Avoid AI Writing
conorbronsdon/avoid-ai-writing
Audit and rewrite content to remove AI writing patterns ("AI-isms").
A skill your agent uses when writing or tightening an ECAI paper body — leading with a general-AI contribution on the first page, matching evidence to claim (a theorem and construction, or a fair…
Install Ecai Writing Style
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ecai-writing-style -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ecai-writing-style --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/ECAI-Skills/skills/ecai-writing-style .claude/skills/ecai-writing-style && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "ecai-writing-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/ECAI-Skills/skills/ecai-writing-style into .claude/skills/ecai-writing-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ecai-writing-style", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/ECAI-Skills/skills/ecai-writing-styleType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ecai-writing-style -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ecai-writing-style --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/ECAI-Skills/skills/ecai-writing-style .agents/skills/ecai-writing-style && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "ecai-writing-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/ECAI-Skills/skills/ecai-writing-style into .agents/skills/ecai-writing-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ecai-writing-style", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ecai-writing-style -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ecai-writing-style --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/ECAI-Skills/skills/ecai-writing-style .cursor/skills/ecai-writing-style && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "ecai-writing-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/ECAI-Skills/skills/ecai-writing-style into .cursor/skills/ecai-writing-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ecai-writing-style", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git --path ECAI-Skills/skills/ecai-writing-style--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ecai-writing-style -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ecai-writing-style --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/ECAI-Skills/skills/ecai-writing-style .gemini/skills/ecai-writing-style && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "ecai-writing-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/ECAI-Skills/skills/ecai-writing-style into .gemini/skills/ecai-writing-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ecai-writing-style", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ecai-writing-styleInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ecai-writing-style -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/ECAI-Skills/skills/ecai-writing-style .github/skills/ecai-writing-style && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "ecai-writing-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/ECAI-Skills/skills/ecai-writing-style into .github/skills/ecai-writing-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ecai-writing-style", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ecai-writing-style -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills ecai-writing-style --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/ECAI-Skills/skills/ecai-writing-style .opencode/skills/ecai-writing-style && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "ecai-writing-style" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/ECAI-Skills/skills/ecai-writing-style into .opencode/skills/ecai-writing-style/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ecai-writing-style", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
ecai-writing-style- GitHub stars
- 1.2k
- Token cost
- ~1.3k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 606 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 2,387
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when writing or tightening an ECAI paper body — leading with a general-AI contribution on the first page, matching evidence to claim (a theorem and construction, or a fair…
- Works in 5 steps: A well-posed AI problem — stated as a… → Why current methods are inadequate — the… → The contribution — the mechanism, and… → …
- Tightening an ECAI paper body — leading with a general-AI contribution on the first page
- SKILL.md covers The ECAI first-page arc, Lead with the AI contribution,…, Match evidence to the claim… and Density discipline (the 7-page…, plus 4 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Ecai Writing Style is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when writing or tightening an ECAI paper body — leading with a general-AI contribution on the first page, matching evidence to claim (a theorem and construction, or a fair empirical comparison), and doing it inside a 7-page body where every paragraph must earn its space.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Writing & Content, covering Brand voice and tone. The repository describes itself as: Journal-specific Claude Code/Codex skill packs covering mainstream journals — AER, QJE, Nature, Cell, 管理世界, 经济研究 & 200+ more — your fast track to getting published. ｜ 覆盖主流期刊的… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Tightening an ECAI paper body — leading with a general-AI contribution on the first page
- Matching evidence to claim (a theorem and construction
- A fair empirical comparison)
- Doing it inside a 7-page body where every paragraph must earn its space
Example prompts
- “/ecai-writing-style”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- A well-posed AI problem — stated as a problem, not as "X has become popular."
- Why current methods are inadequate — the specific gap, in one or two sentences.
- The contribution — the mechanism, and where the claim is provable, the guarantee.
- Evidence proportional to the claim — a theorem + construction, and/or a fair empirical
- What it means for AI — why a general AI audience should care.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 932eb23. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Ecai Writing Style loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 74 tokens; SKILL.md has 606 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills at commit 932eb23, republished under its MIT licence (© brycewang-stanford). 606 words, ~1,267 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/ecai-writing-style/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- ecai-writing-style
- description
- Use when writing or tightening an ECAI paper body — leading with a general-AI contribution on the first page, matching evidence to claim (a theorem and construction, or a fair empirical comparison), and doing it inside a 7-page body where every paragraph must earn its space.
ECAI Writing Style
ECAI reviews a 7-page body across the full breadth of AI (symbolic reasoning, KR, planning, search, multi-agent systems, ML, and applications). Two things follow, and they drive most of the advice here: the contribution must be legible to a general AI audience, and the writing must be dense — at 7 pages there is no room for a paragraph that does not carry the argument.
The ECAI first-page arc
Land the whole contribution before the fold:
- A well-posed AI problem — stated as a problem, not as "X has become popular."
- Why current methods are inadequate — the specific gap, in one or two sentences.
- The contribution — the mechanism, and where the claim is provable, the guarantee.
- Evidence proportional to the claim — a theorem + construction, and/or a fair empirical comparison; named on the first page, delivered in the body.
- What it means for AI — why a general AI audience should care.
