@domandigital/craft 0.23.1 → 0.23.2

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # @domandigital/craft
 
+## 0.23.2
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- 1e4bcb5: <!-- copy-ok: names the shapes the release starts reporting --> A new review-tier copy tell, `absolute-negation` (catalogue 2026.10.9), reports a verbless fragment that opens on never, nothing, nobody or "no" + noun after a clause break: "A guardian consents by email; never pre-ticked", "Pay per user per month; no servers", "nothing to buy or run", "Nothing on-site to join", "no duplicates". A 92EL deck passed the gate with them. It never blocks. A sentence with a subject and a verb ("Players never open the lists", "Nothing is copied by hand"), an instruction ("Never share your password"), a Harvard citation with no date ("ICO, no date") and a "No" form answer pass, and a fragment the blocking `no-x-no-y`, `no-x-badge` or `negative-reassurance` already reports is not reported twice.
+
 ## 0.23.1
 
 ### Patch Changes

package/CHARACTER.md

@@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ Generated from the package. Run `pnpm --filter @domandigital/craft run docs`
 after changing an entry; a test fails until you do.
 
 <!-- craft:catalogue:start -->
-Catalogue version `2026.10.8`, 76 tells.
+Catalogue version `2026.10.9`, 77 tells.
 
 | Id | Gen | Surface | Severity | Tell | Why it is a default |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
@@ -1520,6 +1520,7 @@ Catalogue version `2026.10.8`, 76 tells.
 | `no-x-badge` | 2 | copy | warn | 'No X' badge | 'No catch.', 'NO JARGON GUIDE': a short standalone 'No X' reads as a slapped-on kicker, and worse when the same one is reused across pieces. |
 | `staccato-triplet` | 2 | copy | warn | Staccato triplet | Three fragments in a row ('Fast. Friendly. Local.' or 'No fuss. No jargon. Just results.') (a tricolon in asyndeton: see COPY.md) is the second wave's favourite rhythm. |
 | `parallel-pair` | 2 | copy | warn | Verbless parallel pair | 'One form, seven workflows', 'Same site, same £8,000': two matched fragments with no verb (isocolon, often with anaphora or asyndeton: see COPY.md), the staccato triplet's two-part cousin. It sounds decided and says less than a sentence would. |
+| `absolute-negation` | 2 | copy | warn | Absolute negation fragment | 'never pre-ticked', 'no servers', 'nothing to buy or run': a verbless fragment that opens on never, nothing, nobody or 'no' + noun. Read aloud it sounds rigid, it promises an absolute the copy rarely means, and it defines the thing by what it is not. |
 | `where-x-meets-y` | 2 | copy | warn | 'Where X meets Y' | 'Where luxury meets comfort' is a tagline shape that fits every business and so describes none. |
 | `chatbot-residue` | 1 | copy | warn | Chatbot residue | 'Certainly! Here's a revised version', 'as an AI language model', a citeturn0search0 token, a link tracked utm_source=chatgpt.com: text that exists only because a chat reply was pasted whole. This is evidence, not style. |
 | `stock-email-line` | 1 | copy | warn | Stock email line | 'I hope this email finds you well', 'let me know if you have any questions', 'don't hesitate to contact us': the opener and closer of a form email. A client reads past them, and a model drafting an email writes them every time. |

package/COPY.md

@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ person reading decides which instance earns its place.
 | `matey-register` | the put-on British voice: "Alright Dave,", "cheers mate", "no worries", "we'll get you sorted", "proper good", "give me a shout", "chuffed", "Right then,"; and clipped speech that drops the small words: "have look at", "give it go", "Quick one:", "built you a site". Write plain, complete British English |
 | `confession-line` | scoping the business by what it has not done, will not do or is not: "What this is and is not", "we have not yet built", "our clinic experience so far is one practice", "what we would and wouldn't take on", "who we don't work with". It's an open shop: be honest by being precise ("the portal we run for Sensphere") and keep the door open. Contractual facts (eligibility, who runs what) stay, said as what the buyer gets |
 | `trailing-contrast` | the softer contrast template: a noun or phrase after ", not" closing a sentence ("Edge matters for game servers, not registration"), "not a legal one", and "renting computing instead of owning it". A genuine disclaimer has the same shape ("general information, not a recommendation"), so it is reported, never blocked. Say the positive claim; keep the contrast only where the reader would otherwise assume the other thing |
+| `absolute-negation` | a verbless fragment that opens on never, nothing, nobody or "no" + noun, after a clause break: "A guardian consents by email; never pre-ticked", "Pay per user per month; no servers", "nothing to buy or run", "Nothing on-site to join", "no duplicates". Read aloud it sounds rigid and promises an absolute. A sentence with a subject and a verb ("Players never open the lists", "Nothing is copied by hand"), an instruction ("Never share your password"), a citation with no date ("ICO, no date") and a "No" form answer pass. Say what happens as a sentence; keep the absolute only where it is literally true and the reader needs it |
 | `outcome-promise` | a hoped-for result written as delivered: "we'll turn that into enquiries", "once the first areas are working", "competitors you can outdo", "exactly what convinces", "guaranteed rankings", "you'll get more". Promise the work; measure and report the results |
 | `ai-vocabulary` | tapestry, testament, realm, elevate, nestled, meticulous, unparalleled, moreover; and underscore, showcasing, pivotal, measured 10 to 14 times over-used in post-2022 text |
 | `stock-email-line` | the form-email opener and closer: "I hope this email finds you well", "hope you're having a great week", "let me know if you have any questions", "don't hesitate to contact us". Start with the reason for writing; end with the next step and who to ask |

package/dist/{audit-DESBVHQJ.js → audit-SWLTAEDO.js}

@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ import {
   snapshotPage,
   snapshotUrl,
   snapshotUrls
-} from "./chunk-ZV3FPQPM.js";
+} from "./chunk-NK6AAY7O.js";
 import "./chunk-JYNXGCYZ.js";
-import "./chunk-GA3AJN67.js";
-import "./chunk-EHMEMSM2.js";
+import "./chunk-A5M4AOMY.js";
+import "./chunk-ZTHVOXZF.js";
 import "./chunk-QYBAVU3P.js";
 export {
   PROVENANCE_BUDGET_MS,

