stopslop GitHub
Public writing skill / MIT licensed

Turn AI drafts into
clear writing.

Stop Slop is a free editing skill for Claude, ChatGPT, and Codex. It removes generic wording and repeated sentence patterns while preserving your facts and voice.

Try it on a draft Install the skill

Use it for emails, memos, posts, website copy, docs, and reports.

Editor proof 01 / 03
First draft
Final draft
    01 / What it does

    Fix more than
    the buzzwords.

    AI drafts can be grammatically clean and still sound generic. Stop Slop reviews the wording, sentence patterns, evidence, and voice before returning a clean rewrite.

    1. 01

      Generic wording

      Finds inflated vocabulary, canned openers, and filler that delays the point.

    2. 02

      Repeated templates

      Catches binary contrasts, forced triads, rhetorical setups, and uniform rhythm.

    3. 03

      Weak evidence

      Keeps uncertainty visible and stops a rewrite from inventing support.

    4. 04

      Voice drift

      Removes the AI texture without turning every writer into the same person.

    Where it helps

    Use it when a draft sounds polished but generic.

    Work writing

    Emails, memos, and leadership updates.

    Public writing

    Posts, website copy, and launch text.

    Technical writing

    Documentation, research notes, and product explanations.

    Detect only

    Review a draft and flag the problems without rewriting it.

    How it works

    The skill reviews the draft in this order.

    1. 01Protect factsClaim, evidence, uncertainty
    2. 02Check AI's roleWho chose the first shape?
    3. 03Fix structureArgument before polish
    4. 04Write plainlyCommon words, full logic
    5. 05Cut residueWords, patterns, formatting
    6. 06Read againAs a new reader
    02 / Before line edits

    Who chose the first shape?

    If AI chose the claim, outline, and first example, word cleanup will preserve the model's center. Put the draft aside, recover the human point, then rebuild.

    Read the AI-role check
    Anti-anchoring pass
    1. Put the current draft aside.
    2. Write the point without borrowing its nouns or order.
    3. List the evidence and uncertainty that must survive.
    4. Rebuild around the reader's needed action or understanding.
    03 / Workbench

    Review the residue.

    This browser pass finds phrases and detectable patterns. It gives editing prompts. It does not identify authorship.

    0 words
    Review 0 prompts

      replace by default check in context pattern or opener
      04 / Core rules

      Eleven checks.
      One readable draft.

      The rules are ordered by reader consequence. They protect substance before they polish the sentence.

      1. 01

        Cut filler

        Remove throat-clearing, empty emphasis, decorative jargon, and hedges that do no useful work.

      2. 02

        Break formulas

        State the point directly. Keep a contrast only when it rejects a belief the reader actually holds.

      3. 03

        Name responsibility

        Name the actor for judgment or choice. Keep ordinary literal subjects when they are clearer.

      4. 04

        Be specific

        Replace vague importance with the action, limit, reason, evidence, or consequence.

      5. 05

        Keep the reader close

        Use the actor, object, and situation instead of distant abstractions.

      6. 06

        Vary rhythm

        Mix sentence and paragraph shapes. Keep factual lists and break rhetorical triads.

      7. 07

        Trust the reader

        State the point without reassurance or repeated justification.

      8. 08

        Control quotables

        Neutral prose needs none. A hook or launch can earn one deliberate line.

      9. 09

        Earn emphasis

        Show the change or tension instead of announcing it.

      10. 10

        Check the AI role

        Recover the human center before line editing an AI-first draft.

      11. 11

        Protect clarity

        Rewrite instead of deleting the logic, definition, or bridge a new reader needs.

      05 / Reference library

      Pressure points,
      not proof.

      A flagged word can be correct. A clean word list can still hide a templated argument. Use the library to review, then decide.

      Tier 1

      replace by default
      Example
      Before

      The team utilized a comprehensive checklist in order to review every release.

      After

      The team used one checklist to review every release.

      Tier 1 forbidden words

      Tier 2

      check in clusters
      Example
      Before

      The program empowers local teams to navigate applications across three regional funds.

      After

      The program helps local teams apply to three regional funds.

      Tier 2 forbidden words

      Tier 3

      check at density
      Example
      Before

      The workflow is a significant and effective improvement. It cut review time from two days to four hours.

      After

      The workflow cut review time from two days to four hours.

      Tier 3 forbidden words

      Patterns

      structure and stance
      Example
      Before

      Stop Slop is not just a writing skill. It is a complete shift in how teams communicate. So what does this mean? The future is already here.

      After

      Stop Slop finds generic wording and repeated patterns in AI-assisted drafts.

      View the pattern reference
      06 / Revision artifact

      Make the second pass inspectable.

      When the last pass changes several sentences or touches a central claim, Stop Slop can build a small HTML proof with the first draft, final draft, and sentence-level diff.

      Open the workflow

      This comprehensive platform provides a seamless way to approve expenses from the receipt review screen.

      Reviewers can approve an expense from the same screen where they check the receipt.

      This comprehensive platform provides a seamless way to approve expenses from the receipt review screen. Reviewers can approve an expense from the same screen where they check the receipt.

      07 / Install

      Put it where you write.

      The core routes the work. Open a reference only when the draft needs the detail.

      SKILL.md5 referencesrevision builderMIT 
      mkdir -p ~/.codex/skills
git clone https://github.com/odinfree/stop-slop-refined.git ~/.codex/skills/stop-slop
      mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
git clone https://github.com/odinfree/stop-slop-refined.git ~/.claude/skills/stop-slop
      Use SKILL.md as the main instruction file.
Add a reference only when the task needs it.
      Sources

      Built in public.

      Stop Slop draws from public anti-slop skills by Hardik Pandya, Conor Bronsdon, Siqi Chen, and Jalaaldeen. The plain-writing baseline also credits Shreya Shankar's pinned Plain Writing skill for the high-level editing and revision-record method. The attribution file records the exact license boundaries.