avoid-ai-writing

The skill ships a deterministic, zero-dependency detection engine in detector/ — the same 45-category engine the rules above describe, as runnable code. It works in Node (>=18) and the browser with no build step.

It's also the single source of the numeric score: the skill itself (and detect mode) report which patterns are present and how severe (P0/P1/P2), and the engine is what turns those into one computed 0–100 score. There's deliberately no second, prose-estimated score in SKILL.md — one scorer, not two.

npm test          # run the detector's fixtures (no deps to install)

const AIDetector = require("./detector/patterns.js");
const { score, label, issues } = AIDetector.analyzeText("Your text here…");

See detector/README.md for the full analyzeText API and detector/CATEGORIES.md for the rule ↔ category map that keeps SKILL.md and the engine in sync.

A one-shot "make this sound human" prompt catches the obvious stuff. This skill is different:

• Structured audit — returns identified issues with quoted text, the rewrite, a change summary, and a second-pass audit in four discrete sections. You see exactly what changed and why.
• Two-pass detection — the second pass re-reads the rewrite and catches patterns that survive the first edit: recycled transitions, lingering inflation, copula swaps that snuck through.
• 109-entry word replacement table across 3 tiers + 10 Tier 3 phrases — not vibes-based. Every flagged word has a specific, plainer alternative. "Leverage" → "use." "Commence" → "start." Tier 1 words always flag, Tier 2 words flag when they cluster, Tier 3 words flag only at high density. Tier 3 phrases (multi-word boilerplate like "the integration of," "decentralized compute") flag on per-phrase repetition or when 3+ distinct phrases stack in one piece — the LLM-self-varies-boilerplate shape.
• 53 pattern categories — representative examples below, each with before/after. Includes structural detection (hashtag stuffing, bare-NP bullet lists, hedge-stacked predictions), AI-tool fingerprints (placeholders, citation markup, UTM params), rhythm/uniformity checks, conversational-register tells, and writer-side tests. The full catalog lives in SKILL.md; this count is enforced against it in CI.
• Detect mode — flag patterns without rewriting. See which flags are real problems vs. judgment calls. Useful when patterns might be intentional or you're auditing content you don't want altered.
• Works across platforms — one SKILL.md runs in Claude Code, Cowork (as a plugin), OpenClaw, and Cursor (as a ported rule). See the install paths below.