# stop-slop

> A skill file that teaches an LLM to strip predictable AI patterns from its writing

- Repository: https://github.com/hardikpandya/stop-slop
- Category: Agent skills & plugins
- Stars: 18,252 · Forks: 1,344 · Language: n/a · License: MIT
- Experience: Beginner friendly
- Page: https://ir.adyog.com/repos/hardikpandya/stop-slop/

AI-generated prose has habits: throat-clearing openers, binary contrasts, short dramatic fragments, and a steady sentence rhythm. Readers notice these quickly. This project collects those habits into a skill that a model reads before it writes or edits.

The core is a SKILL.md file with the main rules. Three reference files sit beside it: a list of phrases to remove, a list of structural patterns to avoid, and before/after examples. The reference files load on demand when used through the API.

It also includes a scoring step. The model rates a draft from 1 to 10 on directness, rhythm, trust, authenticity and density, and revises if the total falls below 35 out of 50. It is plain text instructions, so there is no code to run or maintain.

## What it does

- **Banned phrase list**: Covers throat-clearing openers, emphasis crutches, business jargon, adverbs, vague declaratives and meta-commentary.
- **Structural patterns to avoid**: Names patterns such as binary contrasts, negative listings, dramatic fragmentation, rhetorical setups, false agency and passive voice.
- **Sentence-level rules**: Bans Wh- sentence starters, em dashes, staccato fragments and lazy extremes, and requires active voice.
- **Five-part scoring**: Rates directness, rhythm, trust, authenticity and density from 1 to 10. A score under 35 out of 50 means revise.
- **Works in several setups**: Can be added as a Claude Code skill, uploaded to Claude Projects, pasted into custom instructions, or put in an API system prompt.

## What you could build

- Edit a blog post draft so it loses the usual AI phrasing before you publish it.
- Add it to a Claude Code or Claude Projects setup so every piece of writing follows the same style rules.
- Score your own writing against the five dimensions to see where it feels flat or padded.
- Study the phrase and structure lists to learn which habits make prose sound machine-written.
- Include it in an API system prompt so a writing tool produces cleaner first drafts.

## Who it's for

Writers, marketers and developers who use LLMs to draft text and want it to sound less generic; you only need to know how to add a skill or system prompt to your tool.

## Get started

Download the repo folder. In Claude Code, add it as a skill. In Claude Projects, upload SKILL.md and the reference files. For other tools, copy the core rules from SKILL.md into custom instructions or your system prompt.



Tags: writing, claude-skill, prompts, editing