{"slug": "show-hn-plainspeak-make-ai-agents-write-like-a-human", "title": "Show HN: Plainspeak, make AI agents write like a human", "summary": "Plainspeak, a new open-source plugin, bans AI-typical words like 'delve' and 'leverage', filler phrases, and em dashes from AI agent responses to make them sound human. The tool, available via npm and for opencode, Claude Code, and Codex, was announced on Hacker News.", "body_md": "# plainspeak\n\nMake AI agents write like a person, not a bot.\n\nYou know the voice. Every reply opens with \"Certainly!\" or \"Let's dive in\". Em dashes land in every other line. Plainspeak turns that off. What should be simple stays simple.\n\nWithout plainspeak\n\nLet me walk you through a robust, comprehensive solution that leverages cutting-edge technology to seamlessly streamline your workflow.\n\nWith plainspeak\n\nHere is a simple way to save time.\n\n## What it does\n\n01\n\n### Bans the AI words\n\ndelve, leverage, robust, seamless, utilize, moreover, and more.\n\n02\n\n### Bans the filler phrases\n\nNo \"Let's dive in\", no \"It's important to note\", no \"I hope this helps\".\n\n03\n\n### Bans em dashes\n\nSplit the sentence with a period or a comma. Or write two sentences.\n\n## Install\n\nnpm\n\n```\nnpm i plainspeak\n```\n\nopencode\n\n```\n{ \"plugin\": [\"plainspeak\"] }\n```\n\nclaude code\n\n```\n/plugin install plainspeak@plainspeak\n```\n\ncodex\n\n```\ncodex plugin add plainspeak@plainspeak\n```\n\n", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-plainspeak-make-ai-agents-write-like-a-human", "canonical_source": "https://sufiyan.cc/plainspeak", "published_at": "2026-08-21 07:09:01+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-21 07:16:33.186591+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "developer-tools", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Plainspeak", "opencode", "Claude Code", "Codex"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-plainspeak-make-ai-agents-write-like-a-human", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-plainspeak-make-ai-agents-write-like-a-human.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-plainspeak-make-ai-agents-write-like-a-human.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-plainspeak-make-ai-agents-write-like-a-human.jsonld"}}