package/dist/audit.cjs

@@ -358,6 +358,29 @@ var PARALLEL_PAIR = [
   // a verbless list as a tagline: "Service account, match-day reminders, analytics."
   /^[ \t]*(?:#{1,6}[ \t]+)?[A-Z][\w'’-]*(?:[ \t]+(?!(?:and|or)\b)[\w'’-]+){0,2}(?:,[ \t]+(?!(?:and|or)\b)[\w'’-]+(?:[ \t]+(?!(?:and|or)\b)[\w'’-]+){0,2}){2,3}\.[ \t]*$/m
 ];
+var CLAUSE_START = String.raw`(?<=^[ \t]*(?:[-*][ \t]+|#{1,6}[ \t]+)?|[;:,(—–][ \t]*|[.!?][ \t]+)`;
+var ABSOLUTE_NEGATION = new RegExp(
+  `${CLAUSE_START}(?:never|nothing|nobody|no[ \\t]+one|no)(?:[ \\t]+[\\w'\u2019\xA3$\u20AC-]+){1,6}(?=[ \\t]*(?:[.,;:!?)"\u201D\u2014\u2013]|$))`,
+  "im"
+);
+var FINITE = /^(?:is|are|was|were|am|be|been|being|has|have|had|do|does|did|can|could|will|would|shall|should|may|might|must|need|needs|gets|got|goes|went|comes|came|makes|means|matters|happens|stays|changes|works|takes|says|knows|seems|feels|looks|leaves|left|appears|uses|runs|shows|sends|holds|reads|writes|opens|stores|reaches|applies|isn['’]t|aren['’]t|wasn['’]t)$/i;
+var NO_IDIOM = /^(?:date|longer|later|sooner|matter|more|less|fewer|other|one|doubt|wonder|thanks|problem)$/i;
+var PARTICIPLE = /^[\w-]*(?:ed|en|wn|ld|lt|nt|pt|ne|id)$/i;
+function notAbsoluteFragment(block, match, index) {
+  const [head, ...rest] = match.trim().split(/[ \t]+/);
+  let words = rest;
+  const lead = head.toLowerCase();
+  if (lead === "no" && words[0]?.toLowerCase() === "one") words = words.slice(1);
+  else if (lead === "no" && NO_IDIOM.test(words[0] ?? "")) return true;
+  if (words.some((w) => FINITE.test(w) || /['’](?:s|re|ve|ll|d)$/i.test(w))) return true;
+  if (lead === "never" && !PARTICIPLE.test(words[0] ?? "")) return true;
+  if (lead !== "no" && lead !== "never" && /^(?!else$|less$|across$)[a-z]+s$/i.test(words[0] ?? "")) return true;
+  const sentence = lineAround(block.text, index);
+  const line = sentence.trim().replace(/^[-*]\s+/, "");
+  if (NO_X_NO_Y.test(sentence) || NO_X_BADGE.test(line)) return true;
+  if (NEGATIVE_REASSURANCE.some((p) => wordList([p]).test(match))) return true;
+  return emptyState(block, match, index);
+}
 var alreadyBlocked = (block, match, index) => {
   const before = block.text.slice(0, index);
   const start = Math.max(before.search(/[^.!?\n]*$/), 0);
@@ -896,6 +919,46 @@ var COPY_TELLS = [
       ]
     }
   },
+  {
+    id: "absolute-negation",
+    name: "Absolute negation fragment",
+    generation: 2,
+    severity: "warn",
+    surface: "copy",
+    why: "'never pre-ticked', 'no servers', 'nothing to buy or run': a verbless fragment that opens on never, nothing, nobody or 'no' + noun. Read aloud it sounds rigid, it promises an absolute the copy rarely means, and it defines the thing by what it is not.",
+    fix: "Say what happens, as a sentence: 'A guardian ticks the consent box in the email.', 'Microsoft runs the servers.' Keep the absolute only where it is literally true and the reader needs it, and give it a subject and a verb.",
+    detect: phrases([ABSOLUTE_NEGATION], quoted, allText, notAbsoluteFragment),
+    fixtures: {
+      flag: [
+        // From a 92EL deck that passed the gate, October 2026.
+        f("content/deck.md", "A guardian consents by email; never pre-ticked."),
+        f("content/deck.md", "Pay per user per month; no servers."),
+        f("content/deck.md", "Microsoft runs it, so there is less to manage: nothing to buy or run."),
+        f("content/deck.md", "Players register on their phone. Nothing on-site to join."),
+        f("content/deck.md", "Each player is checked against the list once, no duplicates."),
+        f("app/slide.tsx", `export const note = "Nobody to chase for a form.";`)
+      ],
+      pass: [
+        f("content/report.md", "Players never open the lists."),
+        f("content/report.md", "Nothing is copied by hand."),
+        f("content/report.md", "It is not tested at national scale."),
+        f("content/report.md", "Never share your password with anyone."),
+        f("content/report.md", "No one knows the password but the club secretary."),
+        // A Harvard citation with no date.
+        f("content/report.md", "Children's data needs a lawful basis (ICO, no date)."),
+        f("content/report.md", "- Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), no date. Children and the UK GDPR."),
+        // A form answer option.
+        f("content/form.md", "Is the player under 18?\n\n- Yes\n- No"),
+        f("app/form.tsx", `export const options = ["Yes", "No"];`),
+        f("content/form.md", "No, the player is 18 or over."),
+        f("content/home.md", "We no longer post paper forms."),
+        f("content/report.md", "If the check fails, nothing new appears in the list."),
+        // The blocking tells report these.
+        f("content/home.md", "We reply within a day. No obligation, no spam."),
+        f("app/list.tsx", `export const empty = "No results found.";`)
+      ]
+    }
+  },
   {
     id: "where-x-meets-y",
     name: "'Where X meets Y'",
@@ -3499,6 +3562,8 @@ var HOUSE = {
   // New 2026-10-23 (founder, from 92EL deliverables): review, since a short slide label is often fine.
   "parallel-pair": { tier: "review", label: "verbless parallel pair, write the sentence it stands for" },
   "trailing-contrast": { tier: "review", label: "trailing contrast. Say the positive claim, unless it is a disclaimer the reader needs" },
+  // New 2026-10-26 (founder, from a 92EL deck): review first, like every new tell, until estate hits are read.
+  "absolute-negation": { tier: "review", label: "absolute negation fragment. Say what happens, as a sentence with a subject and a verb" },
   "ai-vocabulary": { tier: "review", label: "AI vocabulary" },
   "stock-phrase": { tier: "review", label: "stock phrase" },
   "hollow-imperative": { tier: "review", label: "hollow imperative" },
@@ -4267,7 +4332,7 @@ var IMAGERY_TELLS = [
 ];
 
 // src/character/check.ts
-var CATALOGUE_VERSION = "2026.10.8";
+var CATALOGUE_VERSION = "2026.10.9";
 var CATALOGUE = [
   ...[...SOURCE_TELLS, ...COPY_TELLS, ...RESEARCH_TELLS, ...DENSITY_TELLS].map((t) => RENDERED_PATHS[t.id] ? { ...t, rendered: RENDERED_PATHS[t.id] } : t),
   ...SPECIFICITY_COPY_TELLS,

