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Measure your own writing corpus for the words and sentence shapes you over-use, so an agent writing in your voice stops amplifying your tics into a style.
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Install Voice Baseline
$ npx skills add huytieu/COG-second-brain --skill voice-baseline -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install huytieu/COG-second-brain voice-baseline --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/huytieu/COG-second-brain.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/voice-baseline .claude/skills/voice-baseline && 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 "voice-baseline" agent skill from https://github.com/huytieu/COG-second-brain/tree/main/skills/voice-baseline into .claude/skills/voice-baseline/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "voice-baseline", 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/huytieu/COG-second-brain/tree/main/skills/voice-baselineType 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 huytieu/COG-second-brain --skill voice-baseline -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install huytieu/COG-second-brain voice-baseline --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/huytieu/COG-second-brain.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/voice-baseline .agents/skills/voice-baseline && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "voice-baseline" agent skill from https://github.com/huytieu/COG-second-brain/tree/main/skills/voice-baseline into .agents/skills/voice-baseline/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "voice-baseline", 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 huytieu/COG-second-brain --skill voice-baseline -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install huytieu/COG-second-brain voice-baseline --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/huytieu/COG-second-brain.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/voice-baseline .cursor/skills/voice-baseline && 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 "voice-baseline" agent skill from https://github.com/huytieu/COG-second-brain/tree/main/skills/voice-baseline into .cursor/skills/voice-baseline/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "voice-baseline", 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/huytieu/COG-second-brain.git --path skills/voice-baseline--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 huytieu/COG-second-brain --skill voice-baseline -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install huytieu/COG-second-brain voice-baseline --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/huytieu/COG-second-brain.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/voice-baseline .gemini/skills/voice-baseline && 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 "voice-baseline" agent skill from https://github.com/huytieu/COG-second-brain/tree/main/skills/voice-baseline into .gemini/skills/voice-baseline/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "voice-baseline", 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 huytieu/COG-second-brain voice-baselineInstalls 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 huytieu/COG-second-brain --skill voice-baseline -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/huytieu/COG-second-brain.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/voice-baseline .github/skills/voice-baseline && 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 "voice-baseline" agent skill from https://github.com/huytieu/COG-second-brain/tree/main/skills/voice-baseline into .github/skills/voice-baseline/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "voice-baseline", 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 huytieu/COG-second-brain --skill voice-baseline -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install huytieu/COG-second-brain voice-baseline --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/huytieu/COG-second-brain.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/voice-baseline .opencode/skills/voice-baseline && 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 "voice-baseline" agent skill from https://github.com/huytieu/COG-second-brain/tree/main/skills/voice-baseline into .opencode/skills/voice-baseline/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "voice-baseline", 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
voice-baseline- GitHub stars
- 1.3k
- Token cost
- ~957 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 567 words
- Files
- 2 (incl. scripts)
- Skills in repo
- 37
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Measure your own writing corpus for the words and sentence shapes you over-use, so an agent writing in your voice stops amplifying your tics into a style.
- An agents drafts start sounding like a caricature of you
- SKILL.md covers Run it, What it measures, How to read the result and Re-measure
- Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python3
- Before publishing anything written in your voice
What it does
Voice Baseline is an agent skill from huytieu/COG-second-brain. Measure your own writing corpus for the words and sentence shapes you over-use, so an agent writing in your voice stops amplifying your tics into a style. Produces a counted baseline file and checks any new draft against it. Use when an agent's drafts start sounding like a caricature of you, before publishing anything written in your voice, or every ten new pieces to re-measure.
Its SKILL.md is about 960 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including scripts (for example `scripts/census.py`).
The repository describes itself as: Self-evolving second brain with 35 AI skills, 10 agents, and people CRM. Closed-loop harness: a V-model verification lifecycle where the worker never grades its own homework… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- An agents drafts start sounding like a caricature of you
- Before publishing anything written in your voice
- Every ten new pieces to re-measure
Example prompts
- “/voice-baseline”
Requirements
- Python 3
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 36ac9d7. 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
Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
python3
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
Voice Baseline loads about 957 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 99 tokens; SKILL.md has 567 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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from huytieu/COG-second-brain at commit 36ac9d7, republished under its MIT licence (© huytieu). 567 words, ~957 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/voice-baseline/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- voice-baseline
- description
- Measure your own writing corpus for the words and sentence shapes you over-use, so an agent writing in your voice stops amplifying your tics into a style. Produces a counted baseline file and checks any new draft against it. Use when an agent's drafts start sounding like a caricature of you, before publishing anything written in your voice, or every ten new pieces to re-measure.
voice-baseline
An agent writing in your voice does not only sample the median of the internet. It samples the median of you, from the pieces and rules and memory files in its context, and it regresses toward your most frequent choices because those are the highest probability tokens in your corpus. A word that was a choice at one use comes back at five. Then the fifth use teaches the next draft, and the tic becomes the style.
