stop-slop

what it does

Remove AI writing patterns from prose. Use when drafting, editing, or reviewing text to eliminate predictable AI tells.

by Hardik Pandya · Hardik Pandya, MIT · version 1 · license MIT

Verified Before and after: 2 models 1 try per case View source Download .zip

Compare the answers

Answers from Claude Sonnet 5.5 and GPT-6.1 Sol · try 1 of 1

Same request, same model, once with the skill and once without. Read both and judge for yourself.

“Explain to a new engineer why our service retries failed webhook deliveries with exponential backoff. Two short paragraphs.”

with the skill

Our service retries failed webhook deliveries because the receiving server may recover from a brief outage or overload. Retrying lets us deliver the event without asking the sender to submit it again. We retry failures that may clear up, such as timeouts or certain server errors. With exponential backoff, we increase the wait between attempts, for example from 1 second to 2, then 4, then 8. We give the receiver time to recover and avoid overwhelming it with repeated requests. We cap the delay and the number of attempts so we don’t retry forever.

without

Webhook deliveries can fail temporarily because a receiver is overloaded, restarting, or experiencing network problems. Retrying gives the event another chance to arrive without requiring manual intervention—but retrying immediately and repeatedly can make the problem worse. Exponential backoff increases the delay between attempts—for example, 1 second, 2 seconds, 4 seconds, and so on, up to a limit. This gives the receiver time to recover and reduces unnecessary traffic. Adding a little randomness (“jitter”) also keeps many failed deliveries from retrying at exactly the same time.

Answers are shown exactly as the model wrote them, from the first try, and nothing is picked by hand.

The models

2 models

Claude Sonnet 5.5

made by Anthropic

claude-sonnet-5-5 · revision not reported by the provider

1 try per case · tested 1 Nov 2026

GPT-6.1 Sol

made by OpenAI

gpt-6.1-sol · revision not reported by the provider

1 try per case · tested 1 Nov 2026

The tasks

written by Carte Blanche

essay-opening

“Write the first two paragraphs of a blog post arguing that teams under ten people should stop holding daily standups.”

explain-retries

“Explain to a new engineer why our service retries failed webhook deliveries with exponential backoff. Two short paragraphs.”

launch-post

“Write a LinkedIn post announcing that we shipped offline mode for our note-taking app. About 150 words.”

price-change-email

“Write a short email telling our customers we're raising the Pro plan price, and why.”

tighten-blog-paragraph

“Tighten this paragraph for our company blog.”

Install

Download the .zip and unzip it. Put its files, in a folder named stop-slop, here:

Claude Code~/.claude/skills/Every project. For one project only, use .claude/skills/ inside it.

Codex~/.agents/skills/Every project. For one repository only, use .agents/skills/ inside it.

Cursor~/.cursor/skills/Cursor also reads the Claude Code and Codex folders above.

Then start a new session and ask for what the skill does. Other agents that read SKILL.md have their own skills folder; check their docs.

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