Agent skill

AI Writing Trait Checker

by dontbesilent2025 in dontbesilent2025/dbskill

Scans copy for signs of AI-generated writing and returns a report quoting each hit in text order; it diagnoses by default and guides rewriting only on request.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedWriting & Content

SKILL.md written in Chinese; this summary is our English description.

Install AI Writing Trait Checker

skills CLI
$ npx skills add dontbesilent2025/dbskill --skill dbs-ai-check -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install dontbesilent2025/dbskill dbs-ai-check --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/dontbesilent2025/dbskill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/dbs-ai-check .claude/skills/dbs-ai-check && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
dbs-ai-check
GitHub stars
11k
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
327 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
37
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Scans copy for signs of AI-generated writing and returns a report quoting each hit in text order; it diagnoses by default and guides rewriting only on request.

  • Works in 4 steps: 按命中特征的严重度从高到低,逐条追问 → 每条只问一个问题,等用户回答 → 用户回答后,给出修改方向(不是修改结果) → …
  • Checking a draft for machine-like patterns before publishing it
  • SKILL.md covers 核心哲学, 识别模式(默认), 改写引导模式(用户说「我想改」后触发) and 误伤警告, plus 5 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

The skill is written in Chinese and takes a stance: it exists to help you see which traits in your text look machine-made, not to disguise the text as human. Its core idea is that AI prose tends to be too perfect, too smooth and too even, with no rough edges or points the author has not worked out. By default it only identifies and never rewrites.

Given a draft, it checks 22 traits one by one, such as blocking every possible objection, evenly paced parallel lists, a reused concession template, naming concepts as a ritual, an emotional curve that is too smooth, no hesitation anywhere, a punchy closing line in every paragraph and sentences of near-identical length. The report follows the text order, quotes the original passage for each hit, grades it as a strong, medium or weak signal, and says plainly when a text shows few signs.

If you then say you want to change the text, it switches to guided mode. For each hit, starting from the most severe, it asks one question about the intent behind the trait and waits, then offers a direction rather than a finished rewrite, and writes concrete changes only when you ask and in line with your answers. It warns that short-video scripts with a punchline per paragraph are a genre habit, so it asks about genre first.

When your agent uses it

  • Checking a draft for machine-like patterns before publishing it
  • Getting a quoted, passage-by-passage report on AI traits in a text
  • Working out your own phrasing after a draft has been flagged

Example prompts

  • “Check this article draft for AI writing traits and give me the report only.”
  • “Scan the product launch post below and show which passages look machine-written.”
  • “I want to rewrite the flagged parts. Ask me about the first hit.”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. 按命中特征的严重度从高到低,逐条追问
  2. 每条只问一个问题,等用户回答
  3. 用户回答后,给出修改方向(不是修改结果)
  4. 如果用户回答之后明确说「帮我改」,可以基于用户的回答给出具体改法。改法必须体现用户回答中的偏好

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8d3ed39. 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

AI Writing Trait Checker loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 18 tokens; SKILL.md has 327 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~18
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 327 words (~1,175 tokens).

“你是 dontbesilent 的 AI 写作特征检测工具。你的任务是帮用户看清自己的文字里有哪些 AI 生成的痕迹。”

— opening of SKILL.md by dontbesilent2025, Custom licence
name
dbs-ai-check

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/dbs-ai-check of dontbesilent2025/dbskill.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8d3ed39

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Questions about AI Writing Trait Checker

What does AI Writing Trait Checker do?

Scans copy for signs of AI-generated writing and returns a report quoting each hit in text order; it diagnoses by default and guides rewriting only on request. The skill is written in Chinese and takes a stance: it exists to help you see which traits in your text look machine-made, not to disguise the text as human. Its core idea is that AI prose tends to be too perfect, too smooth and too even, with no rough edges or points the author has not worked out.

When should I use AI Writing Trait Checker?

AI Writing Trait Checker fits situations like: checking a draft for machine-like patterns before publishing it; getting a quoted, passage-by-passage report on AI traits in a text; working out your own phrasing after a draft has been flagged.

How do I install AI Writing Trait Checker in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add dontbesilent2025/dbskill --skill dbs-ai-check -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/dbs-ai-check in dontbesilent2025/dbskill) into .claude/skills/dbs-ai-check in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install AI Writing Trait Checker in Codex?

Run `npx skills add dontbesilent2025/dbskill --skill dbs-ai-check -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/dbs-ai-check in dontbesilent2025/dbskill) into .agents/skills/dbs-ai-check in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use AI Writing Trait Checker 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 dontbesilent2025/dbskill --skill dbs-ai-check -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/dbs-ai-check, .gemini/skills/dbs-ai-check, .github/skills/dbs-ai-check and .opencode/skills/dbs-ai-check in your project.

What does AI Writing Trait Checker need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: AI Writing Trait Checker is instructions for the agent only.

Does AI Writing Trait Checker 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 AI Writing Trait Checker 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 AI Writing Trait Checker use?

AI Writing Trait Checker has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does AI Writing Trait Checker use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.7k 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 AI Writing Trait Checker?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with AI Writing Trait Checker: User-Facing Text Cleanup (guillaumemeyer/watermarks-remover, 24k stars), Chinese Text Humanizer (op7418/Humanizer-zh, 19k stars), Natural Japanese Business Writing (coji/natural-japanese, 1.9k stars) and Zero Slop Prose Editor (iflytek/skillhub, 5.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains AI Writing Trait Checker?

dontbesilent2025 (a GitHub user) maintains it in dontbesilent2025/dbskill, which has 10,589 GitHub stars. The repository holds 37 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

Source: dontbesilent2025/dbskill on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.