package/dist/audit.js

@@ -323,6 +323,29 @@ var PARALLEL_PAIR = [
   // a verbless list as a tagline: "Service account, match-day reminders, analytics."
   /^[ \t]*(?:#{1,6}[ \t]+)?[A-Z][\w'’-]*(?:[ \t]+(?!(?:and|or)\b)[\w'’-]+){0,2}(?:,[ \t]+(?!(?:and|or)\b)[\w'’-]+(?:[ \t]+(?!(?:and|or)\b)[\w'’-]+){0,2}){2,3}\.[ \t]*$/m
 ];
+var CLAUSE_START = String.raw`(?<=^[ \t]*(?:[-*][ \t]+|#{1,6}[ \t]+)?|[;:,(—–][ \t]*|[.!?][ \t]+)`;
+var ABSOLUTE_NEGATION = new RegExp(
+  `${CLAUSE_START}(?:never|nothing|nobody|no[ \\t]+one|no)(?:[ \\t]+[\\w'\u2019\xA3$\u20AC-]+){1,6}(?=[ \\t]*(?:[.,;:!?)"\u201D\u2014\u2013]|$))`,
+  "im"
+);
+var FINITE = /^(?:is|are|was|were|am|be|been|being|has|have|had|do|does|did|can|could|will|would|shall|should|may|might|must|need|needs|gets|got|goes|went|comes|came|makes|means|matters|happens|stays|changes|works|takes|says|knows|seems|feels|looks|leaves|left|appears|uses|runs|shows|sends|holds|reads|writes|opens|stores|reaches|applies|isn['’]t|aren['’]t|wasn['’]t)$/i;
+var NO_IDIOM = /^(?:date|longer|later|sooner|matter|more|less|fewer|other|one|doubt|wonder|thanks|problem)$/i;
+var PARTICIPLE = /^[\w-]*(?:ed|en|wn|ld|lt|nt|pt|ne|id)$/i;
+function notAbsoluteFragment(block, match, index) {
+  const [head, ...rest] = match.trim().split(/[ \t]+/);
+  let words = rest;
+  const lead = head.toLowerCase();
+  if (lead === "no" && words[0]?.toLowerCase() === "one") words = words.slice(1);
+  else if (lead === "no" && NO_IDIOM.test(words[0] ?? "")) return true;
+  if (words.some((w) => FINITE.test(w) || /['’](?:s|re|ve|ll|d)$/i.test(w))) return true;
+  if (lead === "never" && !PARTICIPLE.test(words[0] ?? "")) return true;
+  if (lead !== "no" && lead !== "never" && /^(?!else$|less$|across$)[a-z]+s$/i.test(words[0] ?? "")) return true;
+  const sentence = lineAround(block.text, index);
+  const line = sentence.trim().replace(/^[-*]\s+/, "");
+  if (NO_X_NO_Y.test(sentence) || NO_X_BADGE.test(line)) return true;
+  if (NEGATIVE_REASSURANCE.some((p) => wordList([p]).test(match))) return true;
+  return emptyState(block, match, index);
+}
 var alreadyBlocked = (block, match, index) => {
   const before = block.text.slice(0, index);
   const start = Math.max(before.search(/[^.!?\n]*$/), 0);
@@ -861,6 +884,46 @@ var COPY_TELLS = [
       ]
     }
   },
+  {
+    id: "absolute-negation",
+    name: "Absolute negation fragment",
+    generation: 2,
+    severity: "warn",
+    surface: "copy",
+    why: "'never pre-ticked', 'no servers', 'nothing to buy or run': a verbless fragment that opens on never, nothing, nobody or 'no' + noun. Read aloud it sounds rigid, it promises an absolute the copy rarely means, and it defines the thing by what it is not.",
+    fix: "Say what happens, as a sentence: 'A guardian ticks the consent box in the email.', 'Microsoft runs the servers.' Keep the absolute only where it is literally true and the reader needs it, and give it a subject and a verb.",
+    detect: phrases([ABSOLUTE_NEGATION], quoted, allText, notAbsoluteFragment),
+    fixtures: {
+      flag: [
+        // From a 92EL deck that passed the gate, October 2026.
+        f("content/deck.md", "A guardian consents by email; never pre-ticked."),
+        f("content/deck.md", "Pay per user per month; no servers."),
+        f("content/deck.md", "Microsoft runs it, so there is less to manage: nothing to buy or run."),
+        f("content/deck.md", "Players register on their phone. Nothing on-site to join."),
+        f("content/deck.md", "Each player is checked against the list once, no duplicates."),
+        f("app/slide.tsx", `export const note = "Nobody to chase for a form.";`)
+      ],
+      pass: [
+        f("content/report.md", "Players never open the lists."),
+        f("content/report.md", "Nothing is copied by hand."),
+        f("content/report.md", "It is not tested at national scale."),
+        f("content/report.md", "Never share your password with anyone."),
+        f("content/report.md", "No one knows the password but the club secretary."),
+        // A Harvard citation with no date.
+        f("content/report.md", "Children's data needs a lawful basis (ICO, no date)."),
+        f("content/report.md", "- Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), no date. Children and the UK GDPR."),
+        // A form answer option.
+        f("content/form.md", "Is the player under 18?\n\n- Yes\n- No"),
+        f("app/form.tsx", `export const options = ["Yes", "No"];`),
+        f("content/form.md", "No, the player is 18 or over."),
+        f("content/home.md", "We no longer post paper forms."),
+        f("content/report.md", "If the check fails, nothing new appears in the list."),
+        // The blocking tells report these.
+        f("content/home.md", "We reply within a day. No obligation, no spam."),
+        f("app/list.tsx", `export const empty = "No results found.";`)
+      ]
+    }
+  },
   {
     id: "where-x-meets-y",
     name: "'Where X meets Y'",
@@ -3464,6 +3527,8 @@ var HOUSE = {
   // New 2026-10-23 (founder, from 92EL deliverables): review, since a short slide label is often fine.
   "parallel-pair": { tier: "review", label: "verbless parallel pair, write the sentence it stands for" },
   "trailing-contrast": { tier: "review", label: "trailing contrast. Say the positive claim, unless it is a disclaimer the reader needs" },
+  // New 2026-10-26 (founder, from a 92EL deck): review first, like every new tell, until estate hits are read.
+  "absolute-negation": { tier: "review", label: "absolute negation fragment. Say what happens, as a sentence with a subject and a verb" },
   "ai-vocabulary": { tier: "review", label: "AI vocabulary" },
   "stock-phrase": { tier: "review", label: "stock phrase" },
   "hollow-imperative": { tier: "review", label: "hollow imperative" },
@@ -4232,7 +4297,7 @@ var IMAGERY_TELLS = [
 ];
 
 // src/character/check.ts
-var CATALOGUE_VERSION = "2026.10.8";
+var CATALOGUE_VERSION = "2026.10.9";
 var CATALOGUE = [
   ...[...SOURCE_TELLS, ...COPY_TELLS, ...RESEARCH_TELLS, ...DENSITY_TELLS].map((t) => RENDERED_PATHS[t.id] ? { ...t, rendered: RENDERED_PATHS[t.id] } : t),
   ...SPECIFICITY_COPY_TELLS,

package/dist/{chunk-GA3AJN67.js → chunk-A5M4AOMY.js}

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   parseFile,
   sentencesOf,
   specificity
-} from "./chunk-EHMEMSM2.js";
+} from "./chunk-ZTHVOXZF.js";
 import {
   SNAPSHOT_VERSION
 } from "./chunk-QYBAVU3P.js";
@@ -2573,6 +2573,8 @@ var HOUSE = {
   // New 2026-10-23 (founder, from 92EL deliverables): review, since a short slide label is often fine.
   "parallel-pair": { tier: "review", label: "verbless parallel pair, write the sentence it stands for" },
   "trailing-contrast": { tier: "review", label: "trailing contrast. Say the positive claim, unless it is a disclaimer the reader needs" },
+  // New 2026-10-26 (founder, from a 92EL deck): review first, like every new tell, until estate hits are read.
+  "absolute-negation": { tier: "review", label: "absolute negation fragment. Say what happens, as a sentence with a subject and a verb" },
   "ai-vocabulary": { tier: "review", label: "AI vocabulary" },
   "stock-phrase": { tier: "review", label: "stock phrase" },
   "hollow-imperative": { tier: "review", label: "hollow imperative" },
@@ -3195,7 +3197,7 @@ var IMAGERY_TELLS = [
 ];
 
 // src/character/check.ts
-var CATALOGUE_VERSION = "2026.10.8";
+var CATALOGUE_VERSION = "2026.10.9";
 var CATALOGUE = [
   ...[...SOURCE_TELLS, ...COPY_TELLS, ...RESEARCH_TELLS, ...DENSITY_TELLS].map((t) => RENDERED_PATHS[t.id] ? { ...t, rendered: RENDERED_PATHS[t.id] } : t),
   ...SPECIFICITY_COPY_TELLS,

package/dist/{chunk-LRWKKJIW.js → chunk-A5OYA2BG.js}

@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ import {
   formatDirectionMatches,
   summariseDirection,
   validateDirection
-} from "./chunk-7DPB5G4G.js";
+} from "./chunk-QNX7CROK.js";
 import {
   loadNull
-} from "./chunk-GDDBCHQR.js";
+} from "./chunk-E2ZYFBQX.js";
 import {
   parseFlags
-} from "./chunk-V3GJSISR.js";
+} from "./chunk-CB4QDMH2.js";
 import {
   toJson
 } from "./chunk-QIEDBL4J.js";
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import {
   rhythmOf,
   shapeName,
   temperatureName
-} from "./chunk-GA3AJN67.js";
+} from "./chunk-A5M4AOMY.js";
 
