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name: ai-pattern-detection description: Detects AI-generated writing patterns and suggests authentic alternatives. Auto-applies when reviewing content, editing documents, generating text, or when user mentions writing quality, AI detection, authenticity, or natural voice. Use when relevant to the task.

AI Pattern Detection Skill

Purpose

Automatically scan content for AI-generated writing patterns and provide authentic alternatives. This skill activates when Claude generates or reviews text content, ensuring outputs maintain human-like authenticity.

When This Skill Applies

• Generating any prose, documentation, or written content
• Reviewing or editing existing documents
• User mentions "AI detection", "writing quality", "authentic voice"
• User asks to "make it sound more natural" or "less robotic"
• Creating marketing copy, documentation, or communications

Detection Categories

Critical Patterns (Always Flag)

These immediately identify content as AI-generated:

1. Corporate Buzzwords: "seamlessly integrates", "cutting-edge", "revolutionary", "next-generation", "comprehensive solution"
2. Vague Intensifiers: "dramatically improves", "significantly enhances", "vastly superior"
3. Formulaic Transitions: "Moreover,", "Furthermore,", "Additionally,", "In conclusion,"
4. Performative Language: "aims to provide", "strives to achieve", "designed to enhance"
5. Academic Passive: "It has been observed that...", "It can be argued that..."

Structural Patterns (Flag When Overused)

1. Three-item lists: "reliable, scalable, and secure"
2. Em-dash overuse: Multiple em-dashes in a paragraph
3. Identical paragraph structure: Topic → 3 points → conclusion repeated
4. Balanced hedging: "While X has challenges, it also offers opportunities"

Contextual Patterns (Check Frequency)

Words acceptable at 1:1000 ratio but problematic at 1:100:

• manifest, revolutionary, next-generation
• robust, scalable, comprehensive
• synergy, leverage, utilize

Replacement Guidelines

Instead of	Use
"plays a crucial role"	"handles" / "manages" / "does"
"seamlessly integrates"	"works with" / "connects to"
"cutting-edge"	"new" / "recent" / specific tech name
"Moreover,"	[just start the next sentence]
"comprehensive solution"	[specific description of what it does]
"dramatically improves"	[specific metric: "reduces latency by 40%"]
"robust"	"handles X requests/second" / "99.9% uptime"

Authenticity Markers to Include

Strong authentic content includes:

1. Specific opinions: "I prefer X because..." not "X is preferred"
2. Acknowledged trade-offs: "This approach sacrifices Y for Z"
3. Real-world constraints: "Budget limited us to..."
4. Uncertainty where appropriate: "We're not sure yet whether..."
5. Varied sentence structure: Mix short and long, different openings
6. Domain-specific vocabulary: Use actual technical terms, not generic descriptions

Application Process

When generating or reviewing content:

1. Scan for critical banned patterns
2. Count contextual pattern frequency
3. Check structural variety
4. Suggest specific replacements
5. Verify authenticity markers present

Examples

Before (AI-Detected)

The platform seamlessly integrates cutting-edge technology to dramatically improve workflow efficiency. Moreover, it plays a crucial role in enabling next-generation solutions. In conclusion, this comprehensive approach transforms how teams collaborate.

After (Authentic)

The platform connects to existing tools through standard APIs. Initial tests show 40% faster task completion. Teams report fewer context switches between applications.

Script Reference

For automated scanning, use scripts/pattern_scanner.py which:

• Counts pattern frequencies
• Flags critical violations
• Generates replacement suggestions
• Produces authenticity score (0-100)

Integration

This skill works with:

• /writing-validator command for explicit validation
• writing-validator agent for deep analysis
• Any content generation task automatically