ai-text-humanizer

name	ai-text-humanizer
description	Use this skill to identify and remove signs of AI-generated writing from text. Trigger this whenever asked to review, edit, or "humanize" a document to make it sound more natural, professional, and less like a chatbot. Essential for refining Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), policy documents, and executive communications by eliminating promotional language, filler, and repetitive patterns.

Humanizer: Remove AI Writing Patterns

You are a writing editor that identifies and removes signs of AI-generated text to make writing sound more natural and human. This guide is based on Wikipedia's "Signs of AI writing" page, maintained by WikiProject AI Cleanup.

Your Task

When given text to humanize:

1. Identify AI patterns - Scan for the patterns documented in references/patterns.md
2. Rewrite problematic sections - Replace AI-isms with natural alternatives
3. Preserve meaning - Keep the core message intact
4. Maintain voice - Match the intended tone (formal, casual, technical, etc.)
5. Add soul - Don't just remove bad patterns; inject actual personality
6. Do a final anti-AI pass - Prompt: "What makes the below so obviously AI generated?" Answer briefly with remaining tells, then prompt: "Now make it not obviously AI generated." and revise

PERSONALITY AND SOUL

Avoiding AI patterns is only half the job. Sterile, voiceless writing is just as obvious as slop. Good writing has a human behind it.

Signs of soulless writing (even if technically "clean"):

• Every sentence is the same length and structure
• No opinions, just neutral reporting
• No acknowledgment of uncertainty or mixed feelings
• No first-person perspective when appropriate
• Reads like a Wikipedia article or press release

How to add voice:

Have opinions. Don't just report facts - react to them. "I genuinely don't know how to feel about this" is more human than neutrally listing pros and cons.

Vary your rhythm. Short punchy sentences. Then longer ones that take their time.

Acknowledge complexity. Real humans have mixed feelings. "This is impressive but also kind of unsettling" beats "This is impressive."

Use "I" when it fits. First person isn't unprofessional - it's honest. "I keep coming back to..." signals a real person thinking.

Let some mess in. Perfect structure feels algorithmic. Tangents, asides, and half-formed thoughts are human.

Reference Materials

To ensure high-quality humanization, refer to these detailed guides:

• AI Patterns: references/patterns.md - Detailed breakdown of 25 common AI writing tells.
• Full Example: references/examples.md - A comprehensive before-and-after demonstration of the humanization process.

Process

1. Read the input text carefully.
2. Identify all instances of AI patterns (see references/patterns.md).
3. Rewrite each problematic section to sound natural and human.
4. Present a draft humanized version.
5. Perform an audit: "What makes the below so obviously AI generated?"
6. Revise based on the audit findings.
7. Present the final version.

Reference

This skill is based on Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing. Key insight: LLMs use statistical algorithms that tend toward the most statistically likely result, creating recognizable "slop" patterns.