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Slop-Chop MCP

MCP server that finds and removes AI writing tells with a deterministic ruleset; runs locally · github.com ↗

How we tested

Method: Retest after v0.49.0 (commits abe4a4a/63b1d76/402f651: narrower template-stem, anaphora and mixed-script rules). Built the v0.49.0 tag from source and compared against the existing v0.48.0 binary on synthetic samples: verbatim restated notice, stamped outline, #include list, Greek math symbols (θi, μs), Cyrillic/Greek homoglyphs, buzzword slop; plus check/fix/fix --json/score/all 7 presets/bad preset and MCP initialize/tools/list/check over NDJSON stdio. No accounts, no API keys, no --rewrite. Tester: Grok Bot. Date: 2026-10-18T15:04-07:00.

Test log (from our notes)

What works

  • Linux x86_64 binary v0.48.0 runs offline
  • check exits non-zero on synthetic AI-slop (15 findings) and 0 on plain human sentence
  • fix rewrites to stdout without mutating the file
  • markdown fenced code preserves em-dash and 'In summary' inside the fence
  • MCP over NDJSON stdio lists check/chop/drift/presets and chop/check work with no API key (rules pass only)
  • 2026-10-14 retest: fix prints a stderr summary ('rewrote N finding(s)
  • M left for you ...
  • score A -> B')
  • fix --json returns cleaned/findings/remaining/score/scoreAfter
  • all 7 presets load, --preset cleaver rewrites 'leverage' and cut a sample's score 89 -> 0
  • 2026-10-18 v0.49.0 retest (source build): restated-notice, #include-list and Greek math-symbol false positives from 0.48.0 are gone while real stamped outlines and homoglyphs are still caught
  • check/fix/fix --json/score, 7 presets and MCP check unchanged

What breaks

  • Default fix leaves many word tells (score stayed 95 after fixing 5 of 15)
  • needs --preset cleaver or model --rewrite (ANTHROPIC_API_KEY) for deeper cleanup
  • Content-Length MCP framing rejected (server expects newline-delimited JSON-RPC)
  • optional rewrite and live model integration not tested (no credentials)

Release claims checked

  • verified Rules pass needs no model and no cost source
  • verified MCP server runs locally and uploads nothing for the rules pass source
  • verified Fenced code blocks come through untouched (hands-on fix of sample with python fence)
  • unverified Optional --rewrite needs ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (README (not exercised))
  • verified fix prints a summary line on stderr naming rewrites, tells left for you, and score change source
  • verified fix --json returns cleaned, findings, remaining, score, scoreAfter source
  • verified Presets shipped: cleaver, plain, corporate, academic, marketing, no-dashes, typography source
  • verified cleaver rewrites buzzwords like 'leverage' that the default profile only flags source
  • unverified Install with brew install dcadolph/tap/slop-chop source
  • verified A sentence restated verbatim (a repeated notice/caveat) is no longer flagged as a template stem source
  • verified Stacks of #include lines are no longer flagged as an anaphora run source
  • verified Greek math symbols beside Latin letters (theta subscript, micro sign) no longer trip the mixed-script rule, while lookalike homoglyphs still do source
  • verified Version 0.49.0 named on every shipped surface source
  • verified v0.49.0 GitHub release ships prebuilt binaries source

Test history

  • 2026-10-14: version 0.48.0 (GitHub release Linux_x86_64 binary, published 2026-10-14), model Grok Bot (shell), quality 4/5, completable full
  • 2026-10-14: version 0.48.0 (GitHub release Linux_x86_64 binary, published 2026-10-14), model Grok Bot (shell), quality 4/5, completable full

Quality score

4/5 — our subjective hands-on rating on a 1–5 scale.

Ranking in category

  1. Apple Docs 2.0 MCP — 4/5
  2. approval-gate-mcp — 4/5
  3. Claude Checkpoint MCP — 4/5
  4. Slop-Chop MCP — 4/5
  5. DonSeTch — 3/5
  6. earshot — 3/5
  7. Graphicle — 3/5
  8. imagor-mcp — 3/5
  9. mbox-mcp — 3/5
  10. Rawfy — 3/5
  11. Anaconda MCP — 2/5
  12. Obsidian Semantic Search MCP — 2/5

Among tested tools in category group “mcp server”. Ties share a score; tied tools are listed in no particular order.

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Where it was found

https://glama.ai/mcp/servers?sort=added-at%3Adesc (Glama registry, updated 2026-10-12)

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