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Stop Slop

A skill file that teaches the model to recognise and remove its own writing tells: throat-clearing openers, 'not X but Y' contrasts, dramatic fragments, emphasis crutches, business jargon and padded adverbs.

  • 25 free runs a month
  • Runs in your agent, private tools on SkillGild
  • v1.0.0
  • Hardik Pandya
skillgild install stop-slop
Works with
  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Cursor
  • Gemini CLI
and any MCP client

License: MIT · Created by Hardik Pandya

Free

What you get

  • A skill file that teaches the model to recognise and remove its own writing tells: throat-clearing openers, 'not X but Y' contrasts, dramatic fragments, emphasis crutches, business jargon and padded adverbs.
  • Seven core rules and a pre-ship checklist, organised as banned phrases, structural patterns and sentence-level issues.

Install the Stop Slop skill

Pick your agent. The wrapper only tells your agent how to start a session. The skill's instructions arrive with each session, after your access is checked.

  1. Sign in once from your terminal.

    Terminal
    skillgild login
  2. Install this skill for Claude Code.

    Terminal
    skillgild install stop-slop --agent claude-code
  3. Register the SkillGild MCP server with Claude Code.

    Terminal
    claude mcp add --scope user skillgild -- $(command -v skillgild) mcp

How it runs

  1. Your agent starts a session. SkillGild checks your access and allowance, counts one run, and sends the skill's instructions for this task.
  2. Your agent does the work with its own model and tools, in your project. SkillGild makes no AI model call.

Use it from code

Start a session, follow its guide, then end it. Create an API key under Account and pass it as a bearer token.

Terminal
# Prints the session ID, its tools and the instructions for your agent
skillgild session stop-slop
skillgild end <session-id>

Questions

How do I install Stop Slop in Claude Code?

Run skillgild install stop-slop --agent claude-code and connect the SkillGild MCP server (skillgild mcp). When a task matches, your agent starts a session, which uses one of your 25 free runs this month, and follows the skill's instructions. Use --agent codex, cursor or gemini-cli for other clients.

Is Stop Slop free?

Yes. It includes 25 free runs every month on SkillGild. Stop Slop is open source (MIT) by Hardik Pandya; SkillGild packages it from https://github.com/hardikpandya/stop-slop at a pinned commit and credits the author.

Does Stop Slop run on SkillGild?

It runs in your coding agent with your own model. SkillGild checks your monthly allowance and delivers the skill's instructions for each session; it makes no model call and never sees your project unless your agent sends it.

Which agents does Stop Slop work with?

The project lists Claude Code, Claude Projects, any LLM via system prompt. It is a plain Agent Skills folder (SKILL.md plus supporting files), so any client that reads that format can load it.

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