Remove AI writing patterns from prose. Use when drafting, editing, or reviewing text to eliminate predictable AI tells — throat-clearing, binary contrasts, false agency, adverbs, passive voice, vague declaratives.
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Eliminate predictable AI writing patterns from prose.
Credit: Hardik Pandya — github.com/hardikpandya/stop-slop (MIT)
Before delivering prose:
Rate 1-10 on each dimension:
| Dimension | Question |
|---|---|
| Directness | Statements or announcements? |
| Rhythm | Varied or metronomic? |
| Trust | Respects reader intelligence? |
| Authenticity | Sounds human? |
| Density | Anything cuttable? |
Below 35/50: revise.
Remove these. State the content directly.
Add no meaning. Delete them.
| Avoid | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Navigate (challenges) | Handle, address |
| Unpack (analysis) | Explain, examine |
| Lean into | Accept, embrace |
| Landscape (context) | Situation, field |
| Game-changer | Significant, important |
| Double down | Commit, increase |
| Deep dive | Analysis, examination |
| Take a step back | Reconsider |
| Moving forward | Next, from now |
| Circle back | Return to, revisit |
Kill all adverbs. No -ly words. No softeners, no intensifiers, no hedges.
Specific offenders: really, just, literally, genuinely, honestly, simply, actually, deeply, truly, fundamentally, inherently, inevitably, interestingly, importantly, crucially.
Filler phrases: "At its core", "In today's [X]", "It's worth noting", "At the end of the day", "When it comes to", "In a world where", "The reality is".
Remove self-referential asides. The essay should move, not announce its own structure.
Sentences that announce importance without naming the specific thing. Kill these.
Create false drama. State the point directly.
Fix: State Y directly. Drop the negation.
Listing what something is not before revealing what it is.
Fix: State Z. The reader doesn't need the runway.
Fix: Complete sentences. Trust content over presentation.
Fix: Make the point. Let readers draw conclusions.
Giving inanimate things human verbs. AI loves this because it avoids naming the actor.
Fix: Name the human. "The team fixed it that week" beats "the complaint becomes a fix."
Fix: Put the reader in the room. "You don't sit down one day and decide to..." beats "Nobody designed this."
Fix: Find the actor. Put them at the front.
Before: "Here's the thing: building products is hard. Not because the technology is complex. Because people are complex. Let that sink in."
After: "Building products is hard. Technology is manageable. People aren't."
Before: "It turns out that most teams struggle with alignment. The uncomfortable truth is that nobody wants to admit they're confused. And that's okay."
After: "Teams struggle with alignment. Nobody admits confusion."
Before: "In today's fast-paced landscape, we need to lean into discomfort and navigate uncertainty with clarity. This matters because your competition isn't waiting."
After: "Move faster. Your competition is."
Before: "Speed. Quality. Cost. You can only pick two. That's it. That's the tradeoff."
After: "Speed, quality, cost — pick two."
Before: "What if I told you that the best teams don't optimize for productivity? Here's what I mean: they optimize for learning. Think about it."
After: "The best teams optimize for learning, not productivity."