writing:scan SKILL.md skillA
writing:scan from bendrucker/claude is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add bendrucker/claude/writing:scan@git:20261030.03f7155Pins git:20261030.03f7155 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- bendrucker/claude
- Path
plugins/writing/skills/scan/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 9
- Latest version
- git:20261030.03f7155, committed Oct 30, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 8, 2026
- Size
- 2,392 bytes
- Repository stars
- 18
- License
- MIT
Detect AI writing tropes in repository prose. Use `audit` to scan a directory or glob (READMEs, docs, skill files, proposals) for slop already committed and gate on it, reporting every match with file, line, and column. Use `score` to measure trope density of one input on a per-1000-word basis, compare two drafts, or score code comments separately. Not for rewriting a single input.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Scan
Detect AI writing tropes already present in prose. Every mode lints through Vale with the plugin's `.vale.ini`, the same checks the hook enforces on new edits. Scan reports only. Fix alerts with `writing:rewrite` or direct edits at the reported positions.
## Audit
Pass files or directories. Vale walks directories and skips `node_modules` and `.git`.
```bash
vale --config="${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../.vale.ini" --output=line docs README.md
vale --config="${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../.vale.ini" --output=line --glob='*.md' .
```
Each alert prints as `path:line:col:check:message`, where `check` is the Vale rule name (`Writing.SpacedEmDash`, `ai-tells.EmDashUsage`). Vale exits 1 when any alert is at `error` level, so the command gates in CI or a pre-commit check.
## Single Input
Lint one input the same way:
```bash
vale --config="${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../.vale.ini" --output=line path/to/draft.md
vale --config="${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../.vale.ini" --output=line --ext=.prbody < body.md
```
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add bendrucker/claude/writing:scan@sha256:9e794ddd39200c88The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261030.03f7155, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_c4njaxgcnsl44wn6)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 9 versions of this file, between Jun 8, 2026 and Oct 30, 2026, about one every 18 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261030.03f7155 latest | 2026-10-30 | 03f7155 | 2,392 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261029.c1d931d | 2026-10-29 | c1d931d | 2,571 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261027.82e6b20 | 2026-10-27 | 82e6b20 | 5,337 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260917.e57dc35 | 2026-09-17 | e57dc35 | 4,837 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260727.14c22cf | 2026-07-27 | 14c22cf | 3,437 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260708.b638bab | 2026-07-08 | b638bab | 4,149 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260615.1ec44ee | 2026-06-15 | 1ec44ee | 1,831 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260609.3610468 | 2026-06-09 | 3610468 | 1,836 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260608.f5f0cef | 2026-06-08 | f5f0cef | 1,759 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2392 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
bendrucker/claude · 18 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_c4njaxgcnsl44wn6 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=bendrucker/claude/writing:scan GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/9e794ddd39200c882d9e28dd70097f982e982f24a50bcc89efb289681251fa2f
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.