de-ai

A text-editing command that removes common AI-sounding phrases, corporate buzzwords, hedging, and repetitive writing patterns. It saves a revised copy instead of replacing the original.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it on a Markdown file to create a human-sounding version and a change log describing the edits.
Why use it?
It helps make drafts sound more direct, conversational, and personal without losing the original file.

Command for Claude Code

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/railly/agent-brain/de-ai
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Railly/agent-brain

Made for: Claude Code.

Per session 13 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 495 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00013 $0.00495
Opus 5 $0.00006 $0.00247
Sonnet 5 $0.00003 $0.00099
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00049

Measured 2d ago against content hash faa1fef32b9c, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

de-ai scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.claude/commands/de-ai.md · 83 lines

What it actually says

De-AI-ify text: $ARGUMENTS

IMPORTANT: Be direct

  • Read file, create -HUMAN version, apply changes

What Gets Removed

Overused Transitions

  • "Moreover," "Furthermore," "Additionally," "Nevertheless"
  • Excessive "However" usage
  • "While X, Y" openings

AI Clichés

  • "In today's fast-paced world"
  • "Let's dive deep"
  • "Unlock your potential"
  • "Harness the power of"
  • "Game-changer"
  • "Cutting-edge"

Hedging Language

  • "It's important to note"
  • "It's worth mentioning"
  • Vague quantifiers: "various," "numerous," "myriad"

Corporate Buzzwords

  • "utilize" → "use"
  • "facilitate" → "help"
  • "optimize" → "improve"
  • "leverage" → "use"
  • "streamline" → "simplify"
  • "robust" → "strong"

Robotic Patterns

  • Rhetorical questions + immediate answers
  • Obsessive parallel structures
  • Always exactly three examples
  • "Let me explain..."

What Gets Added

  • Varied sentence lengths
  • Conversational tone
  • Direct statements
  • Confident assertions
  • Natural rhythm

Flow

  1. Read original file at $ARGUMENTS
  2. Create copy: {filename}-HUMAN.md
  3. Apply de-AI-ification
  4. Output change log

Example

Before (AI): "In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, it's crucial to understand that leveraging AI effectively isn't just about utilizing cutting-edge technology. It's about harnessing its transformative potential."

After (Human): "AI works best when you use it for specific tasks. Focus on what it does well: writing code, analyzing data, answering questions."

Output

Created: {filename}-HUMAN.md

Changes:
- Removed 3 AI clichés
- Simplified 5 corporate buzzwords
- Shortened 2 run-on sentences
- Added direct statements

Manual review needed:
- Line 15: needs specific example
- Line 42: vague claim, add data
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 83 lines · 13 tokens per session scan A faa1fef32b9c

Subscribe to this mod's changes

de-ai is a command published in the GitHub repository Railly/agent-brain (22 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 13 tokens to every session and 495 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.