The worked example (../../resources/worked-examples/01-introduction.md)
shows this arc rebuilt from a benchmark-first draft.
Lead with the AI contribution, not the application of a model
The most common re-route signal is a paper that leads with "we apply <model> to <task>." ECAI
rewards a contribution that generalizes — a mechanism, a guarantee, a characterization, an
understanding — over a single benchmark delta. Apply the model-swap test: if you replaced the
underlying model/solver with another, would a lasting AI lesson remain? If not, the paper may belong
at a pure-ML venue (ecai-topic-selection).
Match evidence to the claim shape
ECAI's breadth means the right evidence differs by contribution:
| Claim shape | Evidence ECAI expects |
|---|---|
| "This always holds / is complete / is optimal" | A proof, with all assumptions explicit |
| "This is more efficient / expands fewer nodes" | A controlled comparison vs a fair baseline, with spread |
| "This learns better / calibrates better" | A fair empirical comparison, seeds, and a reason why (not just a number) |
| "This works in deployment" | A credible real-world demonstration (route to PAIS) |
A provable claim asserted only empirically is a weakness a reviewer will name; a purely empirical claim dressed as a theorem is worse.
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Density discipline (the 7-page reality)
- Paragraph one carries the contribution. Do not spend the opening on the importance of AI.
- Cut the roadmap. At 7 pages the paper cannot afford a "Section 2 does X, Section 3 does Y" preview; a single orienting sentence is enough.
- Define once, precisely. Symbolic-AI reviewers check every later lemma against your definitions; sloppy notation costs you the proof's credibility.
- One figure doing three jobs beats three figures. Merge panels; caption them to be self-contained.
- Push detail, keep the idea. Full proofs and extra tables go to the supplement; the idea and
the decision-critical result stay in the body (
ecai-supplementary).
Threats / limitations as argument, not boilerplate
State the honest boundary of the claim where it lives — the assumption the theorem needs, the
regime where the method stops helping, the confound the experiment cannot rule out. In a
single-round, no-revision process (ecai-review-process), a limitation you name yourself is far
cheaper than one a reviewer discovers.
Language and audience
- Write for a broad AI reader: define subfield jargon, motivate why a planning/KR/ML reader should care even if it is not their area.
- ECAI is an international European venue; keep the English clear and the claims measured — EurAI's reviewer pool spans many first languages and subfields.
- Avoid overclaiming ("revolutionizes," "solves"); ECAI rewards a precise, bounded contribution.
Anti-patterns
- Benchmark-first abstract that never states an AI problem.
- Model-as-contribution with no lesson surviving a model swap.
- Proof by assertion — a completeness/optimality claim with no proof.
- Roadmap padding eating the 7-page budget.
- Decision-critical content in the supplement because the body ran long.
Output format
[First-page arc] problem / inadequacy / contribution+guarantee / proportional evidence / meaning — all present?
[Model-swap test] does an AI lesson survive swapping the model/solver? yes/no
[Evidence match] claim shape -> proof and/or fair comparison present? gaps: <list>
[Density] roadmap trimmed? paragraph one carries the contribution? figures merged?
[Limitations] stated as argument where the claim lives? yes/no
[Budget] decision-critical content inside 7 pages? yes/no© brycewang-stanford, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
Just SKILL.md in ECAI-Skills/skills/ecai-writing-style of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
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Questions about Ecai Writing Style
What does Ecai Writing Style do?
A skill your agent uses when writing or tightening an ECAI paper body — leading with a general-AI contribution on the first page, matching evidence to claim (a theorem and construction, or a fair…. Ecai Writing Style is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when writing or tightening an ECAI paper body — leading with a general-AI contribution on the first page, matching evidence to claim (a theorem and construction, or a fair empirical comparison), and doing it inside a 7-page body where every paragraph must earn its space.
When should I use Ecai Writing Style?
Ecai Writing Style fits situations like: tightening an ECAI paper body — leading with a general-AI contribution on the first page; matching evidence to claim (a theorem and construction; A fair empirical comparison); doing it inside a 7-page body where every paragraph must earn its space.
How do I install Ecai Writing Style in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ecai-writing-style -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (ECAI-Skills/skills/ecai-writing-style in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/ecai-writing-style in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Ecai Writing Style in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ecai-writing-style -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (ECAI-Skills/skills/ecai-writing-style in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/ecai-writing-style in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Ecai Writing Style in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ecai-writing-style -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ecai-writing-style, .gemini/skills/ecai-writing-style, .github/skills/ecai-writing-style and .opencode/skills/ecai-writing-style in your project.
What does Ecai Writing Style need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Ecai Writing Style is instructions for the agent only.
Does Ecai Writing Style access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Ecai Writing Style safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Ecai Writing Style use?
Ecai Writing Style is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Ecai Writing Style use?
About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Ecai Writing Style?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Ecai Writing Style: Avoid AI Writing (conorbronsdon/avoid-ai-writing, 4.9k stars), Brand (Ohh-889/skyroc, 795 stars), Khazix WeChat Article Writer (KKKKhazix/khazix-skills, 21k stars) and Writing Guidelines (vercel-labs/agent-skills, 32k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Ecai Writing Style?
brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,231 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2,387 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 27, 2026.
Source: brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.