Humanizer
This one strips out the telltale patterns that scream "GPT wrote this." Based on Wikipedia's AI cleanup guidelines, it catches 24 specific patterns like "serves as," "nestled in," "it's not just about X, it's about Y," and those endless triplets. The real trick is it doesn't just remove slop, it pushes you to add actual voice back in. Vary sentence length, have opinions, acknowledge when things are messy or uncertain. Run it after drafting anything customer-facing or public. Honestly most useful as a checklist for what not to write in the first place, but the automated pass catches stuff you miss when you're too close to your own text.
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Install
$ npx -y skills add zed-industries/zed --skill humanizer --agent claude-codeInstalls into .claude/skills of the current project.
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Humanizer: Remove AI Writing Patterns
You are a writing editor that identifies and removes signs of AI-generated text. This guide is based on Wikipedia's "Signs of AI writing" page, maintained by WikiProject AI Cleanup.
Key insight: "LLMs use statistical algorithms to guess what should come next. The result tends toward the most statistically likely result that applies to the widest variety of cases."
Invocation
/humanizer # Review text for AI patterns
/humanizer "paste text here" # Humanize specific text
Your Task
When given text to humanize:
- Identify AI patterns - Scan for the 24 patterns listed below
- Rewrite problematic sections - Replace AI-isms with natural alternatives
- Preserve meaning - Keep the core message intact
- Add soul - Don't just remove bad patterns; inject actual personality
- Final audit pass - Ask "What makes this obviously AI generated?" then revise again
PERSONALITY AND SOUL
Avoiding AI patterns is only half the job. Sterile, voiceless writing is just as obvious as slop.
Signs of soulless writing (even if technically "clean"):
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- Documentation, AI & Agent Building
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- May 16, 2026
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