A Claude Code skill for editing AI-generated content to match your voice profile.
This skill provides a systematic 6-pass editing workflow to transform generic AI output into voice-matched writing.
AI output often sounds generic even with good prompts. The result:
- Content that reads like it was written by a committee
- Loss of your distinctive voice and personality
- Readers noticing "this doesn't sound like you"
- Heavy editing required to make it authentic
# In Claude Code:
/plugin marketplace add aplaceforallmystuff/marketplace
/plugin install claude-voice-editor@aplaceforallmystuffManual install (without the marketplace)
git clone https://github.com/aplaceforallmystuff/claude-voice-editor.git
cp -r claude-voice-editor/skills/voice-editor ~/.claude/skills/- Use it when AI-generated content sounds generic and you want it to read as yours.
- Use it when a draft needs to sound more like you.
- Use it when applying a VOICE.md profile to a draft.
- Use it when content is close to your voice and needs a light polish (light mode).
- Use it when rescuing generic AI output written without a style guide (heavy or rescue mode).
The skill applies six editing passes to any content:
| Pass | Focus | What It Does |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Structure | Organization | Fix openings, flow, conclusions |
| 2. Voice | Profile matching | Align with VOICE.md characteristics |
| 3. Slop | AI tells | Remove generic phrases and patterns |
| 4. Specificity | Depth | Replace generic with specific |
| 5. Rhythm | Flow | Read-aloud test, sentence variation |
| 6. Authenticity | Final check | "Would readers recognize this as mine?" |
Even with a perfect style guide, expect to edit 30-40% of AI output. This isn't a bug - it's the feature.
- If editing >50%: Your style guide or prompts need work
- If editing <20%: You might be accepting too much generic content
- 30-40% is the sweet spot: Significant time savings while maintaining voice
| Mode | When to Use | Expected Edit % |
|---|---|---|
| Light | Content close to voice, needs polish | 10-20% |
| Standard | Typical AI output with style guide | 30-40% |
| Heavy | Generic AI, no style guide used | 50-70% |
| Rescue | Fundamentally off but has good bones | Rewrite |
| Problem | Symptom | Fix Applied |
|---|---|---|
| Too formal | Reads like a memo | Add contractions, conversational asides |
| Too uniform | Same sentence lengths | Vary rhythm deliberately |
| Too hedged | Everything qualified | Delete vague hedging, commit to claims |
| Too balanced | All sections equal weight | Let structure reflect priorities |
| Voice drift | Starts strong, gets generic | Re-inject voice markers throughout |
Ask Claude to run the skill on a draft:
Edit this to match my voice: drafts/launch-post.md
Illustrative output:
## Edited Content
[Your edited content here]
---
## Edit Summary
**Passes completed:** 6/6
**Estimated edit percentage:** 35%
**Voice match confidence:** High
### Major Changes
1. Cut throat-clearing intro, started with the core insight
2. Added characteristic phrase "Here's the thing"
3. Broke uniform sentence lengths into varied rhythm
### Slop Removed
- "It's worth noting that" (3 instances)
- "In today's landscape" (1 instance)
- Staccato fragment spam (paragraphs 2, 5)
### Voice Elements Added
- Conversational asides
- Specific examples replacing generic claims
- Characteristic humor in closingYou need a VOICE.md profile. Create one with the companion skill:
This skill works best as part of a workflow:
[Draft] → slop-detector → voice-editor → slop-detector → [Final]
Part of the aplaceforallmystuff skills collection:
- voice-analyzer — Create the VOICE.md profile this skill uses
- the-antislop — Detect and fix AI writing patterns before/after editing
- slop-detector — Lightweight AI pattern detection
MIT — see LICENSE.