Post by Ruben Hassid

Stop writing 500-word prompts that don't work. This 35-word prompt writes better than all of them: "I want to [TASK] for [SUCCESS CRITERIA]. Read my anti-AI writing style file first. It contains every known pattern of AI writing I want to avoid. Apply these as rules to everything you write for me." That's it. But you need to set it up first. Here's how: Step 1. Go to how-to-ai.guide. Step 2. Subscribe for free. Don't pay anything. Step 3. Open my welcome email. Step 4. Hit the automatic reply button inside. Step 5. Click on the Notion link. Go to .md files.  Step 6. Download ANTI AI WRITING STYLE .md file.  Step 7. Upload it to Claude. Prompt: I want to [TASK] for [SUCCESS CRITERIA]. Ask me questions before starting so we define our plan first. After Claude's answer, follow up with this prompt: "Audit your text using the anti-ai-writing-style .md file from your folder." ✦ Here's why your prompts don't work (red flags): "Don't use jargon." "Don't sound like an AI." "Don't use buzzwords or filler." "Avoid passive voice." "Be conversational, not robotic." These are everywhere. LinkedIn posts. Emails. They sound thorough. The output is still garbage. Your prompt says "don't" 14 times. The model forgets half by sentence three. You're fighting the AI with a wall of "don'ts." It doesn't work at scale. The fix is counterintuitive. Stop telling the AI what to avoid.  Give it a file that shows what to avoid. The model reads 1,168 lines of bad patterns, internalizes them, and writes clean. 500-word prompt → still robotic. Small prompt + 1 file → reads as a human wrote it. Get my entire setup (free): https://lnkd.in/dwxBkmja ♻️ Repost to help one person stop sounding like AI.