Find the AI smell before your readers do.

Write like you.
Not like a machine.

A writing editor that shows you where AI leaked into your prose.

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Flagged patterns

It's important to note that writing matters.

Let's delve into review your draft.

This tool provides a comprehensive framework for helps you write better.

Why I built this

I created Markup for myself. AI was creeping into my writing, subtly at first, then more and more, until I could smell it.

I stopped using LLMs as ghostwriter, and asked ChatGPT to be my writing coach instead.

Two problems with this:

1. AI chatbot feedback is hard to actually use.

The moment the writing was longer than one page, a suggestion to remove XYZ was hard to find and apply in my writing.

2. The feedback is general and "obvious."

I compared what I got from Claude or ChatGPT to insights from podcast interviews with famous writers. The AI felt very vanilla compared to the human experts.

Markup solves both.

Markup is a visual editor, powered by an LLM. Suggestions and feedback happen right in the editor, not in a chat window.

I built different lenses, each one like handing your draft to a different editor. One catches AI smell, another checks clarity the way author Steven Pinker would. There are 5 more lenses, and more on the way.

Stay human out there.

— Nate

How it works

1

Paste your draft

Drop your content into the editor — blog post, newsletter, tweet thread, whatever.

2

Run the analysis

We flag the robotic patterns and explain what makes each one land wrong.

3

See rewrite options

For each flag, you get rewrite options — from minimal fixes to full rewrites. Your call.

4

Publish it

It sounds like you wrote it. Because you did.

Beyond AI detection

"Doesn't smell like AI" is a low bar.

Once the robotic stink is gone, markup.fyi has other lenses. Switch to Pinker's clarity principles and find zombie nouns and hedging. Each lens explains why something reads wrong, so you learn the pattern.

Most people come for the AI detector. They keep the tab open for the other lenses.

Smells Like AI

Detect patterns that reveal AI-generated text

The Pinker EditorPro

Elevate prose clarity using Steven Pinker's principles

First PrinciplesPro

Catch analogy, authority, and dogma before they harden

Bold CopyPro

Write with punch, clarity, and edge

Emotional ResonancePro

Move from safe abstraction to vulnerable truth

Paul GrahamPro

Stress-test ideas with first-hand, plainspoken thinking

Who it's for

Newsletter writers who use AI but don't want to sound like it
Anyone who's gotten the "this reads like ChatGPT" comment
Writers who know something's off but can't name it
People tired of sounding like everyone else

Simple pricing

Start free with AI detection. Upgrade for all lenses, higher limits, and document workflows.

Free

$0/mo
  • "Smells Like AI" lens
  • 3 analyses per day
  • 5 remixes per day
  • Markdown export
  • Save and load documents (with account)
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Pro

$12/mo

Billed annually at $144

  • All 6 analysis lenses
  • 20 analyses per day
  • 50 remixes per day
  • All export formats
  • Context presets
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