# Convert Bullshit Filter

Coach a draft toward voice integrity - quotes the 3 weakest lines from the input draft...

- Repository: https://github.com/FerroxLabs/wayland (616 stars)
- Category: Marketing
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-10-31
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add FerroxLabs/wayland --skill convert-bullshit-filter -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add FerroxLabs/wayland --skill convert-bullshit-filter -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add FerroxLabs/wayland --skill convert-bullshit-filter -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add FerroxLabs/wayland --skill convert-bullshit-filter -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Coach a draft toward voice integrity - quotes the 3 weakest lines from the input draft, forces 3 alternative rewrites of each, diagnoses the dominant voice failure pattern, and returns a coaching artifact (no PASS / FAIL verdict). Use when running a final coaching pass on copy before shipping - sales pages, VSL scripts, emails, ads, headlines. Not for full Voice Rules pass (use convert-voice - Bullshit Filter is one rule of many in Voice; this is the deeper standalone coaching pass) and not for Method audit scoring (use convert-audit).

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Convert Bullshit Filter - The Adversarial Coaching Pass

> *"Would I actually say this to someone I'm trying to help?"* - The Donahoe Method, Voice Rules

The Bullshit Filter is one question. It's also the single most important question in the Method.

This skill runs the Filter as an **adversarial coaching pass** - not a verdict. It refuses to grade copy as "passed" or "failed." Instead, it forces three concrete actions on every draft:

1. **Quote the 3 weakest lines** in the draft, even if the draft seems strong. There is always a worst sentence; this skill identifies it.
2. **Produce 3 alternative rewrites** of each weakest line, so the writer sees the actual menu of voicing choices instead of accepting an AI's first take.
3. **Diagnose the dominant voice failure pattern** in one paragraph (e.g., softeners, marketing-speak, abstract language, hedged claims, performative urgency).

The output is a **coaching artifact**. The user decides whether to ship after seeing the 3 weakest lines + 9 rewrites + the diagnosis. There is no PASSED, no FAILED, no boolean stamp. AI cannot grade its own work; this skill stops trying.

## When to Use

Trigger phrases: "bullshit filter", "run the filter", "donahoe filter", "would I say this to a friend", "read aloud test", "kill anything that sounds fake", "final voice gate", "last pass before shipping", "find the weakest lines", "rewrite the worst sentences", `/convert bullshit-filter <draft>`.

Use this skill as the **last coaching pass** before shipping. Run it AFTER:
- `convert-open` has produced the open
- `convert-three-locks` has architected the persuasion
- `convert-bullets`, `convert-proof`, `convert-close` have produced the body and close
- `convert-chute` has engineered momentum
- `convert-voice` has applied the Voice Rules

The rest: https://github.com/FerroxLabs/wayland/blob/HEAD/resources/bundled-extensions/business-conversion/skills/convert-bullshit-filter/SKILL.md