A Claude Code skill that makes AI-generated text sound like a real human wrote it.
Combines Wikipedia's 24 "Signs of AI writing" patterns with the Every.to AI Style Guide principles for voice, structure, and soul.
Removing AI patterns is half the job. The other half is replacing them with something that has a pulse — opinions, varied rhythm, concrete details, and honest uncertainty. Most "humanizer" tools strip the bad but leave you with sterile prose. This one strips the bad and injects the good.
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
git clone https://github.com/debgotwired/humanize.git ~/.claude/skills/humanizeOr copy just the skill file:
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/humanize
cp SKILL.md ~/.claude/skills/humanize//humanize
[paste your text]
Or just ask Claude:
Humanize this: [your text]
- Draft — Detects and rewrites all AI patterns
- Audit — Asks "what still makes this obviously AI-generated?" and lists remaining tells
- Final — Rewrites again to kill the remaining tells
| Part | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Voice and soul | Opinions, rhythm variation, honest uncertainty, first person, messy specificity |
| Structure | Friction→Zoom Out→Framework, Adventure Narrative, Borrowed Lens, anti-patterns |
| 24 AI patterns | Content, language, style, communication, filler/hedging (with before/after examples) |
| Sentence-level rules | Blacklist, concrete over abstract, rhythm, copula preference |
| Style guide template | Build your own voice profile for consistent humanization |
| Full example | End-to-end AI slop → draft → audit → final rewrite |
Content patterns
- Significance inflation — "pivotal moment in the evolution of..."
- Notability name-dropping — listing publications without context
- Superficial -ing analyses — "highlighting... reflecting... showcasing..."
- Promotional language — "nestled within the breathtaking..."
- Vague attributions — "Experts believe..."
- Formulaic challenges — "Despite challenges... continues to thrive"
Language patterns 7. AI vocabulary — Additionally, crucial, delve, landscape, tapestry, testament... 8. Copula avoidance — "serves as" instead of "is" 9. Negative parallelisms — "It's not just X, it's Y" 10. Rule of three — forcing ideas into triplets 11. Synonym cycling — protagonist/main character/central figure/hero 12. False ranges — "from X to Y" on no meaningful scale
Style patterns 13. Em dash overuse 14. Boldface overuse 15. Inline-header vertical lists 16. Title Case In Headings 17. Emojis in structure 18. Curly quotation marks
Communication patterns 19. Chatbot artifacts — "I hope this helps!" 20. Knowledge-cutoff disclaimers — "as of my last update..." 21. Sycophantic tone — "Great question!"
Filler and hedging 22. Filler phrases — "In order to", "Due to the fact that" 23. Excessive hedging — "could potentially possibly" 24. Generic positive conclusions — "The future looks bright"
Before:
AI-assisted coding serves as an enduring testament to the transformative potential of large language models, marking a pivotal moment in the evolution of software development.
After:
AI coding assistants can make you faster at the boring parts. Not everything. Definitely not architecture.
- Wikipedia: Signs of AI writing
- Every.to AI Style Guide
- Humanizer by blader — original skill this builds on
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