The /human Skill — make Claude's writing stop sounding like AI (Wikipedia Signs of AI writing + drop-in skill)

human-skill.md

The /human Skill — make Claude's writing stop sounding like AI

Wikipedia's Signs of AI writing is the best public catalogue of the tells that make text read like a robot. Here's how to turn it into a one-word Claude Code command — plus the ready-made skill so you can skip the build.

The 60-second build (the exact prompts)

1. Prime it — paste into Claude:

From now on, humanize everything you write. Stop writing like an AI.

2. Feed it the source — paste the Wikipedia page (or its URL) and:

Here is Wikipedia's "Signs of AI writing". List every tell it names —
the em-dash overuse, the "it's not just X, it's Y" construction, the hollow
over-polished tone, inflated importance, the rule-of-three padding, all of it.

3. Lock it in:

Never use any of these patterns again. Write plainly, concretely, with varied
sentence length. No em-dashes. No "not just… but". No filler adjectives.

4. Turn it into a skill (this is the whole trick — build once, never re-explain):

Open skill-creator and turn all of that into a personal skill named "human".

5. Use it forever:

/human

Type /human before anything you write, and it comes out clean.

Skip the build — drop-in skill

Save this as .claude/skills/human/SKILL.md:

---
name: human
description: Rewrites text to remove AI-writing tells (em-dashes, "not just X but Y", hollow tone). Trigger when the user types /human or asks to make writing sound human.
---

Rewrite the given text so it reads like a sharp human wrote it. Remove every tell:

- **No em-dashes.** Use a period or a comma.
- **Kill "it's not just X — it's Y"** and all its variants. State the point once.
- **No inflated importance** ("crucial", "pivotal", "transformative", "game-changing") unless literally true.
- **No rule-of-three padding** ("faster, smarter, and more efficient").
- **No hollow, over-polished tone.** Vary sentence length. Let some sentences be short.
- **Cut filler adjectives and adverbs.** Prefer concrete nouns and verbs.
- **No "in today's fast-paced world" openers** or "in conclusion" closers.

Keep the meaning and the facts. Return only the rewritten text.

Reload with /reload (or restart Claude Code), then type /human.

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Built by @buildwith.conrad — one Claude workflow worth stealing every week.