 // src/estate/cli.ts
 import { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "fs";
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ async function snapshotOf(target, cwd) {
     return snap;
   }
   if (!/^https?:\/\//.test(target)) throw new Error(`${target} is neither a URL, a snapshot file, nor a site in the register`);
-  const { snapshotUrl } = await import("./audit-DESBVHQJ.js");
+  const { snapshotUrl } = await import("./audit-SWLTAEDO.js");
   return snapshotUrl(target);
 }
 var line = (distance, sibling, shared) => `${distance.toFixed(2)}${sibling ? "  SIBLING" : ""}${shared.length ? `  shares ${shared.join(", ")}` : ""}`;

package/dist/{chunk-V3GJSISR.js → chunk-CB4QDMH2.js}

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   holdHouseBlocks,
   houseRule,
   scanSource
-} from "./chunk-GA3AJN67.js";
+} from "./chunk-A5M4AOMY.js";
 import {
   compareCompetitor,
   compareFacts,
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
   pageCopy,
   protectedFacts,
   visibleText
-} from "./chunk-EHMEMSM2.js";
+} from "./chunk-ZTHVOXZF.js";
 
 // src/character/config.ts
 var DEFAULT_IGNORE = [".claude", ".agents", ".cursor"];
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ async function pageSnapshot(target, cwd) {
     return readSnapshot(JSON.parse(readFileSync(local, "utf8")), target);
   }
   if (!/^https?:\/\//.test(target)) throw new Error(`${target} is neither a URL nor a snapshot file`);
-  const { snapshotUrl } = await import("./audit-DESBVHQJ.js");
+  const { snapshotUrl } = await import("./audit-SWLTAEDO.js");
   return snapshotUrl(target);
 }
 async function briefFor(flags, cwd) {
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ async function briefFor(flags, cwd) {
     if (typeof brief === "string" && brief.trim()) return brief;
   } else if (flags.direction) throw new Error(`no such file: ${flags.direction}`);
   if (flags.null) {
-    const { loadNull } = await import("./cli-36YQA6BP.js");
+    const { loadNull } = await import("./cli-O2IEHB5Q.js");
     return loadNull(flags.null, cwd).brief;
   }
   return void 0;
@@ -659,37 +659,37 @@ async function compareWithCompetitor(flags, io) {
 function run(argv, io) {
   const [command, ...rest] = argv;
   if (command === "direction") {
-    return import("./cli-TP5ZMJOL.js").then((m) => m.runDirection(rest, io));
+    return import("./cli-ZMLKL2NT.js").then((m) => m.runDirection(rest, io));
   }
   if (command === "report" || command === "retrofit") {
-    return import("./cli-7IBKMUMM.js").then((m) => m.runReport(command, rest, io));
+    return import("./cli-7IAFZ6CV.js").then((m) => m.runReport(command, rest, io));
   }
   if (command === "register") {
-    return import("./cli-YOSHHLIV.js").then((m) => m.runRegister(rest, io));
+    return import("./cli-BP4JLNAU.js").then((m) => m.runRegister(rest, io));
   }
   if (command === "estate") {
-    return import("./cli-RXXGSKD6.js").then((m) => m.runEstate(rest, io));
+    return import("./cli-ATLKYXPU.js").then((m) => m.runEstate(rest, io));
   }
   if (command === "null") {
-    return import("./cli-36YQA6BP.js").then((m) => m.runNull(rest, io));
+    return import("./cli-O2IEHB5Q.js").then((m) => m.runNull(rest, io));
   }
   if (command === "calibrate") {
-    return import("./cli-FCFRPPHZ.js").then((m) => m.runCalibrate(rest, io));
+    return import("./cli-BA3IVSMR.js").then((m) => m.runCalibrate(rest, io));
   }
   if (command === "tells" && rest[0] === "harvest") {
-    return import("./cli-36YQA6BP.js").then((m) => m.runHarvest(rest, io)).catch((error) => {
+    return import("./cli-O2IEHB5Q.js").then((m) => m.runHarvest(rest, io)).catch((error) => {
       io.err(`craft: ${error.message}`);
       return 2;
     });
   }
   if (command === "phone-first") {
-    return import("./cli-SOH4QMMW.js").then((m) => m.runPhoneFirst(rest, io));
+    return import("./cli-UPO4PR3Z.js").then((m) => m.runPhoneFirst(rest, io));
   }
   if (command === "viewports") {
-    return import("./viewports-cli-ET664I2Y.js").then((m) => m.runViewports(rest, io));
+    return import("./viewports-cli-Y4HPKZLI.js").then((m) => m.runViewports(rest, io));
   }
   if (command === "snapshot" || command === "audit") {
-    return import("./cli-3PFEOEQI.js").then((m) => m.runAudit(command, rest, io));
+    return import("./cli-T5L55IWF.js").then((m) => m.runAudit(command, rest, io));
   }
   if (!command || command === "help" || command === "--help" || command === "-h") {
     io.out(HELP);

package/dist/{chunk-GDDBCHQR.js → chunk-E2ZYFBQX.js}

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {
 } from "./chunk-OQXTQQAU.js";
 import {
   parseFlags
-} from "./chunk-V3GJSISR.js";
+} from "./chunk-CB4QDMH2.js";
 import {
   toJson
 } from "./chunk-QIEDBL4J.js";
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ import {
   hueSwatch,
   nullPrompt,
   scanSource
-} from "./chunk-GA3AJN67.js";
+} from "./chunk-A5M4AOMY.js";
 import {
   extractStrings
-} from "./chunk-EHMEMSM2.js";
+} from "./chunk-ZTHVOXZF.js";
 
 // src/null/cli.ts
 import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readdirSync, readFileSync, rmSync, statSync, writeFileSync } from "fs";
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ async function build(flags, io) {
   const toShoot = ids.filter((id) => existsSync(join(pages, `${id}.html`)) && !existsSync(join(shots, `${id}.json`)));
   if (toShoot.length) {
     io.out(`craft null: snapshotting ${toShoot.length} page${toShoot.length === 1 ? "" : "s"}`);
-    const { snapshotUrls } = await import("./audit-DESBVHQJ.js");
+    const { snapshotUrls } = await import("./audit-SWLTAEDO.js");
     const results = await snapshotUrls(toShoot.map((id) => pathToFileURL(join(pages, `${id}.html`)).href));
     results.forEach((r, i) => {
       const id = toShoot[i];
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ async function importPages(flags, io) {
   const toShoot = pages.filter((p) => !existsSync(join(shots, `${p.id}.json`)));
   if (toShoot.length) {
     io.out(`craft null: snapshotting ${toShoot.length} page${toShoot.length === 1 ? "" : "s"} from ${flags.builder}`);
-    const { snapshotUrls } = await import("./audit-DESBVHQJ.js");
+    const { snapshotUrls } = await import("./audit-SWLTAEDO.js");
     const servers = /* @__PURE__ */ new Map();
     try {
       for (const p of toShoot) if (!servers.has(p.root)) servers.set(p.root, await serveDir(p.root));

package/dist/{chunk-M5QSMIT6.js → chunk-FBGXUVZU.js}

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import {
   snapshotUrl,
   snapshotUrls
-} from "./chunk-ZV3FPQPM.js";
+} from "./chunk-NK6AAY7O.js";
 import {
   describeTypicality,
   loadNull
-} from "./chunk-GDDBCHQR.js";
+} from "./chunk-E2ZYFBQX.js";
 import {
   SOURCE_FILE,
   finish,
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
   parseFlags,
   prepareReport,
   readPaths
-} from "./chunk-V3GJSISR.js";
+} from "./chunk-CB4QDMH2.js";
 import {
   toJson
 } from "./chunk-QIEDBL4J.js";
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import {
   rhythmOf,
   scanSource,
   typicality
-} from "./chunk-GA3AJN67.js";
+} from "./chunk-A5M4AOMY.js";
 
