Agent skill

Anti Slop

by elithrar in elithrar/dotfiles

Edit formulaic or AI-sounding prose while preserving the author's voice.

MITAuto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Anti Slop

skills CLI
$ npx skills add elithrar/dotfiles --skill anti-slop -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install elithrar/dotfiles anti-slop --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/elithrar/dotfiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/anti-slop .claude/skills/anti-slop && 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
anti-slop
GitHub stars
202
Token cost
~323 tokens
SKILL.md length
157 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
12
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Edit formulaic or AI-sounding prose while preserving the author's voice.

  • An anti-slop pass
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Editorial review
  • Requests to make writing sound more human

What it does

Anti Slop is an agent skill from elithrar/dotfiles. Edit formulaic or AI-sounding prose while preserving the author's voice. Use for an anti-slop pass, editorial review, or requests to make writing sound more human; ordinary drafting does not require this skill.

Its SKILL.md is about 320 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/tells.md`).

It sits in Writing & Content, covering Humanizing AI text. The repository describes itself as: dotfiles for my macOS & Linux environments ⌨️. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • An anti-slop pass
  • Editorial review
  • Requests to make writing sound more human
  • Ordinary drafting does not require this skill

Example prompts

  • “/anti-slop”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e007b24. 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

Anti Slop loads about 323 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 55 tokens; SKILL.md has 157 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~55
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~323
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.3k

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 elithrar/dotfiles at commit e007b24, republished under its MIT licence (© elithrar). 157 words, ~323 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/anti-slop/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
anti-slop
description
Edit formulaic or AI-sounding prose while preserving the author's voice. Use for an anti-slop pass, editorial review, or requests to make writing sound more human; ordinary drafting does not require this skill.

Anti-slop editing

Make small phrasing changes that remove filler without flattening voice. Preserve facts, citations, technical claims, paragraph structure, and the author's argument unless the user asks for a broader rewrite. Stylistic patterns cannot establish whether a person or model wrote a passage.

Read the whole piece to understand its voice. Flag phrasing only when it adds no meaning or repeats a formula; preserve deliberate fragments, parallelism, humor, and useful contrast. When a candidate could be an intentional choice, leave it or explain the tradeoff.

For a detailed pass or a contested edit, read references/tells.md for patterns and examples. Do not treat its vocabulary as banned words.

For a review request, return the material findings and suggested edits. For an edit request, apply the changes and reread the affected passages for meaning and rhythm. Follow the requested output format; explain only significant edits, and omit a change log when the user asks for just the revised text.

© elithrar, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in .agents/skills/anti-slop of elithrar/dotfiles.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/tells.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e007b24

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Anti Slop next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Install Anti Sloptrycompai/crm11k1 repos~881Automated safety check: PassMIT
Stop SlopXe/site7328 repos~423Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Anti Slop

What does Anti Slop do?

Edit formulaic or AI-sounding prose while preserving the author's voice. Anti Slop is an agent skill from elithrar/dotfiles. Edit formulaic or AI-sounding prose while preserving the author's voice.

When should I use Anti Slop?

Anti Slop fits situations like: an anti-slop pass; editorial review; requests to make writing sound more human; ordinary drafting does not require this skill.

How do I install Anti Slop in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add elithrar/dotfiles --skill anti-slop -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/anti-slop in elithrar/dotfiles) into .claude/skills/anti-slop in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Anti Slop in Codex?

Run `npx skills add elithrar/dotfiles --skill anti-slop -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/anti-slop in elithrar/dotfiles) into .agents/skills/anti-slop in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Anti Slop 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 elithrar/dotfiles --skill anti-slop -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/anti-slop, .gemini/skills/anti-slop, .github/skills/anti-slop and .opencode/skills/anti-slop in your project.

What does Anti Slop need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Anti Slop is instructions for the agent only.

Does Anti Slop 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 Anti Slop 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 Anti Slop use?

Anti Slop 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 Anti Slop use?

About 323 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.9k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Anti Slop?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Anti Slop: Humanizer (Azure-Samples/interview-coach-agent-framework, 173 stars), Avoid AI Writing (conorbronsdon/avoid-ai-writing, 4.9k stars), User-Facing Text Cleanup (guillaumemeyer/watermarks-remover, 24k stars) and Install Anti Slop (trycompai/crm, 11k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Anti Slop?

elithrar (a GitHub user) maintains it in elithrar/dotfiles, which has 202 GitHub stars. The repository holds 12 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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