name: de-ai-flavor
description: "Remove AI artifacts from documents. Use when: cleaning AI-generated text, removing tool names, fixing boilerplate patterns. Not for: doc review (use doc-review), doc refactoring (use doc-refactor). Output: cleaned document preserving original intent."
allowed-tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Edit
De-AI-Flavor Skill
Trigger
- Keywords: de-ai, remove AI traces, humanize document, de-ai-flavor, humanize
When NOT to Use
- Co-Authored-By in CHANGELOG (Git convention)
- Documents discussing AI technology (topic itself requires it)
- Quoting others' AI-related content
- Variable/function names in code
Usage
/de-ai-flavor docs/xxx.md # Process specified file
/de-ai-flavor docs/ # Process all .md in directory
/de-ai-flavor # Process .md in git diff
Detection Rules
| Type |
Pattern |
Action |
| Tool names |
Claude/Codex/GPT/AI assistant |
Remove |
| Boilerplate |
"Let me...", "First...then...", "In conclusion" |
Rewrite |
| Over-structuring |
One sentence per heading, too many #### levels |
Simplify |
| Service tone |
"Hope this helps", "If you have questions..." |
Remove |
| Self-description |
"Next I will...", "I will proceed to..." |
Remove |
| Iteration leaks |
"Round 1/Round 2/Round N" |
Rewrite |
Workflow
Scan file -> Mark AI traces -> Remove/Rewrite/Simplify -> Output summary
Verification
- All tool names removed
- Boilerplate rewritten to natural tone
- Structure not overly flat or nested
Output Format
## De-AI-Flavor Results
**File**: `docs/xxx.md`
| Line | Original | Change | Reason |
| ---- | --------------------- | ----------------------- | ---------------- |
| 15 | Let me explain... | Removed | AI self-description |
| 32 | Claude suggests... | Changed to "Suggest..." | Tool name |
**Stats**: Removed 3 tool names | Rewrote 5 boilerplate | Simplified 2 structures
Examples
Input: /de-ai-flavor docs/tech-spec.md
Action: Scan -> Remove "Claude suggests" -> Rewrite "Let me explain" -> Output summary
Input: This document feels very AI-generated, please clean it up
Action: Detect git diff -> Mark AI traces -> Batch process -> Output stats
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