 // src/audit/cli.ts
 import { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "fs";

package/dist/{chunk-ZV3FPQPM.js → chunk-NK6AAY7O.js}

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {
 import {
   auditSnapshot,
   fingerprint
-} from "./chunk-GA3AJN67.js";
+} from "./chunk-A5M4AOMY.js";
 import {
   SNAPSHOT_VERSION
 } from "./chunk-QYBAVU3P.js";

package/dist/{chunk-7DPB5G4G.js → chunk-QNX7CROK.js}

@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ import {
   levenshtein,
   normaliseFamily,
   parseColour
-} from "./chunk-GA3AJN67.js";
+} from "./chunk-A5M4AOMY.js";
 import {
   TRADE_NOUNS
-} from "./chunk-EHMEMSM2.js";
+} from "./chunk-ZTHVOXZF.js";
 
 // src/direction/types.ts
 var DIRECTION_VERSION = 2;

package/dist/{chunk-EHMEMSM2.js → chunk-ZTHVOXZF.js}

@@ -746,6 +746,29 @@ var PARALLEL_PAIR = [
   // a verbless list as a tagline: "Service account, match-day reminders, analytics."
   /^[ \t]*(?:#{1,6}[ \t]+)?[A-Z][\w'’-]*(?:[ \t]+(?!(?:and|or)\b)[\w'’-]+){0,2}(?:,[ \t]+(?!(?:and|or)\b)[\w'’-]+(?:[ \t]+(?!(?:and|or)\b)[\w'’-]+){0,2}){2,3}\.[ \t]*$/m
 ];
+var CLAUSE_START = String.raw`(?<=^[ \t]*(?:[-*][ \t]+|#{1,6}[ \t]+)?|[;:,(—–][ \t]*|[.!?][ \t]+)`;
+var ABSOLUTE_NEGATION = new RegExp(
+  `${CLAUSE_START}(?:never|nothing|nobody|no[ \\t]+one|no)(?:[ \\t]+[\\w'\u2019\xA3$\u20AC-]+){1,6}(?=[ \\t]*(?:[.,;:!?)"\u201D\u2014\u2013]|$))`,
+  "im"
+);
+var FINITE = /^(?:is|are|was|were|am|be|been|being|has|have|had|do|does|did|can|could|will|would|shall|should|may|might|must|need|needs|gets|got|goes|went|comes|came|makes|means|matters|happens|stays|changes|works|takes|says|knows|seems|feels|looks|leaves|left|appears|uses|runs|shows|sends|holds|reads|writes|opens|stores|reaches|applies|isn['’]t|aren['’]t|wasn['’]t)$/i;
+var NO_IDIOM = /^(?:date|longer|later|sooner|matter|more|less|fewer|other|one|doubt|wonder|thanks|problem)$/i;
+var PARTICIPLE = /^[\w-]*(?:ed|en|wn|ld|lt|nt|pt|ne|id)$/i;
+function notAbsoluteFragment(block, match, index) {
+  const [head, ...rest] = match.trim().split(/[ \t]+/);
+  let words = rest;
+  const lead = head.toLowerCase();
+  if (lead === "no" && words[0]?.toLowerCase() === "one") words = words.slice(1);
+  else if (lead === "no" && NO_IDIOM.test(words[0] ?? "")) return true;
+  if (words.some((w) => FINITE.test(w) || /['’](?:s|re|ve|ll|d)$/i.test(w))) return true;
+  if (lead === "never" && !PARTICIPLE.test(words[0] ?? "")) return true;
+  if (lead !== "no" && lead !== "never" && /^(?!else$|less$|across$)[a-z]+s$/i.test(words[0] ?? "")) return true;
+  const sentence = lineAround(block.text, index);
+  const line = sentence.trim().replace(/^[-*]\s+/, "");
+  if (NO_X_NO_Y.test(sentence) || NO_X_BADGE.test(line)) return true;
+  if (NEGATIVE_REASSURANCE.some((p) => wordList([p]).test(match))) return true;
+  return emptyState(block, match, index);
+}
 var alreadyBlocked = (block, match, index) => {
   const before = block.text.slice(0, index);
   const start = Math.max(before.search(/[^.!?\n]*$/), 0);
@@ -1284,6 +1307,46 @@ var COPY_TELLS = [
       ]
     }
   },
+  {
+    id: "absolute-negation",
+    name: "Absolute negation fragment",
+    generation: 2,
+    severity: "warn",
+    surface: "copy",
+    why: "'never pre-ticked', 'no servers', 'nothing to buy or run': a verbless fragment that opens on never, nothing, nobody or 'no' + noun. Read aloud it sounds rigid, it promises an absolute the copy rarely means, and it defines the thing by what it is not.",
+    fix: "Say what happens, as a sentence: 'A guardian ticks the consent box in the email.', 'Microsoft runs the servers.' Keep the absolute only where it is literally true and the reader needs it, and give it a subject and a verb.",
+    detect: phrases([ABSOLUTE_NEGATION], quoted, allText, notAbsoluteFragment),
+    fixtures: {
+      flag: [
+        // From a 92EL deck that passed the gate, October 2026.
+        f("content/deck.md", "A guardian consents by email; never pre-ticked."),
+        f("content/deck.md", "Pay per user per month; no servers."),
+        f("content/deck.md", "Microsoft runs it, so there is less to manage: nothing to buy or run."),
+        f("content/deck.md", "Players register on their phone. Nothing on-site to join."),
+        f("content/deck.md", "Each player is checked against the list once, no duplicates."),
+        f("app/slide.tsx", `export const note = "Nobody to chase for a form.";`)
+      ],
+      pass: [
+        f("content/report.md", "Players never open the lists."),
+        f("content/report.md", "Nothing is copied by hand."),
+        f("content/report.md", "It is not tested at national scale."),
+        f("content/report.md", "Never share your password with anyone."),
+        f("content/report.md", "No one knows the password but the club secretary."),
+        // A Harvard citation with no date.
+        f("content/report.md", "Children's data needs a lawful basis (ICO, no date)."),
+        f("content/report.md", "- Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), no date. Children and the UK GDPR."),
+        // A form answer option.
+        f("content/form.md", "Is the player under 18?\n\n- Yes\n- No"),
+        f("app/form.tsx", `export const options = ["Yes", "No"];`),
+        f("content/form.md", "No, the player is 18 or over."),
+        f("content/home.md", "We no longer post paper forms."),
+        f("content/report.md", "If the check fails, nothing new appears in the list."),
+        // The blocking tells report these.
+        f("content/home.md", "We reply within a day. No obligation, no spam."),
+        f("app/list.tsx", `export const empty = "No results found.";`)
+      ]
+    }
+  },
   {
     id: "where-x-meets-y",
     name: "'Where X meets Y'",

