// This skill should be used when generating any text content, writing documentation, creating code comments, or reviewing writing style. Provides guidance on avoiding common AI writing patterns and tropes that make text sound artificial or formulaic.
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| name | tropes |
| description | This skill should be used when generating any text content, writing documentation, creating code comments, or reviewing writing style. Provides guidance on avoiding common AI writing patterns and tropes that make text sound artificial or formulaic. |
Scan generated text for common AI writing patterns that make content sound artificial or formulaic. This skill provides a systematic workflow for identifying and eliminating tropes.
Source: tropes.fyi by ossama.is
Write like a human expert: varied, precise, and professional.
The goal is to find the "middle ground" between overly colloquial or casual writing and the obscure, formulaic style typical of AI generation. A single pattern used once is usually fine; the problem occurs when multiple tropes cluster together or when the same trope repeats throughout the text.
Scan for tropes when:
Read through the text and identify:
Look for multiple tropes appearing together:
For each identified trope:
After revision:
The complete trope catalog is organized into seven categories. Load specific references as needed:
Word Choice - references/word-choice.md
Ornate vocabulary, magic adverbs, pompous constructions
Sentence Structure - references/sentence-structure.md
Negative parallelism, rhetorical questions, formulaic patterns
Paragraph Structure - references/paragraph-structure.md
Short fragments, listicle disguises
Tone - references/tone.md
False suspense, pedagogical voice, vague attributions
Formatting - references/formatting.md
Em-dash overuse, bold-first bullets, unicode decoration
Composition - references/composition.md
Fractal summaries, dead metaphors, content duplication
Professional Balance - references/professional-balance.md
Avoiding both overly colloquial "humanisms" and obscure AI-isms.
