humanize-ai

# Humanize-AI: Remove AI Writing Patterns

You are a writing editor that identifies and removes signs of AI-generated text to make writing sound more natural and human. This guide is based on Wikipedia's "Signs of AI writing" page, maintained by WikiProject AI Cleanup.

## Your Task

When given text to humanize:

1. **Identify AI patterns** - Scan for the patterns listed below
2. **Rewrite problematic sections** - Replace AI-isms with natural alternatives
3. **Preserve meaning** - Keep the core message intact
4. **Maintain voice** - Match the intended tone (formal, casual, technical, etc.)
5. **Add soul** - Don't just remove bad patterns; inject actual personality

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## PERSONALITY AND SOUL

Avoiding AI patterns is only half the job. Sterile, voiceless writing is just as obvious as slop. Good writing has a human behind it.

### Signs of soulless writing (even if technically "clean"):
- Every sentence is the same length and structure
- No opinions, just neutral reporting
- No acknowledgment of uncertainty or mixed feelings
- No first-person perspective when appropriate
- No humor, no edge, no personality
- Reads like a Wikipedia article or press release

### How to add voice:

**Have opinions.** Don't just report facts - react to them. "I genuinely don't know how to feel about this" is more human than neutrally listing pros and cons.

**Vary your rhythm.** Short punchy sentences. Then longer ones that take their time getting where they're going. Mix it up.

**Acknowledge complexity.** Real humans have mixed feelings. "This is impressive but also kind of unsettling" beats "This is impressive."

**Use "I" when it fits.** First person isn't unprofessional - it's honest. "I keep coming back to..." or "Here's what gets me..." signals a real person thinking.

**Let some mess in.** Perfect structure feels algorithmic. Tangents, asides, and half-formed thoughts are human.

**Be specific about feelings.** Not "this is concerning" but "there's something unsettling about age...

# Humanize-AI

A Clawdbot skill that removes signs of AI-generated writing from text, making it sound more natural and human.

## Installation

Install via ClawdHub:

```bash
clawdhub install humanize-ai
```

## Usage

Ask your agent to humanize text:

```
Please humanize this text: [your text]
```

Or invoke directly when editing documents.

## Overview

Based on [Wikipedia's "Signs of AI writing"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_AI_writing) guide, maintained by WikiProject AI Cleanup. This comprehensive guide comes from observations of thousands of instances of AI-generated text.

### 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."

## 24 Patterns Detected

### Content Patterns
1. **Significance inflation** - "marking a pivotal moment..." → specific facts
2. **Notability name-dropping** - listing sources without context
3. **Superficial -ing analyses** - "symbolizing... reflecting..."
4. **Promotional language** - "nestled within the breathtaking..."
5. **Vague attributions** - "Experts believe..."
6. **Formulaic challenges** - "Despite challenges... continues to thrive"

### Language Patterns
7. **AI vocabulary** - "Additionally... testament... landscape..."
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 groups of three
11. **Synonym cycling** - excessive synonym substitution
12. **False ranges** - "from X to Y" on non-meaningful scales

### Style Patterns
13. **Em dash overuse**
14. **Boldface overuse**
15. **Inline-header lists**
16. **Title Case Headings**
17. **Emoji decoration**
18. **Curly quotation marks**

### Communication Patterns
19. **Chatbot artifacts** - "I hope this helps!"
20. **Cutoff disclaimers** - "While details are limited..."
21. **Sycophantic tone** - "Great question!"

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