Claude / Copilot
Two skills that stop AI slop in your decks
Your deck can have a strong strategy and still look like AI slop. Two skills fix the writing and the design.
Summary
AI slop in a deck has two sources: AI-sounding writing and weak design. An anti-AI writing file fixes the writing. The Apple Design skill fixes the design.
Before you start
Why it matters
The biggest problem with AI when you build a deck: even when you give it great references, the deck still looks like AI slop.
You have seen the design signs. Purple gradients. Rounded corners. Eyebrow stripes.
You have seen the writing signs. Em-dashes. Information grouped in threes.
This matters. You can have the best strategy or narrative. If your deck looks like AI slop, no one will take it seriously.
I tested AI skills in the depths of social media and GitHub. These two make the biggest impact.
At a Glance
Two skills fix two different problems.
Anti-AI writing file
Apple Design skill
The TL;DR
It stops the deck from sounding like AI.
It stops the deck from looking like AI.
More in-depth
I made it with 160 rules and examples. It removes patterns such as em-dashes and groups of three.
It is by Emil Kowalski. It uses Apple’s 17 core design principles. It fixes spacing, font sizes, and color consistency.
Skill 1: The anti-AI writing file
I made a file with 160 rules and examples to avoid sounding like AI.
This matters more now because of AI watermarking.
Use it for the words on every slide. It targets writing patterns, such as em-dashes and grouping information in threes.
Skill 2: The Apple Design skill
This skill is by Emil Kowalski. It takes Apple’s 17 core design principles.
It fixes issues that you feel but cannot explain. These are:
Spacing
Font sizes
Color consistency
Use it for how the deck looks.
Caution: The two skills do not replace each other. The writing file does not fix the design. The design skill does not fix the writing. Install both.
Install both
Install both skills. Claude, Copilot, or ChatGPT will then follow these rules every time.
In Copilot, you can upload skills directly into your PowerPoint app.
Problem you see
Skill to use
Em-dashes and information grouped in threes
Anti-AI writing file
Text that sounds like AI
Anti-AI writing file
Purple gradients, rounded corners, eyebrow stripes
Apple Design skill
Uneven spacing
Apple Design skill
Font sizes that do not match
Apple Design skill
Colors that are not consistent
Apple Design skill
By tool
Claude, Copilot, ChatGPT: install both skills and the tool follows the rules every time.
Copilot in PowerPoint: upload the skills directly into the PowerPoint app.
REMAINING QUESTIONS
Why does my deck look like AI even when I give the AI great references?
References are not enough. The AI still produces the usual patterns: purple gradients, rounded corners, eyebrow stripes, em-dashes, and grouped information. Skills add rules that the AI follows every time.
Does it matter if my deck looks like AI if the strategy is strong?
Yes. You could have the best strategy or narrative. If the deck looks like AI slop, no one will take it seriously.
Why do I need the writing file now?
AI watermarking makes it more important. The anti-AI writing file helps your text avoid the patterns that make writing sound like AI.