Is avoid-ai-writing safe to install?

No known risky patterns found. The scan covers prompt injection, hidden Unicode, remote code execution and credential access in every text file of the skill. It cannot judge intent, so read any flagged line in context before installing.

How was this score calculated?

Four checks of 25 points each: spec, efficiency, clarity and security. Findings take points off the check they belong to, and any critical finding caps the grade at F. The same scanner runs in your browser at proskills.dev/scan.

Is this report current?

It was made from commit 044b4b2 on 2026-10-16. If the skill has changed since, paste the new version into the scanner for a fresh score.

I wrote this skill. Can I fix the score or have the page removed?

Fix the findings and push. The reports are rebuilt from GitHub on a schedule, so the next run picks the change up. To have the page removed, open an issue on the ProSkills GitHub repo.

Scan reports · wshobson/agents

avoid-ai-writing: scan report

Audit and rewrite prose so it stops reading as machine-generated. Use this skill when asked to remove AI-isms, clean up AI writing, edit a draft for AI tells, audit a README, changelog, release note, PR description, or… An automated scan of this public skill from wshobson/agents: security, token cost, spec and clarity, with every finding and its fix.

Verdict

No known risky patterns found

Nothing in the skill matched the scanner's security rules: no instruction overrides, hidden characters, remote code or credential access.

avoid-ai-writingScan 95/100Grade A

wshobson/agents/plugins/avoid-ai-writing/skills/avoid-ai-writing at 044b4b2

Spec 25 · Efficiency 25 · Clarity 20 · Security 25 (each out of 25)

Always loaded 105 tokens · on trigger 1,805 · on demand 9,170

clarity/examples warn · SKILL.mdNo examples or code blocks. One concrete input → output example improves consistency more than extra rules.

Source

Fact	Value
Repository	wshobson/agents
Skill folder	plugins/avoid-ai-writing/skills/avoid-ai-writing
Stars	40,912
License	MIT
Commit scanned	044b4b2
Scanned	2026-10-16
Files	4

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Questions

Is avoid-ai-writing safe to install?: No known risky patterns found. The scan covers prompt injection, hidden Unicode, remote code execution and credential access in every text file of the skill. It cannot judge intent, so read any flagged line in context before installing.
How was this score calculated?: Four checks of 25 points each: spec, efficiency, clarity and security. Findings take points off the check they belong to, and any critical finding caps the grade at F. The same scanner runs in your browser at proskills.dev/scan.
Is this report current?: It was made from commit 044b4b2 on 2026-10-16. If the skill has changed since, paste the new version into the scanner for a fresh score.
I wrote this skill. Can I fix the score or have the page removed?: Fix the findings and push. The reports are rebuilt from GitHub on a schedule, so the next run picks the change up. To have the page removed, open an issue on the ProSkills GitHub repo.

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