Claude skill

Strip AI

A Claude skill that strips AI tells from drafts while keeping the writer’s voice.

What it does

This skill catches the patterns that make AI-generated writing recognizable (the speech cadence, the fake reveal setups, the corporate vocabulary) and removes them without rewriting the draft in a different voice. The principle: the smallest edit that removes the tells is the best edit.

What is a Claude skill?

A Claude skill is a markdown file with instructions Claude uses to perform a specific task. Claude triggers the skill automatically when you ask for something it covers — in this case, editing drafts to sound less like AI.

You install a skill once and it works across every conversation.

How to install

Pick the path that matches how you use Claude.

For people who chat with Claude in a browser (Claude.ai) or in the Claude Desktop app.

  1. Download the skill file below.
  2. In Claude, go to Settings › Customize › Skills.
  3. Click + Create skill and upload the file.
  4. Trigger the skill in any chat by asking Claude to "strip the AI from this," "edit this draft," or "make this sound less AI."
Stuck? Ask Claude. Open a new Claude chat and ask: "How do I install this skill from a SKILL.md file?" Claude will walk you through it.

Requires a Pro, Max, Team, or Enterprise plan with code execution enabled. More in Anthropic’s help article on skills.

For people who use Claude from the command line (Code) or the Cowork app.

  1. Click Download on the code block below. This saves SKILL.md to your machine.
  2. Open Terminal and run this command. It creates the skills folder if it doesn’t exist yet:
    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/strip-ai
  3. Move SKILL.md into that new folder. When you’re done, the file should live at:
    ~/.claude/skills/strip-ai/SKILL.md
  4. Open Claude Code or Cowork. The skill loads automatically. Trigger it by asking Claude to "strip the AI from this," "edit this draft," or "make this sound less AI."
Stuck? Ask Claude. Open Claude Code or Cowork and ask: "How do I install a skill from a SKILL.md file?" Claude will walk you through it.

More on skills in Anthropic’s Claude Code docs.

The skill file

Copy the contents below into a file named SKILL.md, or download it directly.

SKILL.md

      

Want to customize it?

This skill is mine. The voice principles, hard rules, and audiences reflect how I write. If you want a version tuned to your voice, paste the prompt below into a Claude conversation. Claude will ask you three questions about your writing and generate a customized SKILL.md you can save and install using either path above.

customization-prompt.txt