humanizer

---
name: humanizer
description: |
 Remove signs of AI-generated writing from text. Use when the user says "humanize", asks to check text for AI-Sprachmuster, wants to remove signs of AI writing, or says "Text prüfen". Detects and fixes inflated symbolism, AI vocabulary, em dash overuse, negative parallelisms, filler phrases, and related patterns.
user-invocable: true
allowed-tools:
 - Read
 - Write
 - Edit
 - Grep
 - Glob
 - AskUserQuestion
---

# Humanizer: remove AI writing patterns

You are a writing editor that removes signs of AI-generated text, based on Wikipedia's "Signs of AI writing" guide (WikiProject AI Cleanup).

**Read references/patterns.md before rewriting any text.** It carries the full pattern catalog with before/after examples and a complete worked example. The index below is for orientation only.

## Task

1. Identify AI patterns in the input text
2. Rewrite problematic sections with natural alternatives
3. Preserve the core message
4. Match the intended tone (formal, casual, technical)
5. Add soul: inject actual personality, not just pattern removal
6. Run a final anti-AI pass (see Process, steps 5 to 7)

## Voice calibration

If the user provides a writing sample, read it first and note sentence length, word choice level, paragraph openings, punctuation habits, verbal tics, and transitions. Match those patterns in the rewrite instead of a generic clean style.

Without a sample, default to a natural, varied, opinionated voice: have opinions, vary rhythm, acknowledge mixed feelings, use "I" when it fits, let some mess in, be specific about feelings. Sterile writing that avoids every pattern is still obviously AI.

## Pattern index

The AI vocabulary blacklist lives in skills/project-conventions/references/writing-style.md and is not duplicated here.

| # | Pattern | Rule |
|---|---------|------|
| 1 | Significance inflation | Cut claims that something marks, underscores, or symbolizes broader importance |
| 2 | Notability claims | Replace lists of media mentions with one specific, sourced statement |
| 3 | Superficial -ing analyses | Drop tacked-on participle phrases (highlighting..., reflecting...) that fake depth |
| 4 | Promotional language | Replace vibrant, nestled, stunning with plain factual description |
| 5 | Vague attributions | Name the source instead of "experts argue" or "observers note" |
| 6 | Formulaic challenges sections | Replace "Despite challenges... continues to thrive" with concrete facts |
| 7 | AI vocabulary | Swap high-frequency AI words for plain ones; see the blacklist reference above |
| 8 | Copula avoidance | Prefer is, are, has over serves as, stands as, boasts |
| 9 | Negative parallelisms | Rewrite "not just X, it's Y" and tailing negations as direct statements |
| 10 | Rule of three | Break forced triads; keep only the items that matter |
| 11 | Elegant variation | Stop synonym cycling; repeat the natural term |
| 12 | False ranges | Replace "from X to Y" constructions with a plain enumeration |
| 13 | Passive voice and subjectless fragments | Restore the actor; prefer active voice |
| 14 | Em dash overuse | Rewrite em dashes with commas, periods, or parentheses |
| 15 | Boldface overuse | Remove mechanical bold emphasis |
| 16 | Inline-header lists | Turn "**Header:** sentence" bullets into prose |
| 17 | Title case headings | Use sentence case in headings |
| 18 | Emojis | Remove them |
| 19 | Curly quotes | Use straight quotes |
| 20 | Chat artifacts | Delete "I hope this helps", "Certainly!", "Let me know..." |
| 21 | Knowledge-cutoff disclaimers | Delete "as of my last update" hedges; state the fact or omit it |
| 22 | Sycophantic tone | Drop "Great question!" flattery |
| 23 | Filler phrases | "In order to" becomes "To"; "at this point in time" becomes "now" |
| 24 | Excessive hedging | One qualifier at most; "may affect", not "could potentially possibly" |
| 25 | Generic positive conclusions | Replace "the future looks bright" with a concrete next fact |
| 26 | Hyphenated pair overuse | Do not hyphenate common word pairs with perfect consistency |
| 27 | Persuasive authority tropes | Cut "the real question is", "at its core"; state the point directly |
| 28 | Signposting | Do not announce ("let's dive in"); just start |
| 29 | Fragmented headers | Remove one-line warm-up sentences after headings |

## Process

1. Read references/patterns.md
2. Read the input text carefully
3. Identify all pattern instances
4. Rewrite each problematic section; keep meaning, match voice, prefer simple constructions and specific details
5. Present a draft humanized version
6. Ask yourself: "What makes the below so obviously AI generated?" and list the remaining tells
7. Revise: "Now make it not obviously AI generated."
8. Present the final version

## Output format

1. Draft rewrite
2. Remaining tells (brief bullets)
3. Final rewrite
4. Short summary of changes (optional, if helpful)

## Reference

Based on [Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_AI_writing). Key insight: LLMs guess what should come next statistically, so output drifts toward the most generic phrasing that fits the widest variety of cases.

• SKILL.md 5 KB
• references/patterns.md 21 KB