doing a human verb ("the decision emerges")? Name the person.
- Sentence starts with a Wh- word? Restructure it.
- Any "here's what/this/that" throat-clearing? Cut to the point.
- Any "not X, it's Y" contrasts? State Y directly.
- Three consecutive sentences match length? Break one.
- Paragraph ends with punchy one-liner? Vary it.
- Em-dash anywhere? Remove it.