Generic ban lists cannot catch this, because the words are yours and they are not on anyone's list. Measure instead.
Run it
python3 scripts/census.py PATH/TO/YOUR/WRITING --out voice-baseline.md
python3 scripts/census.py PATH/TO/YOUR/WRITING --check DRAFT.mdThe census walks a directory of your own finished pieces and reports word counts with
a per-file rate, sentence-shape counts, sentence openers, and heading first words.
--check compares one draft against those rates and prints only what sits above them.
Exit code 1 when something is above baseline, so it fits a pre-publish script.
Keep the output file next to your rules so the agent reads it before it writes.
What it measures
Words. A watchlist of praise and emphasis words, counted with word boundaries and
reported per file. Read the per-file rate: a word used twice per file is a habit, and
the same word at eight in one draft is the draft's problem. Edit WATCH in the
script to add your own suspects; the point is that the list ends up specific to you.
Paragraph-ending verdict sentences. "The fix was one line." A concrete noun, a past-tense verb, a short predicate, parked at the end of a paragraph so it lands like a ruling. One per piece at most, and only when it carries a fact the paragraph has not already delivered.
Kicker closers. "That is the point." "That is all a title is for." A closing line that restates the piece as an aphorism. The cap is zero.
Endings. How many pieces close on a question to the reader. Most of them means the question has become a formula.
Sentence openers and heading first words. These are where a personal tic hides best, because each instance reads fine. If a third of your headings begin with the same word, you have a template. In one real 27-file archive the census found 53 headings starting with "The", the exact shape people name as an AI tell, learned from the author's own archive.
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How to read the result
The census counts; it does not judge. For each flagged word or shape, decide whether it is your voice or your mode:
- Voice. The word carries meaning the sentence needs, or the rhythm is yours and deliberate. Keep it, and note the exception so the next check does not re-raise it.
- Mode. The word is praise, emphasis, or padding, and removing it changes nothing for the reader. Cut it, or replace it with the behaviour it was gesturing at.
Fix the shapes by cap rather than by ban: one verdict sentence, zero kickers, no default question ending, one narrative heading pattern per piece.
Re-measure
Run the census again after roughly ten new pieces. A tic you fixed should fall. A new one will have appeared, usually the word you reached for while avoiding the last one, which is the same substitution the model makes when a single word is banned.
Pair with slop-gate for the universal tells and no-ai-slop for the structural ones
a regular expression cannot see.
© huytieu, 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 (scripts) in skills/voice-baseline of huytieu/COG-second-brain.
- SKILL.md
- scripts/census.py
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 36ac9d7
Compare with similar skills
Voice Baseline 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.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voice Baseline this skillhuytieu/COG-second-brain | 1.3k | — | ~957 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Tests Query Corpusnetdata/netdata | 81k | — | ~5.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | GPL-3.0 | |
| Measure Before You Fixgarrytan/gbrain | 31k | — | ~2.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Stop Wordsthedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist | 74k | — | ~521 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Word Countthedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist | 74k | — | ~577 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Word to Markdown Convertergithub/awesome-copilot | 40k | — | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Voice Baseline
What does Voice Baseline do?
Measure your own writing corpus for the words and sentence shapes you over-use, so an agent writing in your voice stops amplifying your tics into a style. Voice Baseline is an agent skill from huytieu/COG-second-brain. Measure your own writing corpus for the words and sentence shapes you over-use, so an agent writing in your voice stops amplifying your tics into a style.
When should I use Voice Baseline?
Voice Baseline fits situations like: an agents drafts start sounding like a caricature of you; before publishing anything written in your voice; every ten new pieces to re-measure.
How do I install Voice Baseline in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add huytieu/COG-second-brain --skill voice-baseline -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/voice-baseline in huytieu/COG-second-brain) into .claude/skills/voice-baseline in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Voice Baseline in Codex?
Run `npx skills add huytieu/COG-second-brain --skill voice-baseline -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/voice-baseline in huytieu/COG-second-brain) into .agents/skills/voice-baseline in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Voice Baseline 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 huytieu/COG-second-brain --skill voice-baseline -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/voice-baseline, .gemini/skills/voice-baseline, .github/skills/voice-baseline and .opencode/skills/voice-baseline in your project.
What does Voice Baseline need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Voice Baseline needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python3). Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Voice Baseline 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 Voice Baseline 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
What licence does Voice Baseline use?
Voice Baseline 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 Voice Baseline use?
About 957 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.8k 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 Voice Baseline?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Voice Baseline: Tests Query Corpus (netdata/netdata, 81k stars), Measure Before You Fix (garrytan/gbrain, 31k stars), Stop Words (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars) and Word Count (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Voice Baseline?
huytieu (a GitHub user) maintains it in huytieu/COG-second-brain, which has 1,268 GitHub stars. The repository holds 37 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 2, 2026.
Source: huytieu/COG-second-brain on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.