conorbronsdon__avoid-ai-writing/cursor-rules/README.md

Cursor Rule — avoid-ai-writing

Drop-in Cursor rule that ports the avoid-ai-writing skill to Cursor's .mdc rule format. Functionally identical to the upstream skill — same tier vocabulary, same context profiles, same detect / rewrite modes.

Install

Copy avoid-ai-writing.mdc into your project's .cursor/rules/ directory:

mkdir -p .cursor/rules
curl -o .cursor/rules/avoid-ai-writing.mdc \
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/conorbronsdon/avoid-ai-writing/main/cursor-rules/avoid-ai-writing.mdc

By default the rule activates on .md, .mdx, .txt, .rst, and .adoc files (via the globs field in the frontmatter). Edit the globs in the rule file if you want it on other file types — or set alwaysApply: true if you want it on every Cursor session.

Trigger phrases

Once installed, ask Cursor:

• "Remove AI-isms from this section."
• "Audit this draft for AI writing patterns."
• "Make this sound less like AI."
• "Run avoid-ai-writing in detect mode." (flag without rewriting)

Old Cursor projects

If you're on a Cursor version that still uses .cursorrules (single file at repo root), you can append avoid-ai-writing.mdc's body (the part below the --- frontmatter) directly to your existing .cursorrules file. Modern Cursor projects should prefer the .cursor/rules/*.mdc layout.

Updating

This file and dist/avoid-ai-writing.md are generated from SKILL.md plus references/patterns.md. Run bash scripts/sync-cursor-rules.sh after editing either source. The generator first builds the lossless SKILL.full.md, then applies six anchored portability rewrites so copied instructions use manual fallbacks where bundled commands are unavailable. CI regenerates all artifacts and fails on drift. Do not edit generated files.