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Scan a plan, draft, or idea for the generic, textbook, everyone-would-say-that lines — and push each toward something sharper and more specific. Use when asked is this too generic, make this less boring, why does my plan feel bland, or spot the clichés in my thinking. Produces a line-by-line flag of the mediocre and predictable parts, why each is forgettable, and a sharper, more specific, or more surprising alternative for each — so the output stops sounding like the average of the internet.

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# The Boring Answer Detector

AI (and tired humans) default to the safe, average, textbook answer — technically correct and utterly forgettable. This audits your plan or draft for exactly those lines: the generic advice, the predictable framing, the thing anyone would say. Then it pushes each toward something specific, surprising, or actually yours. It's a bland-o-meter with a fix attached.

## What This Skill Produces

- **The boring-line flags** — the specific parts that are generic, predictable, or textbook
- **Why each is forgettable** — what makes it the average answer (it applies to anyone; it's advice everyone's heard; it says nothing false but nothing new)
- **A sharper version** — a more specific, concrete, or non-obvious alternative for each
- **The keepers** — the parts that are already sharp, so you don't over-edit

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