style-guard

Detect AI artifacts in academic writing using a frontmatter-driven review.

Updated Jan 7, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/jpolog/nix-os --skill style-guard
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Skill: style-guard
Source: https://github.com/jpolog/nix-os/tree/main/pi-agent-data/agent/skills/style-guard
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/jpolog/nix-os --skill style-guard

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

AI-artifact detection patterns, plagiarism prevention, and a personal style guide template — helping academic writing sound human and original.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • AI Artifact Detection — Comprehensive Pattern Catalog covering punctuation tells, structural tells, transition tells, hedging tells, vocabulary tells, and register tells.
  • Style Guide Template: A ready-to-use template for literature/style-guide.md to enforce voice, tone, and jargon consistency across manuscripts.
  • Use Case: Suitable for drafts, theses, grant proposals, and course materials to audit originality and improve writing style.

Quick Start

Use the style-guard to evaluate a draft and identify AI-style tells to produce a human-authored rewrite.

Frequently Asked Questions about style-guard

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I detect AI artifacts in academic writing?

Detect AI artifacts in academic writing by reviewing punctuation, structure, hedging, and transition patterns. This Skill applies a structured frontmatter-driven evaluation to identify vocabulary and register tells, ensuring manuscripts sound human and original.

What is the best way to enforce a style guide for academic manuscripts?

Enforce a style guide for academic manuscripts by adopting a ready-to-use template for literature and style-guide enforcement. This ensures voice, tone, and jargon consistency across drafts, theses, and course materials while checking for AI-style tells.

Can I use this AI detection process for grant proposals and teaching materials?

You can use this AI detection process for grant proposals and teaching materials. The evaluation scope covers drafts, manuscripts, and course materials across disciplines, auditing diction, structure, and transition use to maintain originality.

How do I paraphrase AI-generated drafts to sound human?

Paraphrase AI-generated drafts to sound human by identifying vocabulary and register tells through a structured review. This Skill evaluates diction, structure, and transition use, guiding the production of a human-authored rewrite that avoids AI artifacts.

What are common AI writing tells and how do I check for them?

Common AI writing tells include punctuation, structural, transition, hedging, vocabulary, and register patterns. You check for them by applying a structured frontmatter-driven review to evaluate your text against a comprehensive pattern catalog.

Does this writing review require any external dependencies or components?

This writing review requires no external dependencies or components. It operates as a safe, self-contained evaluation workflow that uses a structured frontmatter-driven review and an optional resources directory to audit originality.