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# The Boring Answer Detector

AI (and tired humans) default to the safe, average, textbook answer — technically correct and utterly forgettable. This audits your plan or draft for exactly those lines: the generic advice, the predictable framing, the thing anyone would say. Then it pushes each toward something specific, surprising, or actually yours. It's a bland-o-meter with a fix attached.

## What This Skill Produces

- **The boring-line flags** — the specific parts that are generic, predictable, or textbook
- **Why each is forgettable** — what makes it the average answer (it applies to anyone; it's advice everyone's heard; it says nothing false but nothing new)
- **A sharper version** — a more specific, concrete, or non-obvious alternative for each
- **The keepers** — the parts that are already sharp, so you don't over-edit

## Required Inputs

Ask for these if not provided:
- **The content** — the plan, draft, pitch, or idea to scan (paste it)
- **The goal** — what it's for and who it's for (specificity depends on audience)
- **How bold** — sharpen-but-safe, or make-it-provocative
- **Anything fixed** — parts that must stay as-is

## Framework: Flag The Average, Sharpen It

1. **Spot the generic tells.** Advice that applies to literally anyone, framings everyone uses, hedged non-statements, and "best-practice" boilerplate are the boring parts.
2. **Name why it's flat.** For each, say what makes it forgettable — usually it's true but says nothing specific to *this* situation.
3. **Sharpen with specificity.** The cure for generic is concrete: a real detail, a number, a named tradeoff, a strong stance, or a non-obvious angle.
4. **Push one or two toward surprise.** Where it fits, replace a safe line with a genuinely non-obvious take.
5. **Leave the good parts alone.** Flag what's already sharp so the edit doesn't flatten it or over-spice everything.

## Output Format

### Scanning: [the content] · for [audience]

| Boring line | Why it's flat | Sharper version |
|---|---|---|
| "[generic line]" | [applies to anyone / cliché / hedged] | "[specific, concrete, or surprising rewrite]" |

**Already sharp (keep):** [the strong parts].
**Overall:** [how generic it is + the one change with the most impact].

## Quality Checks
- [ ] Flags the genuinely generic/predictable lines, specifically
- [ ] Explains why each is forgettable
- [ ] Offers a concrete, sharper alternative for each
- [ ] Pushes at least one toward the non-obvious
- [ ] Identifies what's already good so it isn't over-edited

## Anti-Patterns
- **Calling everything boring** including the good parts.
- **"Make it punchier"** with no specific rewrite.
- **Swapping one cliché for another.**
- **Over-spicing** until it's gimmicky instead of sharp.

## Example Trigger Phrases
- "Is my plan too generic? Sharpen it."
- "This draft feels bland — flag the boring bits."
- "Why does my pitch sound like everyone else's?"
- "Spot the clichés in this and fix them."
- "Make this less textbook and more specific."