Is the Ill Communication skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from alexconner-79/ill-communication. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the Ill Communication SkillProof Score?

9.2/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 5/5.

How do I install Ill Communication?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use Ill Communication with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

Ill Communication

Strips AI writing tells and applies real UX microcopy craft, in your voice.

by alexconner-79 · alexconner-79/ill-communication

Tested · Works

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: Tested · Works
Score: 9.2/10
Tested: Jul 16, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Aug 10, 2026 · 8da0610

Ran a real A/B on an AI-tell-laden marketing paragraph: my unassisted baseline still kept 'leverages,' 'cutting-edge,' 'robust,' and an em dash; following the skill's hard rules stripped every catalogued tell and matched British locale automatically.

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 5/5
Triggers reliably 5/5
Output vs. baseline 8/10
Docs & honesty 5/5

What Ill Communication does

Rewrites and reviews prose (documents, emails, blog posts) and interface copy (buttons, errors, empty states) to remove AI writing tells like em dashes, inflated vocabulary, and filler constructions. Triggers on any writing or text-review task, including UX microcopy reviews, and reads a fill-in voice-profile template so output matches the user's tone instead of a generic register.

How to install Ill Communication

git clone https://github.com/alexconner-79/ill-communication.git
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r ill-communication ~/.claude/skills/ill-communication

Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.

Commands — how to trigger Ill Communication

/ill-communication Strips AI writing tells and applies real UX microcopy craft, in your voice.

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

Rewrite this error message so it sounds human, not corporate
Review this marketing paragraph for AI writing tells like em dashes
Make this empty-state copy match my brand's voice profile

Frequently asked questions

Is the Ill Communication skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from alexconner-79/ill-communication. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Ill Communication work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 16, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Ran a real A/B on an AI-tell-laden marketing paragraph: my unassisted baseline still kept 'leverages,' 'cutting-edge,' 'robust,' and an em dash; following the skill's hard rules stripped every catalogued tell and matched British locale automatically.
What is the Ill Communication SkillProof Score?: 9.2/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 5/5.
How do I install Ill Communication?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use Ill Communication with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.