Tighten

A final editing pass that catches and removes AI-detectable writing patterns. Not a detector — an editor. The output reads like a human wrote it because, after this pass, a human shaped every sentence.

When to Run

• After completing any prose-heavy output (blog posts, documentation, emails, talks)
• When another skill requests a tighten pass as a quality gate
• When the user asks to clean up or improve writing
• Before shipping anything where "sounds like AI" would undermine credibility

Process

1. Load the Tells Reference

Read references/ai-tells.md for the full catalog of patterns, organized by category with examples and fix strategies.

2. Fetch Live Patterns