/suede-deslop · Copy & writing — the pack's anti-slop pass
Cut the slop before it ships.
AI prose has tells: throat-clearing before the point, inanimate things doing human work, contrasts that announce the insight instead of delivering it, rhythm that never varies. This skill runs your text against a merged kill list, unwinds the formulaic structures, forces active voice, then scores what remains 1-10 on directness, rhythm, trust, authenticity, and density. Below 35 of 50 it says revise. It edits style only: facts, numbers, names, and claims stay exactly as you wrote them.
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"make this sound less AI"
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/suede-deslop
Ask in plain words. The router reads the request and loads this lane; MCP agents find it with list_suede_skills.
claude code · sample session
$ /suede-deslop clean this launch email
6 filler phrases cut · 3 contrasts unwound · em dashes: 0
SCORE 41/50 · CLEAN
Facts untouched · [AUTHOR: supply metric] marks what needs you
Public install commands
Claude Code full pack
/plugin marketplace add JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills
/plugin install suede-skills@suede
Claude Code project-level copy
git clone https://github.com/JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills.git /tmp/suede-creator-skills
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -R /tmp/suede-creator-skills/skills/suede-deslop .claude/skills/
Codex installer
python3 ~/.codex/skills/.system/skill-installer/scripts/install-skill-from-github.py \
--repo JasonColapietro/suede-creator-skills \
--path skills/suede-deslop
The eight rules
Every pass runs the same eight rules, then a 16-item pre-ship checklist. The high-frequency offenders live in the skill body; the full sweep, forty-plus more phrases and every structure variant, ships in the bundled references/kill-list.md.
| Rule | What it kills |
|---|
| Cut filler phrases | Throat-clearing openers, emphasis crutches, business jargon, every adverb |
| Break formulaic structures | Binary contrasts, negative listing, dramatic fragments, rhetorical setups, false agency |
| Active voice, every sentence | Passive constructions and inanimate things doing human work |
| Be specific | Vague declaratives and lazy extremes: every, always, never, everyone, nobody |
| Put the reader in the room | Narrator-from-a-distance voice; "you" beats "people" |
| Vary rhythm | Metronomic sentence lengths, triad lists, punchy endings, em dashes |
| Trust the reader | Softening, justification, hand-holding |
| Cut quotables | Sentences written to be screenshotted |
The score gate
After the pass, the text gets scored 1-10 on five dimensions. Below 35 of 50 the verdict is REVISE, with a named reason for what still generates the score.
| Dimension | Question |
|---|
| Directness | Statements, not announcements? |
| Rhythm | Varied, not metronomic? |
| Trust | Respects the reader? |
| Authenticity | Sounds human? |
| Density | Anything still cuttable? |
What it covers
- A merged kill list: 19 throat-clearing openers, 18 jargon swaps, 24 named adverbs plus a blanket no-adverb rule, meta-commentary, performative sincerity, and vague declaratives.
- Every binary-contrast spelling, negative listing, reveal fragments, formulaic templates, permission grants, and lecturer-voice tells, each with its fix.
- A 16-item pre-ship checklist and a counted report: filler removed, structures fixed, passive flipped, em dashes cut.
- Style edits only. A rewrite that needs a specific the source lacks gets an [AUTHOR: supply X] placeholder, never an invented fact.
- Returns cleaned prose in the response; the author decides where it lands. It never publishes, posts, or overwrites the original.
When to use it
- Copy, a README, an email, a social post, or a doc is about to ship.
- After a long AI-assisted writing session.
- The text sounds fine but feels generated.
- Before anything goes to press, investors, or customers.
- NOT for writing new copy from scratch. Use suede-copy.
- NOT for verifying facts or claims. Factual wording needs primary evidence before publication.
Best prompt
Use $suede-deslop to clean [paste text]. Return the cleaned prose, the counted deslop report, and the 50-point score. Never change a fact; mark missing specifics with [AUTHOR: supply X].
Related skills
Pairs with suede-copy, which writes the conversion copy this skill then cleans, with johnny-suede-write for the full writing stack, and with suede-workflow-skills, the umbrella router that loads whichever lane a plain request names.