Your AI draft sounds like AI. I built a linter that scores how plain it is.

Description and use

The plain‑speak linter scores text plainness, flags long sentences, buzzwords, and hedges, and can be integrated into CI or agent workflows to improve readability.

Problem

AI‑generated text is hard to spot because grammar is correct but the register is overly complex, using buzzwords, hedges, and long sentences.

Outcome

The linter scores drafts on plainness, identifies long sentences, buzzwords, and hedge words, and can be integrated into CI or agent workflows to automatically improve readability.

Workflow

• Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/hahahahahahahahah6/plain-speak
• Run the linter: python3 plain_speak.py check draft.txt
• Review the output for long sentences, buzzwords, and hedges
• Optionally use the agent skill to rewrite flagged lines
• Re‑run the linter until the plainness score passes the desired threshold

Evidence

plain-speak is a tiny readability linter that scores text on plainness and flags the offending lines

Source

Four checks: sentences over 25 words, ~45 built-in AI‑tell buzzwords, a Flesch‑style reading‑ease score folded into the total, and hedge density

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--json and --fail-under 80 make it a CI gate for generated docs

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