Agents are great at many things, but their writing is still lackluster. Their language can be verbose, their words are repetitive, and their format is riddled with red flags that scream "AI slop". To effectively use AI agents for writing, you need to create a workflow that maintains your original voice and thought, but allows for the agents to make suggestions to improve your writing. Or, you can be okay with the AI slop! Not every writing task requires original thought. Sometimes writing is a means for documenting an idea, or perhaps even to provide context to future AI agents. Both are valid writing use cases. Since their requirements differ, they each deserve their own dedicated workflow. # Writing *with* Agents - AI Writing for Improvement If you're presenting an original idea or writing for an audience that is expected to fully read and comprehend your content, you should be the one driving the writing. ## Create a CLAUDE.md for Your Writing Project ## During the Writing Process Usually I let AI's come up with Aspects: - Brainstorming topics - Finding sources and refernces - Structure and flow - General Improvements - Need to get more specific - Image suggestions ## Post-writing Cleanup # Writing *by* Agents - AI Writing for Automation Writing at scale ## Create a CLAUDE.md for Your Writing Room Aspects: - Research, Write, Edit Publish Content (AI Drives) # Other Tips and Tricks ## Best Models To Use ## Watermarking - Writing Workflows - - **[How I Taught an AI to Sound Like Me: Agent Memory with Oracle AI Database](https://blogs.oracle.com/developers/how-i-taught-an-ai-to-sound-like-me-agent-memory-with-oracle-database-26ai)** - Cross-cutting: - [skills/skills/doc-coauthoring/SKILL.md at main · anthropics/skills · GitHub](https://github.com/anthropics/skills/blob/main/skills/doc-coauthoring/SKILL.md) - Configurable Personas: - Personal Blog Posts from Me - Update this: [[Blog Publishing Checklist]] - Voice Extraction: - [claude-skills/plugins/sams-voice/templates/personal-voice-extraction-process.md at main · sam-dumont/claude-skills · GitHub](https://github.com/sam-dumont/claude-skills/blob/main/plugins/sams-voice/templates/personal-voice-extraction-process.md) - [[Improvements to My Writing According to Claude]] - SEO Content - [GitHub - coreyhaines31/marketingskills: Marketing skills for Claude Code and AI agents. CRO, copywriting, SEO, analytics, and growth engineering. · GitHub](https://github.com/coreyhaines31/marketingskills) - Technical Documentation - Website Copywriting - E-mail - Social Media Posts - Configurable Expertise - Iterative humanizer use - Markdown linting - [Markdown Script](https://gwern.net/about#markdown-checker) - Grammarly integration? probably not - Writing Style - [[Writing Effectively]] - [About This Website · Gwern.net](https://gwern.net/about#writing-checklist) - Weekly coaching on improving my writing style based on my various writing sources - Create a specific skill for creating pages on AI terms that can be consumable by laymans [There are no lossless transformations of natural-language text – Sophie Alpert](https://sophiebits.com/2026/06/25/there-are-no-lossless-transformations-of-natural-language-text?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email) [How to Set Up ChatGPT to Write in Your Voice \| Rundown Guides](https://app.therundown.ai/guides/how-to-set-up-chatgpt-to-write-in-your-voice?utm_source=www.therundown.ai&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=cursor-s-origin-hits-github-on-its-worst-day&_bhlid=28b06c102412a94d6db081b7e72edc77b1e5e524) Write a ~/VOICE.md Setup a recurring pipeline to compare my voice to people I respect: - Simon Willison - Look at some of the inspiration blogs listed on my website - [Writing](https://www.dbreunig.com/writing.html) 1. Voice Audits: Every 10 posts, run your AI drafts through a 'Voice Consistency' check. Feed it 3 of your best human-written posts and ask it to identify the delta in tone, sentence length, and vocabulary. 2. The 'Human-in-the-Loop' Hook: Instead of just reviewing, make it a rule to manually rewrite the first 100 words and every sub-heading. This breaks the AI pattern and keeps the 'Search Intent' focused on what humans actually want, not just what the LLM predicts. 3. Fact-Checking Layer: If you're using the REST API, you can actually add a 'Verification Step' where the AI has to cite a source for any data point before it pushes to WordPress. 4. Internal Linking: Automation often misses the nuance of internal linking. Manually adding 2-3 deep links to your older, high-performing content is the best way to keep that traffic growing. - Titles are 80% of the work, but you write it as the very last thing. It has to be a compelling opinion or important learning Place results here: [[writing-project]]