# Humanizer by blader

13 Hacker News commenters recommended Humanizer by blader and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for stripping common AI writing tells like 'not x, but y' and bolded bullets. Critics say the output still reads as AI-written.

## Why people recommend it

- Removes common LLM writing tells (4 comments): "it's relatively easy to screen out "it's not x it's y" kind of things and the bolded bullet points" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48225719)) "Skills like Humanizer and avoid-ai-writing help get rid of some of the worst memes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50049162)) "a skill that helps avoid some of the common LLM tells" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47134882))
- Useful for cleaning up writing (2 comments): "I use the humanize skill to clean up AI written work before handing it over to colleagues." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48912309)) "It's also very useful in writing skills to help avoid these kinds of issues." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46679259))
- Fits existing Claude Code setups (2 comments): "I also incorporated the humanizer[2] skill into it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50153144)) "Here's a Claude code skill for that" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48176379))

## What people warn about

- Output still sounds like AI (3 comments): "When you read the full output example in that repo, it seems obvious to me that it's AI" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49389989)) "This is what I got first time with a humanizer I built, still sounds terrible" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49016432)) "How to make your LLM slop sound like slightly different LLM slop." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50189827))
- Extra AI pass doesn't solve it (2 comments): "Hiding these clues by another AI pass doesn't solve the core problem." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48226340)) "making it use random out of band non thinking tokens" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48234704))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Superpowers](https://hackerapproved.com/p/superpowers.md): 138 recommend
- [Claude Skills](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-skills.md): 59 recommend
- [grill-me skill by Matt Pocock](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grill-me-skill.md): 39 recommend
- [Get Shit Done](https://hackerapproved.com/p/get-shit-done.md): 31 recommend
- [Matt Pocock's skills](https://hackerapproved.com/p/matt-pocock-s-skills.md): 27 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Humanizer by blader", https://hackerapproved.com/p/humanizer/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).