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The Boring Answer Detector
🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-08-06
🔷 SkillSpec L3
pm-thinking
Scan a plan, draft, or idea for the generic, textbook, everyone-would-say-that lines — and push each toward something sharper and more specific. Use when asked is this too generic, make this less boring, why does my plan feel bland, or spot the clichés in my thinking. Produces a line-by-line flag of the mediocre and predictable parts, why each is forgettable, and a sharper, more specific, or more surprising alternative for each — so the output stops sounding like the average of the internet.
🗣 Say this to your agent
“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.”
What to give it
▸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
✅ The bar it holds itself to
Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.
✓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
⚠️ What it refuses to do
**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.
Install
npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcpRelated skills
🔌 Embed this skill
Drop this on your blog, docs, or site — it renders a "Run this skill" card:
<div data-pm-skill="the-boring-answer-detector"></div>
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