package/dist/{cli-7IBKMUMM.js → cli-7IAFZ6CV.js}

@@ -3,21 +3,21 @@ import {
 } from "./chunk-OKVHWXYV.js";
 import {
   merge
-} from "./chunk-M5QSMIT6.js";
-import "./chunk-ZV3FPQPM.js";
+} from "./chunk-FBGXUVZU.js";
+import "./chunk-NK6AAY7O.js";
 import "./chunk-JYNXGCYZ.js";
 import {
   SIBLING_AT,
   compareToEstate,
   loadEstate
-} from "./chunk-LRWKKJIW.js";
+} from "./chunk-A5OYA2BG.js";
 import {
   PAGE_TYPES,
   validateDirection
-} from "./chunk-7DPB5G4G.js";
+} from "./chunk-QNX7CROK.js";
 import {
   loadNull
-} from "./chunk-GDDBCHQR.js";
+} from "./chunk-E2ZYFBQX.js";
 import "./chunk-OQXTQQAU.js";
 import {
   COPY_FILE,
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import {
   loadExceptions,
   parseFlags,
   readPaths
-} from "./chunk-V3GJSISR.js";
+} from "./chunk-CB4QDMH2.js";
 import {
   toJson
 } from "./chunk-QIEDBL4J.js";
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ import {
   fingerprint,
   scanSource,
   typicality
-} from "./chunk-GA3AJN67.js";
-import "./chunk-EHMEMSM2.js";
+} from "./chunk-A5M4AOMY.js";
+import "./chunk-ZTHVOXZF.js";
 import "./chunk-QYBAVU3P.js";
 
 // src/report/cli.ts
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ async function runReport(command, args, io) {
     if (/\.json$/i.test(target2) && existsSync(local)) {
       snap = readSnapshot(JSON.parse(readFileSync(local, "utf8")), target2);
     } else {
-      const { snapshotUrl } = await import("./audit-DESBVHQJ.js");
+      const { snapshotUrl } = await import("./audit-SWLTAEDO.js");
       snap = await snapshotUrl(target2);
     }
     const fp = fingerprint(snap);

package/dist/{cli-RXXGSKD6.js → cli-ATLKYXPU.js}

@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ import {
   formatPairs,
   loadEstate,
   runEstate
-} from "./chunk-LRWKKJIW.js";
-import "./chunk-7DPB5G4G.js";
-import "./chunk-GDDBCHQR.js";
+} from "./chunk-A5OYA2BG.js";
+import "./chunk-QNX7CROK.js";
+import "./chunk-E2ZYFBQX.js";
 import "./chunk-OQXTQQAU.js";
-import "./chunk-V3GJSISR.js";
+import "./chunk-CB4QDMH2.js";
 import "./chunk-QIEDBL4J.js";
 import "./chunk-WUACK2HX.js";
-import "./chunk-GA3AJN67.js";
-import "./chunk-EHMEMSM2.js";
+import "./chunk-A5M4AOMY.js";
+import "./chunk-ZTHVOXZF.js";
 import "./chunk-QYBAVU3P.js";
 export {
   formatComponentPairs,

package/dist/{cli-FCFRPPHZ.js → cli-BA3IVSMR.js}

@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import {
 import {
   expandNullTargets,
   loadNull
-} from "./chunk-GDDBCHQR.js";
+} from "./chunk-E2ZYFBQX.js";
 import "./chunk-OQXTQQAU.js";
 import {
   parseFlags
-} from "./chunk-V3GJSISR.js";
+} from "./chunk-CB4QDMH2.js";
 import {
   toJson
 } from "./chunk-QIEDBL4J.js";
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import {
   fingerprint,
   scanSource,
   typicality
-} from "./chunk-GA3AJN67.js";
-import "./chunk-EHMEMSM2.js";
+} from "./chunk-A5M4AOMY.js";
+import "./chunk-ZTHVOXZF.js";
 import {
   SNAPSHOT_VERSION
 } from "./chunk-QYBAVU3P.js";
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ async function runCalibrate(args, io) {
     if (toTake.length) {
       io.err(`craft calibrate: taking ${toTake.length} snapshot${toTake.length === 1 ? "" : "s"}`);
       try {
-        const { snapshotUrls } = await import("./audit-DESBVHQJ.js");
+        const { snapshotUrls } = await import("./audit-SWLTAEDO.js");
         const results = await snapshotUrls(toTake.map((t) => t.url));
         results.forEach((r, i) => {
           const { entry, keep } = toTake[i];

package/dist/{cli-YOSHHLIV.js → cli-BP4JLNAU.js}

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   STOCK_PHRASES,
   countWords,
   specificity
-} from "./chunk-EHMEMSM2.js";
+} from "./chunk-ZTHVOXZF.js";
 
 // src/register/cli.ts
 import { existsSync, readFileSync } from "fs";

package/dist/{cli-36YQA6BP.js → cli-O2IEHB5Q.js}

@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ import {
   runHarvest,
   runNull,
   serveDir
-} from "./chunk-GDDBCHQR.js";
+} from "./chunk-E2ZYFBQX.js";
 import "./chunk-OQXTQQAU.js";
-import "./chunk-V3GJSISR.js";
+import "./chunk-CB4QDMH2.js";
 import "./chunk-QIEDBL4J.js";
 import "./chunk-WUACK2HX.js";
-import "./chunk-GA3AJN67.js";
-import "./chunk-EHMEMSM2.js";
+import "./chunk-A5M4AOMY.js";
+import "./chunk-ZTHVOXZF.js";
 import "./chunk-QYBAVU3P.js";
 export {
   describeTypicality,

package/dist/{cli-3PFEOEQI.js → cli-T5L55IWF.js}

@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@ import {
   merge,
   resolvePages,
   runAudit
-} from "./chunk-M5QSMIT6.js";
-import "./chunk-ZV3FPQPM.js";
+} from "./chunk-FBGXUVZU.js";
+import "./chunk-NK6AAY7O.js";
 import "./chunk-JYNXGCYZ.js";
-import "./chunk-GDDBCHQR.js";
+import "./chunk-E2ZYFBQX.js";
 import "./chunk-OQXTQQAU.js";
-import "./chunk-V3GJSISR.js";
+import "./chunk-CB4QDMH2.js";
 import "./chunk-QIEDBL4J.js";
 import "./chunk-WUACK2HX.js";
-import "./chunk-GA3AJN67.js";
-import "./chunk-EHMEMSM2.js";
+import "./chunk-A5M4AOMY.js";
+import "./chunk-ZTHVOXZF.js";
 import "./chunk-QYBAVU3P.js";
 export {
   describeComponents,

package/dist/{cli-SOH4QMMW.js → cli-UPO4PR3Z.js}

@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ import {
 import {
   SOURCE_FILE,
   readPaths
-} from "./chunk-V3GJSISR.js";
+} from "./chunk-CB4QDMH2.js";
 import {
   toJson
 } from "./chunk-QIEDBL4J.js";
-import "./chunk-GA3AJN67.js";
-import "./chunk-EHMEMSM2.js";
+import "./chunk-A5M4AOMY.js";
+import "./chunk-ZTHVOXZF.js";
 import "./chunk-QYBAVU3P.js";
 
 // src/phone/cli.ts

package/dist/{cli-TP5ZMJOL.js → cli-ZMLKL2NT.js}

@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ import {
   checkReason,
   researchPrompt,
   validateDirection
-} from "./chunk-7DPB5G4G.js";
+} from "./chunk-QNX7CROK.js";
 import {
   parseFlags
-} from "./chunk-V3GJSISR.js";
+} from "./chunk-CB4QDMH2.js";
 import {
   toJson
 } from "./chunk-QIEDBL4J.js";
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ import {
   isCream,
   oklchToRgb,
   parseColour
-} from "./chunk-GA3AJN67.js";
-import "./chunk-EHMEMSM2.js";
+} from "./chunk-A5M4AOMY.js";
+import "./chunk-ZTHVOXZF.js";
 import "./chunk-QYBAVU3P.js";
 
