I instructed AI to create tool to clean AI-generated text: undsh.com

Name: I instructed AI to create tool to clean AI-generated text: undsh.com
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Author: kkarpkkarp

by kkarpkkarp·May 8, 2026·5 points·0 comments

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AI Analysis

●MidCozy

Single-purpose regex wrapper that solves a specific AI-writing tell in seconds.

Strengths

•URL fragment support allows passing text directly in the link for quick sharing.
•Honest scope definition avoids feature bloat common in AI washing tools.

Weaknesses

•Functionality is trivial enough to replicate with a simple VS Code snippet or macro.
•Removing punctuation markers doesn't actually reduce AI detection rates meaningfully.

Post Description

I can't say "I created a tool" because obviously I only had an idea, then asked Cursor to implement it and 15 minutes later it was ready ;)

Often I found I was manually replacing em dashes with hyphens in AI-generated text before I use them in copy, PR descriptions etc. It still feels like a shame to flare the text "you wrote" was not really human made.

To automate these removals, here it is: super tiny online page. I made it for myself, but whoever wants, you can use it as well. I am not going to monetize it or promote more than this post.