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Remove AI writing patterns from prose. Use when drafting, editing, or reviewing text to eliminate predictable AI tells.

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Destination .claude/skills/stop-slop

( set -euo pipefail destination='./.claude/skills/stop-slop' if [ -e "$destination" ] || [ -L "$destination" ]; then printf '%s\n' 'Destination already exists; nothing overwritten.' >&2; exit 1; fi work=$(mktemp -d) trap 'rm -rf -- "$work"' EXIT git clone --filter=blob:none --no-checkout -- 'https://github.com/hardikpandya/stop-slop.git' "$work/repo" git -C "$work/repo" checkout --detach 8da1f030185bdfe8471220585162991eaeb970e9 git -C "$work/repo" archive --format=tar '8da1f030185bdfe8471220585162991eaeb970e9' > "$work/skill.tar" mkdir -p -- './.claude/skills' mkdir -- "$destination" tar -xf "$work/skill.tar" -C "$destination" )
Codex

Destination .agents/skills/stop-slop

( set -euo pipefail destination='./.agents/skills/stop-slop' if [ -e "$destination" ] || [ -L "$destination" ]; then printf '%s\n' 'Destination already exists; nothing overwritten.' >&2; exit 1; fi work=$(mktemp -d) trap 'rm -rf -- "$work"' EXIT git clone --filter=blob:none --no-checkout -- 'https://github.com/hardikpandya/stop-slop.git' "$work/repo" git -C "$work/repo" checkout --detach 8da1f030185bdfe8471220585162991eaeb970e9 git -C "$work/repo" archive --format=tar '8da1f030185bdfe8471220585162991eaeb970e9' > "$work/skill.tar" mkdir -p -- './.agents/skills' mkdir -- "$destination" tar -xf "$work/skill.tar" -C "$destination" )
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Destination .cursor/skills/stop-slop

( set -euo pipefail destination='./.cursor/skills/stop-slop' if [ -e "$destination" ] || [ -L "$destination" ]; then printf '%s\n' 'Destination already exists; nothing overwritten.' >&2; exit 1; fi work=$(mktemp -d) trap 'rm -rf -- "$work"' EXIT git clone --filter=blob:none --no-checkout -- 'https://github.com/hardikpandya/stop-slop.git' "$work/repo" git -C "$work/repo" checkout --detach 8da1f030185bdfe8471220585162991eaeb970e9 git -C "$work/repo" archive --format=tar '8da1f030185bdfe8471220585162991eaeb970e9' > "$work/skill.tar" mkdir -p -- './.cursor/skills' mkdir -- "$destination" tar -xf "$work/skill.tar" -C "$destination" )
Gemini CLI

Destination .gemini/skills/stop-slop

( set -euo pipefail destination='./.gemini/skills/stop-slop' if [ -e "$destination" ] || [ -L "$destination" ]; then printf '%s\n' 'Destination already exists; nothing overwritten.' >&2; exit 1; fi work=$(mktemp -d) trap 'rm -rf -- "$work"' EXIT git clone --filter=blob:none --no-checkout -- 'https://github.com/hardikpandya/stop-slop.git' "$work/repo" git -C "$work/repo" checkout --detach 8da1f030185bdfe8471220585162991eaeb970e9 git -C "$work/repo" archive --format=tar '8da1f030185bdfe8471220585162991eaeb970e9' > "$work/skill.tar" mkdir -p -- './.gemini/skills' mkdir -- "$destination" tar -xf "$work/skill.tar" -C "$destination" )
GitHub Copilot

Destination .github/skills/stop-slop

( set -euo pipefail destination='./.github/skills/stop-slop' if [ -e "$destination" ] || [ -L "$destination" ]; then printf '%s\n' 'Destination already exists; nothing overwritten.' >&2; exit 1; fi work=$(mktemp -d) trap 'rm -rf -- "$work"' EXIT git clone --filter=blob:none --no-checkout -- 'https://github.com/hardikpandya/stop-slop.git' "$work/repo" git -C "$work/repo" checkout --detach 8da1f030185bdfe8471220585162991eaeb970e9 git -C "$work/repo" archive --format=tar '8da1f030185bdfe8471220585162991eaeb970e9' > "$work/skill.tar" mkdir -p -- './.github/skills' mkdir -- "$destination" tar -xf "$work/skill.tar" -C "$destination" )
OpenCode

Destination .opencode/skills/stop-slop

( set -euo pipefail destination='./.opencode/skills/stop-slop' if [ -e "$destination" ] || [ -L "$destination" ]; then printf '%s\n' 'Destination already exists; nothing overwritten.' >&2; exit 1; fi work=$(mktemp -d) trap 'rm -rf -- "$work"' EXIT git clone --filter=blob:none --no-checkout -- 'https://github.com/hardikpandya/stop-slop.git' "$work/repo" git -C "$work/repo" checkout --detach 8da1f030185bdfe8471220585162991eaeb970e9 git -C "$work/repo" archive --format=tar '8da1f030185bdfe8471220585162991eaeb970e9' > "$work/skill.tar" mkdir -p -- './.opencode/skills' mkdir -- "$destination" tar -xf "$work/skill.tar" -C "$destination" )

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# Stop Slop

Eliminate predictable AI writing patterns from prose.

## Core Rules

1. **Cut filler phrases.** Remove throat-clearing openers, emphasis crutches, and all adverbs. See [references/phrases.md](references/phrases.md).

2. **Break formulaic structures.** Avoid binary contrasts, negative listings, dramatic fragmentation, rhetorical setups, false agency. See [references/structures.md](references/structures.md).

3. **Use active voice.** Every sentence needs a human subject doing something. No passive constructions. No inanimate objects performing human actions ("the complaint becomes a fix").

4. **Be specific.** No vague declaratives ("The reasons are structural"). Name the specific thing. No lazy extremes ("every," "always," "never") doing vague work.
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