 // src/direction/cli.ts
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ var readJson = (path) => JSON.parse(readFileSync(path, "utf8"));
 async function snapshotFrom(target, cwd) {
   if (!target) return void 0;
   if (/^https?:\/\//.test(target)) {
-    const { snapshotUrl } = await import("./audit-DESBVHQJ.js");
+    const { snapshotUrl } = await import("./audit-SWLTAEDO.js");
     return snapshotUrl(target);
   }
   return readSnapshot(readJson(resolve(cwd, target)), target);

package/dist/cli.js

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import {
   run
-} from "./chunk-V3GJSISR.js";
+} from "./chunk-CB4QDMH2.js";
 import "./chunk-QIEDBL4J.js";
-import "./chunk-GA3AJN67.js";
-import "./chunk-EHMEMSM2.js";
+import "./chunk-A5M4AOMY.js";
+import "./chunk-ZTHVOXZF.js";
 import "./chunk-QYBAVU3P.js";
 
 // src/cli.ts

package/dist/index.cjs

@@ -2160,6 +2160,29 @@ var PARALLEL_PAIR = [
   // a verbless list as a tagline: "Service account, match-day reminders, analytics."
   /^[ \t]*(?:#{1,6}[ \t]+)?[A-Z][\w'’-]*(?:[ \t]+(?!(?:and|or)\b)[\w'’-]+){0,2}(?:,[ \t]+(?!(?:and|or)\b)[\w'’-]+(?:[ \t]+(?!(?:and|or)\b)[\w'’-]+){0,2}){2,3}\.[ \t]*$/m
 ];
+var CLAUSE_START = String.raw`(?<=^[ \t]*(?:[-*][ \t]+|#{1,6}[ \t]+)?|[;:,(—–][ \t]*|[.!?][ \t]+)`;
+var ABSOLUTE_NEGATION = new RegExp(
+  `${CLAUSE_START}(?:never|nothing|nobody|no[ \\t]+one|no)(?:[ \\t]+[\\w'\u2019\xA3$\u20AC-]+){1,6}(?=[ \\t]*(?:[.,;:!?)"\u201D\u2014\u2013]|$))`,
+  "im"
+);
+var FINITE = /^(?:is|are|was|were|am|be|been|being|has|have|had|do|does|did|can|could|will|would|shall|should|may|might|must|need|needs|gets|got|goes|went|comes|came|makes|means|matters|happens|stays|changes|works|takes|says|knows|seems|feels|looks|leaves|left|appears|uses|runs|shows|sends|holds|reads|writes|opens|stores|reaches|applies|isn['’]t|aren['’]t|wasn['’]t)$/i;
+var NO_IDIOM = /^(?:date|longer|later|sooner|matter|more|less|fewer|other|one|doubt|wonder|thanks|problem)$/i;
+var PARTICIPLE = /^[\w-]*(?:ed|en|wn|ld|lt|nt|pt|ne|id)$/i;
+function notAbsoluteFragment(block, match, index) {
+  const [head, ...rest] = match.trim().split(/[ \t]+/);
+  let words3 = rest;
+  const lead = head.toLowerCase();
+  if (lead === "no" && words3[0]?.toLowerCase() === "one") words3 = words3.slice(1);
+  else if (lead === "no" && NO_IDIOM.test(words3[0] ?? "")) return true;
+  if (words3.some((w) => FINITE.test(w) || /['’](?:s|re|ve|ll|d)$/i.test(w))) return true;
+  if (lead === "never" && !PARTICIPLE.test(words3[0] ?? "")) return true;
+  if (lead !== "no" && lead !== "never" && /^(?!else$|less$|across$)[a-z]+s$/i.test(words3[0] ?? "")) return true;
+  const sentence = lineAround(block.text, index);
+  const line = sentence.trim().replace(/^[-*]\s+/, "");
+  if (NO_X_NO_Y.test(sentence) || NO_X_BADGE.test(line)) return true;
+  if (NEGATIVE_REASSURANCE.some((p) => wordList([p]).test(match))) return true;
+  return emptyState(block, match, index);
+}
 var alreadyBlocked = (block, match, index) => {
   const before = block.text.slice(0, index);
   const start = Math.max(before.search(/[^.!?\n]*$/), 0);
@@ -2698,6 +2721,46 @@ var COPY_TELLS = [
       ]
     }
   },
+  {
+    id: "absolute-negation",
+    name: "Absolute negation fragment",
+    generation: 2,
+    severity: "warn",
+    surface: "copy",
+    why: "'never pre-ticked', 'no servers', 'nothing to buy or run': a verbless fragment that opens on never, nothing, nobody or 'no' + noun. Read aloud it sounds rigid, it promises an absolute the copy rarely means, and it defines the thing by what it is not.",
+    fix: "Say what happens, as a sentence: 'A guardian ticks the consent box in the email.', 'Microsoft runs the servers.' Keep the absolute only where it is literally true and the reader needs it, and give it a subject and a verb.",
+    detect: phrases([ABSOLUTE_NEGATION], quoted, allText, notAbsoluteFragment),
+    fixtures: {
+      flag: [
+        // From a 92EL deck that passed the gate, October 2026.
+        f("content/deck.md", "A guardian consents by email; never pre-ticked."),
+        f("content/deck.md", "Pay per user per month; no servers."),
+        f("content/deck.md", "Microsoft runs it, so there is less to manage: nothing to buy or run."),
+        f("content/deck.md", "Players register on their phone. Nothing on-site to join."),
+        f("content/deck.md", "Each player is checked against the list once, no duplicates."),
+        f("app/slide.tsx", `export const note = "Nobody to chase for a form.";`)
+      ],
+      pass: [
+        f("content/report.md", "Players never open the lists."),
+        f("content/report.md", "Nothing is copied by hand."),
+        f("content/report.md", "It is not tested at national scale."),
+        f("content/report.md", "Never share your password with anyone."),
+        f("content/report.md", "No one knows the password but the club secretary."),
+        // A Harvard citation with no date.
+        f("content/report.md", "Children's data needs a lawful basis (ICO, no date)."),
+        f("content/report.md", "- Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), no date. Children and the UK GDPR."),
+        // A form answer option.
+        f("content/form.md", "Is the player under 18?\n\n- Yes\n- No"),
+        f("app/form.tsx", `export const options = ["Yes", "No"];`),
+        f("content/form.md", "No, the player is 18 or over."),
+        f("content/home.md", "We no longer post paper forms."),
+        f("content/report.md", "If the check fails, nothing new appears in the list."),
+        // The blocking tells report these.
+        f("content/home.md", "We reply within a day. No obligation, no spam."),
+        f("app/list.tsx", `export const empty = "No results found.";`)
+      ]
+    }
+  },
   {
     id: "where-x-meets-y",
     name: "'Where X meets Y'",
@@ -5638,6 +5701,8 @@ var HOUSE = {
   // New 2026-10-23 (founder, from 92EL deliverables): review, since a short slide label is often fine.
   "parallel-pair": { tier: "review", label: "verbless parallel pair, write the sentence it stands for" },
   "trailing-contrast": { tier: "review", label: "trailing contrast. Say the positive claim, unless it is a disclaimer the reader needs" },
+  // New 2026-10-26 (founder, from a 92EL deck): review first, like every new tell, until estate hits are read.
+  "absolute-negation": { tier: "review", label: "absolute negation fragment. Say what happens, as a sentence with a subject and a verb" },
   "ai-vocabulary": { tier: "review", label: "AI vocabulary" },
   "stock-phrase": { tier: "review", label: "stock phrase" },
   "hollow-imperative": { tier: "review", label: "hollow imperative" },
@@ -6870,7 +6935,7 @@ var IMAGERY_TELLS = [
 ];
 
