From 10f5a233b01d16e959ced727c94dfac1993cf6b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ryan <131197913+ryanportfolio@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 01:30:51 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] CLAUDE.md: inline unslop core-tells digest, drop read step Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 --- CLAUDE.md | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md index d337a70..8c2e9b3 100644 --- a/CLAUDE.md +++ b/CLAUDE.md @@ -95,4 +95,18 @@ Codex-specific runtime safety and tool translation. ## Always-on unslop -Everything written for humans passes the `unslop` skill's pattern check at write time: chat prose, commit messages, PR bodies, docs, READMEs, UI text. Write clean first; never generate the tell and fix it after. Caveman compresses, unslop strips tells; both apply. Pattern list: `.claude/skills/unslop/SKILL.md`. Read it before the first substantial written artifact of a session. +Everything written for humans passes this check at write time: chat prose, commit messages, PR bodies, docs, READMEs, UI text. Write clean first; never generate the tell and fix it after. Never drop a fact, caveat, or qualifier to remove a tell. Caveman compresses, unslop strips tells; both apply. Full pattern list + code-diff mode: `.claude/skills/unslop/SKILL.md` (load for `/unslop` passes). + +Core tells, banned at write time: + +- Em dashes. Use `.` `,` `:` `;` instead; no parenthetical or en-dash substitutes. +- AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, pivotal, showcase, testament, underscore, vibrant, tapestry/landscape (abstract), foster, garner; leverage/utilize ("use"), facilitate ("help"). +- Puffery and promotional adjectives (groundbreaking, stunning, renowned); state what happened. +- "Not just X, but Y"; forced rule-of-three; false ranges ("from X to Y"). +- Fancy "is": serves as, stands as, boasts, features. +- Inline-header bullets restating the line ("**Performance:** Performance improved..."); a bold lead-in followed by genuinely new detail is fine. +- Chatbot phrases ("Great question!", "I hope this helps!"), sycophancy, hedging stacks. +- Filler: "in order to" is "to"; "due to the fact that" is "because"; "it is important to note that" gets deleted. +- Abstract metaphor nouns (substrate, wedge, north star, flywheel, paradigm); pick the concrete word. +- Say what it does, not how it feels: name the mechanism or number, else cut. A sentence that fits any project's docs says nothing about this one; cut it. +- Active voice; adverbs become the measurement; sentence-case headings; no decorative emojis; straight quotes.