writing:scan

90 / 100 · Low risk

Fine to try. Some of what it can do is expected: a coding skill usually runs build and test commands.

By bendrucker/claude (GitHub) · coding · 18 stars · scanned at commit 497d619

Detect AI writing tropes in repository prose. Use `audit` to scan a directory or glob (READMEs, docs, skill files, proposals) for slop already committed and gate on it, reporting every match with file, line, and column. Use `score` to measure trope density of one input on a per-1000-word basis, compare two drafts, or score code comments separately. Not for rewriting a single input.

Works with any agent that supports SKILL.md skills.

What this skill can do

Runs commands on your computer

The author does not mention this. It runs automatically when the plugin is installed. Expected for a coding skill.

Found in 12 places.

plugins/writing/skills/scan/SKILL.md, line 25vale --config="${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../.vale.ini" --output=line docs README.md
plugins/writing/skills/scan/SKILL.md, line 36vale --config="${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../.vale.ini" --output=line path/to/draft.md
plugins/writing/skills/scan/SKILL.md, line 48bun ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/score.ts path/to/draft.md

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plugins/writing/detection/vale.ts, line 124const proc = Bun.spawn([binary, "--no-global", `--config=${VALE_CONFIG}`, "sync"], {
plugins/writing/detection/vale.ts, line 172const proc = Bun.spawn([binary, "--output=JSON", ...args], {
plugins/writing/hooks/hooks.json, line 9"command": "bun \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/sessionstart.ts\"",
plugins/writing/hooks/hooks.json, line 21"command": "IFS= read -r in; case $in in *--body*|*--message*|*--description*|*--title*|*=@*|*-F*|*--file*|*--input*) if printf '%s' \"$in\" | grep -qE -- '--(b
plugins/writing/hooks/hooks.json, line 30"command": "IFS= read -r in; if printf '%s' \"$in\" | grep -qE '([ `]|\\\\t).*([ `]|\\\\t).*([ `]|\\\\t)'; then printf '%s' \"$in\" | bun \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT
plugins/writing/hooks/hooks.json, line 41"command": "bun \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/lint.ts\""
plugins/writing/hooks/hooks.test.ts, line 89Bun.spawnSync(["chmod", "+x", stub]);
plugins/writing/hooks/hooks.test.ts, line 93Bun.spawnSync(["rm", "-rf", binDir]);
plugins/writing/hooks/hooks.test.ts, line 101const proc = Bun.spawnSync(["sh", "-c", command], {

Sends data to these websites: x

The author does not mention this. It runs automatically when the plugin is installed.

Found in 1 place.

plugins/writing/hooks/messages.test.ts, line 136const texts = await collectText(mockBash("curl -F upload=/tmp/data.bin https://x"));

Install

Paste this into your terminal. It downloads exactly the version we scanned, not whatever is newest.

if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'writing-scan' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'writing-scan' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named writing-scan already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/bendrucker/claude' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet '497d619eb22e6f93dd49c4d8f6ff4a52578e0949' -- 'plugins/writing/skills/scan' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'plugins/writing/skills/scan' ~/.agents/skills/'writing-scan' && rm -rf "$d"; fi

Codex reads ~/.agents/skills directly. For Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity or OpenCode, also link it. For Claude Code: ln -s ~/.agents/skills/'writing-scan' ~/.claude/skills/'writing-scan' (other agents: ~/.cursor/skills, ~/.copilot/skills, ~/.gemini/skills, ~/.gemini/config/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills). Or install through the finder skill, which does both.

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Score history

Date	Version	Score
2026-11-11	`497d619`	90
2026-11-08	`ebe6d12`	90
2026-11-06	`be8a32e`	90