---
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.
---
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# humanize

This skill's instructions live in [`.claude/skills/humanize/SKILL.md`](../../../.claude/skills/humanize/SKILL.md).
Read that file now and follow it, with the files it points to. Read [`AGENTS.md`](../../../AGENTS.md)
first if you have not already.

It was written for Claude Code. Running it from Codex, Antigravity or another agent:

- **Arguments.** Where it says `$ARGUMENTS`, use what the user asked for.
- **Claude Code agents.** Where a step hands work to an agent in `.claude/agents/` (through the
  `Agent` or `Task` tool), read that agent's file and do the step yourself after the main work.
  Tell the user the step was not an independent review: the same agent did both.
- **Claude Code settings.** `allowed-tools`, `model`, `effort`, `argument-hint` and
  `disable-model-invocation` in the source's frontmatter configure Claude Code. Ignore them.
- **Guards.** Claude Code's guard hooks do not run for you. Follow the rules in `AGENTS.md`
  yourself; the git pre-commit gate and CI still apply to your commits.