How to deslop Claude in 2 words.

You hate how AI talks. Fix it in 2 words:

Everyone & their mother hates AI’s writing style.

It’s not [X], it’s [Y]. Meta commentary: [exaggeration]. It’s the [expression] of [something]. It’s [exaggeration], and that [is important].

But you can fix it in 2 words for 80% of your chats.

Prompt: “Use ASD-STE100.”

Let me show you the difference:

On the left, the ASD-STE100 made Claude much clearer and more direct.

I asked for a calendar. I prefer the ASD-STE100 on the left.

To understand, I prefer the left one again. Let’s say I need more information:

I once again much prefer the left one. An organized, desloped Claude.

You can stop the newsletter here and use the trick on every AI you know (ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok… but also coding platforms like Cursor, OpenClaw, Hermes…).

But if you give me another 10 minutes, I will cover:

• What ASD-STE100 is, and why it is so effective with AI.

• My plug-and-play ASD-STE100 Claude skill (free to download).

• How can I write with AI to 800,000 people (if it’s a slop machine).

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1. The ASD-STE100 magic.

ASD-STE100 is simplified English for instructions.

ASD-STE100 is an international standard for writing clear, simple, and safe technical manuals. Super famous standard for aerospace for example.

So when you ask AI to adhere to ASD-STE100, it works.

AI knows enough about the ASD-STE100 to reply with simplified English.

Now we could go the extra mile and build a Claude skill with the rigorous ASD-STE100 list. But who is crazy enough to build such skill?

Me.

I used Fable-5-High + Research mode from Claude.

And I built a skill to get Claude to truly talk like ASD-STE100 instructions.

1. Download it for free at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZYmir1Ian-duOJip7rSSWwkdRQXRCYh0/view?usp=sharing.

2. Then go to Claude to install it (it also works on ChatGPT):

Click on Download on my link.

Go to “Customize” on the left menu.

Go to “Skills” and “Upload a skill”. Drop the zip file.

Test it with the command /ste. And yes, I am hiring.

OK now should you use the prompt or the skill /ste all of the time?

No.

It’s awesome to use, but falls short on some tasks:

It’s really bad for creative writing. Not a fun poem to read.

Same for a Linkedin post. That’s too cold. Almost German.

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2. My copy & paste research prompt before every piece of text.

This section is to copy my shortcuts, and see it live.

I am recording myself writing a newsletter (to 885,000 readers) and the Linkedin post that goes with it (I have 900,000 followers there).

The goal?

Never sounding like an AI (even when you didn’t intend to).

So first, copy and paste this prompt on Claude or ChatGPT: