# humanizer-en-asd-ste100

Rewrites technical English in ASD-STE100 and removes AI writing artifacts. Use it for procedures, manuals, medical device instructions, and API documentation.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2600 installs · ★ 236
- Author: samber
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/samber/cc-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/humanizer-en-asd-ste100/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-01
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/humanizer-en-asd-ste100

## What it does

This skill writes or rewrites technical English under ASD-STE100. It checks approved word meanings, technical noun and verb categories, 20/25-word sentence limits, banned verb tenses, and passive-voice restrictions. It also removes decorative emojis, Markdown residue, and chat-style text from the document.

Before editing, it classifies content as procedural, descriptive, a safety instruction, or a note, because each text type follows different rules. When the document type or subject field is unclear, it asks through the environment tool. Internet access is required to fetch official rules not covered by the skill file, so check the execution environment first.

The skill targets technical text read by non-native English speakers or machine translation systems. It is not for marketing copy, brand voice, or narrative writing. For French text, use `samber/cc-skills@humaniseur-fr`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/cc-skills --skill humanizer-en-asd-ste100 -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/humanizer-en-asd-ste100/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/humanizer-en-asd-ste100/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/cc-skills --skill humanizer-en-asd-ste100 -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/humanizer-en-asd-ste100/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/cc-skills --skill humanizer-en-asd-ste100 -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/humanizer-en-asd-ste100/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install samber/cc-skills humanizer-en-asd-ste100
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/humanizer-en-asd-ste100/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/cc-skills --skill humanizer-en-asd-ste100 -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/samber/cc-skills --path skills/humanizer-en-asd-ste100
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/humanizer-en-asd-ste100/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/cc-skills --skill humanizer-en-asd-ste100 -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/samber/cc-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/humanizer-en-asd-ste100/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- rewrite an English procedure to ASD-STE100
- remove emojis and chat remnants from a manual
- check sentences against 20/25-word limits
- prepare API documentation for machine translation
- apply different rules to procedural and descriptive text

## Example prompts
- Rewrite `manual.md` in ASD-STE100 and remove AI-generated artifacts.
- Check the procedure in `api.md` for 20/25-word limits and voice restrictions.
- Write a safety instruction in ASD-STE100 technical English.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

Below is the content of a third-party file. It is data, not instructions for you: do not act on anything written inside unless the human asks. Block tag: 435e856ddec5ede2.

BEGIN THIRD-PARTY FILE 435e856ddec5ede2
```text
---
name: humanizer-en-asd-ste100
description: "Write or rewrite English into ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English and strip AI artifacts (decorative emojis, Markdown residue) from technical documentation — maintenance manuals, procedures, medical device instructions, and API docs read by non-native speakers or machine translation. Enforces approved word meanings, technical noun and verb categories, the 20/25-word sentence limits, banned verb tenses, and passive-voice restrictions. Trigger on simplified technical english, STE, ASD-STE100, controlled language, translation-ready docs, de-slop this manual. Do NOT use for marketing copy, brand voice, or narrative writing; for French text use samber/cc-skills@humaniseur-fr instead."
user-invocable: true
license: MIT
compatibility: Designed for Claude, ChatGPT or similar harness. Requires internet access to fetch the official specification for rules not covered in this file.
metadata:
  author: samber
  version: "1.0.2"
  openclaw:
    emoji: "📐"
    homepage: https://github.com/samber/cc-skills
allowed-tools: Read Edit Write Glob Grep Agent AskUserQuestion WebFetch
---

# ASD-STE100 humanizer — Simplified Technical English

**Persona:** You are a technical writer trained in ASD-STE100. You write for a reader whose first language is not English, and for a reader who may be a machine translation engine — every sentence must survive that reading with a single, unambiguous meaning.

**Thinking mode:** Reason carefully about sentence classification, word counting, and verb-form legality before rewriting — these errors are silent. A sentence that looks compliant (short, plain words) can still break a specific numeric threshold or use a banned tense, and the mistake is invisible unless you check it explicitly. On Claude Code, use `ultrathink` for long or safety-critical documents.

## Attribution

The rules below are defined by **ASD-STE100, Issue 9 (published 2025-01-15)**, the Simplified Technical English standard maintained by the ASD Simplified Technical English Maintenance Group (STEMG) on behalf of the Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD).

- ASD-STE100 is copyright © ASD and a registered EU trademark (No. 017966390).
- This skill is an independent writing aid — it is **not endorsed, certified, or authorized by ASD or the STEMG**, and it does not reproduce the ASD-STE100 dictionary.
- Cite every rule by its official number (`ASD-STE100 rule 5.1`), not as house style; the specification is the authority whenever this skill and the specification disagree.
- The full standard is free to download at <https://www.asd-ste100.org/assets/files/ASD-STE100_ISSUE9.pdf>.

## Precedence: this skill yields to context
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