# LLM To Human

> Convert LLM-sounding prose into plain human English on any user-facing text — proposals, web copy, demos, docs, UI strings, emails, slides. Run as the final pass of every drafting skill. Includes the nice-and-concise process; density stays, machine tells go.

- Skill: `dreamers-laboratory/llm-to-human` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add dreamers-laboratory/llm-to-human`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/dreamers-laboratory/llm-to-human/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: dreamers-laboratory (https://skillmd.com/u/dreamers-laboratory)
- Updated: 2026-09-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/dreamers-laboratory/llm-to-human

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# LLM → Human

Write like a person who knows the subject and respects the reader. Run `nice-and-concise` first (decide the information, then compress); this skill removes the machine tells from what remains.

## The rules

1. **Say what it is. Never say what it isn't.** The antithesis tic is the loudest machine tell. Banned in every variant: `X, not Y` · `X—not Y` · `not Y; X` · `X rather than Y` · `X instead of Y` · `It is not Y. It is X.` · `more than just Y` · `Y is not enough` · `far from Y`. Delete the negative half; let the positive half carry the weight. If it can't stand alone, the sentence was empty — cut it. Exceptions: a scope or legal boundary stated once where required; claim-safety precision ("self-assessment" vs "certified").
2. **Fewer words land harder.** Human working memory is small; every extra word costs attention the load-bearing words needed. The short version is the persuasive version.
3. **Kill hollow intensifiers and glue.** truly · simply · seamlessly · robust · comprehensive · leverage · empower · streamlined · cutting-edge · "it's worth noting" · "in today's world" · "at the end of the day". If deleting the word changes nothing, delete it.
4. **One idea per sentence; verbs over nominalizations.** "We measure accuracy" beats "measurement of accuracy is performed."
5. **Cut the summary sentence that restates the paragraph.** LLMs close with an echo ("In short…", "This ensures…"). End on the last new fact.
6. **Shrink the bullets.** Lists longer than the information; three-item parallel triads manufactured for rhythm ("fast, flexible, and future-proof"); heading + one-line body used where a sentence would do. Merge or cut.
7. **Almost no em dashes.** One per document, maximum. Commas and periods do the work.
8. **Humor: clever or none.** Generic humor is banned because it fits any context; that is what makes it generic. A quip that truly fits this subject, this reader, this moment is good. If it would work in a different document, cut it. Also banned: "cosplay", "theater", "journey", "unlock", "supercharge", "delve", metaphors imported from nowhere.
9. **Specifics replace adjectives.** Numbers, names, dates, section references. "Draft in 14 days (4.3)" beats "rapid turnaround."
10. **Don't pre-empt objections nobody raised**, don't define the thing by contrast with a competitor, don't narrate your own compliance ("as required, we…").
11. **Read one sentence aloud.** If a person in a meeting wouldn't say it, rewrite it.

## Process
1. Draft (or receive) the text with all information decided (`nice-and-concise` step 1).
2. Sweep for rules 1–2 mechanically: search `, not `, ` rather than `, ` instead of `, `not just`, the intensifier list.
3. Read once as the recipient; apply rules 3–10.
4. Verify no fact, number, citation, or required boundary was lost.