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title: "GitHub - hardikpandya/stop-slop: Remove AI Tells from Prose"
url: https://stacklist.com/card/06709bc9-2b93-4c83-93d3-6bacaeea6cef
source_url: "https://github.com/hardikpandya/stop-slop"
stack: https://stacklist.com/stack/adf42802-57ae-4bec-810c-7ec6565a3b86
summary: "Stop Slop is a skill tool designed to help Claude and other LLMs identify and remove AI-generated writing patterns such as predictable phrases, structural clichés, and common linguistic tells from prose. It provides structured references, scoring criteria, and implementation methods for various platforms including Claude Code, Projects, custom instructions, and API calls."
tags: "ai-writing, prose-editing, git-workflow, llm-patterns, writing-skill, content-quality"
key_entities: "Claude (technology), LLM (technology), Hardik Pandya (person), AI-writing patterns (concept), prose-editing (concept)"
classification: "framework"
content_hash: "sha256:f29cba3a74fb200ef8862303506ec8b5385bcc4c6d9c345e5a484c35d7024c5b"
acp_version: "0.2"
token_counts_approximate: 373
visibility: public
agent_accessible: true
status: "final"
---

# GitHub - hardikpandya/stop-slop: Remove AI Tells from Prose

Stop Slop A skill for removing AI tells from prose. What this is AI writing has patterns. Predictable phrases, structures, rhythms. This skill teaches Claude (or any LLM) to catch and remove them. Skill Structure stop-slop/ ├── SKILL.md # Core instructions ├── references/ │ ├── phrases.md # Phrases to remove │ ├── structures.md # Structural patterns to avoid │ └── examples.md # Before/after transformations ├── README.md └── LICENSE Quick start Claude Code: Add this folder as a skill. Claude Projects: Upload SKILL.md and reference files to project knowledge. Custom instructions: Copy core rules from SKILL.md . API calls: Include SKILL.md in your system prompt. Reference files load on demand. What it catches Banned phrases - Throat-clearing openers, emphasis crutches, business jargon, all adverbs, vague declaratives, meta-commentary. See references/phrases.md . Structural clichés - Binary contrasts, negative listings, dramatic fragmentation, rhetorical setups, false agency, narrator-from-a-distance voice, passive voice. See references/structures.md . Sentence-level rules - No Wh- sentence starters, no em dashes, no staccato fragmentation, no lazy extremes, active voice required. Scoring Rate 1-10 on each dimension: Dimension Question Directness Statements or announcements? Rhythm Varied or metronomic? Trust Respects reader intelligence? Authenticity Sounds human? Density Anything cuttable? Below 35/50: revise. Author Hardik Pandya License MIT. Use freely, share widely.