declaude

name	declaude
description	Rewrites words and phrases commonly produced by LLMs into plainer, more common alternatives within one or more files. Use when the user asks to "declaudeify", "de-LLM", de-slop, or plain-language a file, or to reword telltale AI phrasing. If no file is named, it asks which file to operate on.

declaude

Rewrites telltale LLM phrasing into plainer, more common language in the file(s) the user names.

Inputs

• The user may name one file or several files. Operate on exactly those files.
• If no file is provided, ASK which file(s) to declaudeify and wait for an answer. Do not guess, and do not sweep the whole project.

Workflow

1. Confirm the target file(s). If none were given, ask "Which file(s) should I declaudeify?" and stop until the user answers.
2. Read each target file and scan it for every entry in the banned-phrase list below. Match case-insensitively, on the whole phrase.
3. Replace each match with the best-fitting alternative from the list, preserving the surrounding capitalization, tense, and meaning. Keep the edit minimal.
4. Change ONLY listed phrases. Do not rewrite, reflow, or "improve" any other text.
5. Report every change as file:line "<before>" -> "<after>". For a file with no matches, say so explicitly.

Banned phrases

This list is strict and intentionally small. Reword only what appears here; do not invent additional entries.

Banned phrase	Plainer alternatives
load bearing	essential, critical, important, key

Notes

• "load bearing" is also a literal structural-engineering term. Only reword figurative uses (for example, "this assumption is load bearing"); leave genuine references to physical structures untouched.