human-voicelisted

Edit or write external-facing prose so it doesn't read as AI-generated. Apply to documentation, blog posts, tutorials, public READMEs, customer-facing slide decks, marketing copy, and competitive briefs — whenever the user asks to write, edit, review, or style-check such content, even if they don't mention AI. Apply when creating this kind of content from scratch. Do NOT apply to internal communications (Slack, Notion, internal PRs, meeting notes) unless the user explicitly asks for a style review. Trigger phrases include "write a blog post", "edit this doc", "review this tutorial", "write copy for", "external-facing", "customer-facing", "public README", "slide deck for customers", "competitive brief", "does this sound AI-generated", "check this for AI tells", "make this less AI", "remove the slop".
reidworks-io/reidworks-skills · ★ 1 · Code & Development · score 77

Install: claude install-skill reidworks-io/reidworks-skills

# Human Voice AI-generated content has recognisable patterns that undermine credibility with technical readers. This skill defines constraints to prevent them. ## Core principle Write like a person explaining something to a colleague. Not like a documentary narrator, not like a marketing brochure. If a sentence would sound strange said aloud to a coworker, rewrite it. ## Content-type strictness - **Documentation and tutorials**: Strictest. No marketing language. No drama. Precision over everything. - **Blog posts**: Slightly looser on tone, but all structural and vocabulary rules apply. - **Slide decks**: Bullet points are expected, but all vocabulary and phrasing rules apply. Slides have additional AI tells — see section 8. - **Sales and competitive content**: All rules apply regardless of format. Sales content has its own failure modes — see section 8. --- ## Rules ### 1. Prohibited vocabulary Do not use these words and phrases. They are AI tells. **Single words:** crucial, pivotal, vital, comprehensive, robust, seamless, streamline, leverage (as a verb), foster, garner, underscore, showcase, delve, vibrant, tapestry, landscape (figurative), empower, unlock, harness, elevate, nuanced, intricate, multifaceted, actionable, holistic, paradigm, synergy, genuinely, intriguing, brilliant, aggressive/aggressively (as intensifier), non-starter, non-negotiable, game-changer **Phrases:** - "It's important/crucial/worth noting that..." — state the thing directly - "This is