# humanize

Audits LaTeX, Quarto, and Markdown drafts for recognizable AI phrasing patterns. Generates a structured issue report before journal submission.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 1671
- Author: Claude Code Academic Workflow
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/humanize/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-27
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/claude-code-academic-workflow-humanize

## What it does

The skill scans academic drafts in `.tex`, `.qmd`, and `.md` files to detect statistical hallmarks of machine generation. It flags robotic transitions like "Moreover" alongside stacked epistemic hedges. You can inspect a single file or run it across all manuscripts with the `all` argument. The `--severity` flag sets thresholds to `low`, `med`, or `high`.

File modification tools remain strictly disabled. Because `Edit` and `MultiEdit` tools are blocked, the skill cannot rewrite your prose. It delivers an advisory report instead. Authors revise their own text, keeping their personal voice intact.

This audit is tailored for scholarly prose. It does not evaluate bibliographies in `.bib` files, R code, or interface copy.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill humanize -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/humanize/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/humanize/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill humanize -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/humanize/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill humanize -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/humanize/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow humanize
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/humanize/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill humanize -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --path .claude/skills/humanize
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/humanize/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow --skill humanize -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/humanize/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- audit academic drafts for machine-generated phrasing
- identify excessive em dashes and repetitive paragraph geometry
- spot stacked hedges and unnatural transitional phrases
- generate a voice report before submitting a preprint or paper

## Example prompts
- /humanize paper.tex --severity high
- /humanize all
- Audit `draft.md` for AI voice markers with `/humanize`

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: humanize
description: Read-only audit of `.tex`, `.qmd`, or `.md` text for AI-voice tells — boilerplate transitions ("Moreover", "Furthermore", "It is important to note that"), AI-cliché lexicon ("delve", "navigate the complexities", "tapestry", "robust framework"), em-dash overuse, symmetric paragraph shapes, tricolon abuse, hedging stacking, "not only X but also Y" frames, and formulaic openers. Produces a report; does NOT rewrite. Use when user says "humanize", "does this sound like AI?", "check for AI tells", "de-AI this draft", "remove AI voice", "audit my prose for sycophancy", or before journal submission / posting a working paper.
argument-hint: "[filename or 'all'] [--severity low|med|high]"
disable-model-invocation: true
allowed-tools: ["Read", "Grep", "Glob", "Write", "Agent", "Task"]
disallowed-tools: ["Edit", "MultiEdit"]
metadata:
  author: Claude Code Academic Workflow
  version: 1.0.0
---

# `/humanize` — AI-voice audit (detect-and-flag)

Read the target file (or all paper-like files), audit for the canonical AI-voice tells in academic prose, and write a structured report. **The skill does not rewrite.** The author edits.

## Why this skill exists

Referees and editors increasingly recognise AI-generated prose. The tells are not stylistic preferences — they're statistically conspicuous patterns the LLM training distribution produces at higher rates than human academic writers. Five reasons to audit before submission:

1. **Reviewer suspicion is a tax.** Even good substance pays a credibility tax if the prose reads as AI-drafted.
2. **Journal policy is tightening.** A growing number of venues require disclosure or prohibit AI-drafted text.
3. **AI tells signal weak content.** Boilerplate transitions ("Moreover", "It is important to note") almost always cover up logical gaps the author didn't think through.
4. **You are not the tells.** Even authors who use AI tools heavily can preserve their own voice by stripping the model's lexical fingerprint.
5. **The fix is cheap once you can see it.** The cost is detection, not rewriting — once the report flags the tells, removal is mechanical.

## What this skill is NOT

- **Not a rewriter.** No `--rewrite` mode. An automatic rewriter introduces its own tells and cannot change what a neural detector sees (see `writing-with-ai.md`); the author preserves voice by editing manually.
- **Not a substance reviewer.** Use `/review-paper` for argument structure, identification, citations.
- **Not a grammar checker.** Use `/proofread` for grammar, typos, overflow, citation format.
- **Not a fact-checker.** Use `/verify-claims` for Chain-of-Verification fact-checking of citations and numeric claims.

`/humanize` is the *voice* lens. Run it alongside the others — none of them substitute.

## When to use

- Before journal submission.
- Before posting a working paper / preprint / SSRN draft.
- After any AI-assisted prose generation (R&R response drafts, lit-review synthesis, abstract revisions).
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