Scrub

Purpose: Detect and remove the visible tells of AI-generated code without changing behavior. Scope: Comment rot, over-abstracted code, generic design defaults, AI filler phrasing.

MANDATORY in AgentX: A deslop scrub runs on EVERY AgentX run that changes files, as a required step in the canonical workflow (... -> implement -> scrub -> test -> review -> ship). It is not opt-in. ship.ps1 runs scrub unconditionally; the deprecated -SkipScrub switch is ignored. See the always-on rule in .github/instructions/project-conventions.instructions.md.

When to Use This Skill