"In today's fast-paced digital landscape..."
You've read that opener a thousand times. Google has too.
Here's a partial list of what my Claude Code skill bans from every article it writes:
"delve"
"tapestry"
"navigate the landscape"
"not only... but also"
"as mentioned above"
"in today's ever-evolving world"
"let's dive in"
"it's worth noting"
"without further ado"
"serves as a testament"
tricolons ("faster, smarter, better")
repetitive openers (3 sentences with the same structure)
427 banned words. 59 banned phrases. Zero em dashes. Total.
That's 1 of 27 gates every article has to pass before it outputs.
The other 26 check reading level (FK grade 7 max), keyword placement, paragraph length, section structure, content score against the live SERP, and whether every stat in the article actually exists in the research data.
453/453 fabricated claims caught in testing. Every invented price. Every "studies show 73%..." the AI pulled from nowhere. Caught and killed.
I built this because I got tired of editing the same AI tells out of every article by hand. Now Claude strips them before I ever see the draft.
It pulls the real top-10 Google results via Exa. Extracts entities, prices, keywords from competitors. Targets 10% above their average word count. Picks the right structure from 6 article types. Writes section-by-section at grade 7 reading level.
$27 one-time. Lifetime updates. 5 minute setup.
What's the worst AI phrase you keep seeing in content? Drop it below.
Link in comments.