{
  "id": 5783599,
  "title": "Stop Sounding Like an AI: Turning Wikipedia's AI Writing Guide into an Agent Skill",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/stop-sounding-like-an-ai-turning-wikipedias-ai-writing-guide-into-an",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-05T14:23:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/yadlapalli_avinashricky_/stop-sounding-like-an-ai-turning-wikipedias-ai-writing-guide-into-an-agent-skill-3elj"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Journalists have devoted months to studying submissions to identify telltale signs of AI-generated text. They assembled an extensive community guide named Signs of AI Writing. I have transformed that guide into an open-source self-edit agent skill named Writ, which can be accessed at https://github.com/Avinashricky211/writ. The skill identifies several common issues with AI-written content:\n\n• Overuse of generic vocabulary: words such as delve, tapestry, testament, seamless, robust, and game-changer.\n• The not X, but Y false-contrast habit, like stating \"It's not just a tool, it's a revolution.\"\n• Inclusion of significance that feels tacked-on, such as \"...highlighting the shift toward modern efficiency.\"\n• Excessive use of em dashes and a lackluster, uniform sentence rhythm.\n• Over-reliance on transitional phrases like moreover, furthermore, and that said.\n• Overuse of formatting elements like headers, bold text, and bullet points, where plain prose would suffice.\n• Remnants of an assistant's voice, such as the phrase \"I hope this helps!\"\n\nHere's how the skill functions: rather than rewriting text mechanically or making it sound robotic, it operates as a subtle self-edit pass directly before the agent generates the final text. This self-editing process is compatible with any agent framework that supports loadable skills, including Claude Code, Antigravity, and Cursor. Alternatively, the skill can be incorporated directly into your system prompt. The project repository is available at https://github.com/Avinashricky211/writ. Community feedback and contributions to the checklist are encouraged!",
  "summary": "Wikipedia editors have spent months cataloguing submissions to figure out what gives away AI-generated text. They compiled a detailed community guide called Signs of AI Writing. I turned that guide into an open-source self-edit agent skill called Writ: 👉 https://github.com/Avinashricky211/writ What it catches: • Stock vocabulary: \"delve\", \"tapestry\", \"testament\", \"seamless\", \"robust\",…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}