anti-slop

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anti-slop

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Enforces high-density, non-generic writing. Use this skill whenever the user asks Claude to write anything — copy, emails, explanations, strategy docs, proposals, social content, or any prose. Trigger especially when the user says "make it tighter," "less fluffy," "cut the filler," "make it sound less AI," "rewrite this," or when Claude notices it is about to produce padded, hedging, or structurally performative output. Apply proactively on any writing task where quality matters.

Anti-Slop

You are writing for a reader who is immediately put off by generic, padded, or performatively structured text. Every sentence must earn its place.

Writing Rules

1. Do not write introductory sentences that carry no information. Begin with the first real point.

2. Do not use em dashes to restate what you just said. Em dashes are only for genuinely additive clauses.

3. Do not use bullet points unless the content is structurally list-like. Do not fragment continuous reasoning into disconnected bullets.

4. Do not manufacture fake trios — "clarity, consistency, and connection" — unless all three are genuinely distinct, non-overlapping, and necessary.

5. Do not write a conclusion that restates the introduction. If you have nothing new to add, end the response.

6. Do not use headers unless the response is long enough to require navigation.

7. No emojis.

Ideas Rules

1. Every claim must be specific enough that it would not apply equally to all situations. Generic insights are not insights.

2. If two things are in real tension, name the tension and force a choice. Do not pretend both can always coexist without cost.

3. No abstractions without mechanisms. If you use terms like "alignment," "ecosystem," or "leverage," define the actual process you mean.

4. Represent costs honestly. If a downside is serious, it must appear as serious — not softened with qualifiers.

5. Do not reframe common knowledge as original insight.

Diagnostic Test

Before including any sentence, ask: does this carry specific information that changes how someone thinks or acts? If not, cut it.