 // src/character/check.ts
-var CATALOGUE_VERSION = "2026.10.8";
+var CATALOGUE_VERSION = "2026.10.9";
 var CATALOGUE = [
   ...[...SOURCE_TELLS, ...COPY_TELLS, ...RESEARCH_TELLS, ...DENSITY_TELLS].map((t) => RENDERED_PATHS[t.id] ? { ...t, rendered: RENDERED_PATHS[t.id] } : t),
   ...SPECIFICITY_COPY_TELLS,

package/dist/index.d.cts

@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ interface CheckReport {
  * Bumped whenever an entry is added, removed or its detection changes, so a
  * report can say which list it was judged against.
  */
-declare const CATALOGUE_VERSION = "2026.10.8";
+declare const CATALOGUE_VERSION = "2026.10.9";
 declare const CATALOGUE: readonly Tell[];
 declare function tellById(id: string): Tell | undefined;
 /**

package/dist/index.d.ts

@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ interface CheckReport {
  * Bumped whenever an entry is added, removed or its detection changes, so a
  * report can say which list it was judged against.
  */
-declare const CATALOGUE_VERSION = "2026.10.8";
+declare const CATALOGUE_VERSION = "2026.10.9";
 declare const CATALOGUE: readonly Tell[];
 declare function tellById(id: string): Tell | undefined;
 /**

package/dist/index.js

@@ -1841,6 +1841,29 @@ var PARALLEL_PAIR = [
   // a verbless list as a tagline: "Service account, match-day reminders, analytics."
   /^[ \t]*(?:#{1,6}[ \t]+)?[A-Z][\w'’-]*(?:[ \t]+(?!(?:and|or)\b)[\w'’-]+){0,2}(?:,[ \t]+(?!(?:and|or)\b)[\w'’-]+(?:[ \t]+(?!(?:and|or)\b)[\w'’-]+){0,2}){2,3}\.[ \t]*$/m
 ];
+var CLAUSE_START = String.raw`(?<=^[ \t]*(?:[-*][ \t]+|#{1,6}[ \t]+)?|[;:,(—–][ \t]*|[.!?][ \t]+)`;
+var ABSOLUTE_NEGATION = new RegExp(
+  `${CLAUSE_START}(?:never|nothing|nobody|no[ \\t]+one|no)(?:[ \\t]+[\\w'\u2019\xA3$\u20AC-]+){1,6}(?=[ \\t]*(?:[.,;:!?)"\u201D\u2014\u2013]|$))`,
+  "im"
+);
+var FINITE = /^(?:is|are|was|were|am|be|been|being|has|have|had|do|does|did|can|could|will|would|shall|should|may|might|must|need|needs|gets|got|goes|went|comes|came|makes|means|matters|happens|stays|changes|works|takes|says|knows|seems|feels|looks|leaves|left|appears|uses|runs|shows|sends|holds|reads|writes|opens|stores|reaches|applies|isn['’]t|aren['’]t|wasn['’]t)$/i;
+var NO_IDIOM = /^(?:date|longer|later|sooner|matter|more|less|fewer|other|one|doubt|wonder|thanks|problem)$/i;
+var PARTICIPLE = /^[\w-]*(?:ed|en|wn|ld|lt|nt|pt|ne|id)$/i;
+function notAbsoluteFragment(block, match, index) {
+  const [head, ...rest] = match.trim().split(/[ \t]+/);
+  let words3 = rest;
+  const lead = head.toLowerCase();
+  if (lead === "no" && words3[0]?.toLowerCase() === "one") words3 = words3.slice(1);
+  else if (lead === "no" && NO_IDIOM.test(words3[0] ?? "")) return true;
+  if (words3.some((w) => FINITE.test(w) || /['’](?:s|re|ve|ll|d)$/i.test(w))) return true;
+  if (lead === "never" && !PARTICIPLE.test(words3[0] ?? "")) return true;
+  if (lead !== "no" && lead !== "never" && /^(?!else$|less$|across$)[a-z]+s$/i.test(words3[0] ?? "")) return true;
+  const sentence = lineAround(block.text, index);
+  const line = sentence.trim().replace(/^[-*]\s+/, "");
+  if (NO_X_NO_Y.test(sentence) || NO_X_BADGE.test(line)) return true;
+  if (NEGATIVE_REASSURANCE.some((p) => wordList([p]).test(match))) return true;
+  return emptyState(block, match, index);
+}
 var alreadyBlocked = (block, match, index) => {
   const before = block.text.slice(0, index);
   const start = Math.max(before.search(/[^.!?\n]*$/), 0);
@@ -2379,6 +2402,46 @@ var COPY_TELLS = [
       ]
     }
   },
+  {
+    id: "absolute-negation",
+    name: "Absolute negation fragment",
+    generation: 2,
+    severity: "warn",
+    surface: "copy",
+    why: "'never pre-ticked', 'no servers', 'nothing to buy or run': a verbless fragment that opens on never, nothing, nobody or 'no' + noun. Read aloud it sounds rigid, it promises an absolute the copy rarely means, and it defines the thing by what it is not.",
+    fix: "Say what happens, as a sentence: 'A guardian ticks the consent box in the email.', 'Microsoft runs the servers.' Keep the absolute only where it is literally true and the reader needs it, and give it a subject and a verb.",
+    detect: phrases([ABSOLUTE_NEGATION], quoted, allText, notAbsoluteFragment),
+    fixtures: {
+      flag: [
+        // From a 92EL deck that passed the gate, October 2026.
+        f("content/deck.md", "A guardian consents by email; never pre-ticked."),
+        f("content/deck.md", "Pay per user per month; no servers."),
+        f("content/deck.md", "Microsoft runs it, so there is less to manage: nothing to buy or run."),
+        f("content/deck.md", "Players register on their phone. Nothing on-site to join."),
+        f("content/deck.md", "Each player is checked against the list once, no duplicates."),
+        f("app/slide.tsx", `export const note = "Nobody to chase for a form.";`)
+      ],
+      pass: [
+        f("content/report.md", "Players never open the lists."),
+        f("content/report.md", "Nothing is copied by hand."),
+        f("content/report.md", "It is not tested at national scale."),
+        f("content/report.md", "Never share your password with anyone."),
+        f("content/report.md", "No one knows the password but the club secretary."),
+        // A Harvard citation with no date.
+        f("content/report.md", "Children's data needs a lawful basis (ICO, no date)."),
+        f("content/report.md", "- Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), no date. Children and the UK GDPR."),
+        // A form answer option.
+        f("content/form.md", "Is the player under 18?\n\n- Yes\n- No"),
+        f("app/form.tsx", `export const options = ["Yes", "No"];`),
+        f("content/form.md", "No, the player is 18 or over."),
+        f("content/home.md", "We no longer post paper forms."),
+        f("content/report.md", "If the check fails, nothing new appears in the list."),
+        // The blocking tells report these.
+        f("content/home.md", "We reply within a day. No obligation, no spam."),
+        f("app/list.tsx", `export const empty = "No results found.";`)
+      ]
+    }
+  },
   {
     id: "where-x-meets-y",
     name: "'Where X meets Y'",
@@ -5319,6 +5382,8 @@ var HOUSE = {
   // New 2026-10-23 (founder, from 92EL deliverables): review, since a short slide label is often fine.
   "parallel-pair": { tier: "review", label: "verbless parallel pair, write the sentence it stands for" },
   "trailing-contrast": { tier: "review", label: "trailing contrast. Say the positive claim, unless it is a disclaimer the reader needs" },
+  // New 2026-10-26 (founder, from a 92EL deck): review first, like every new tell, until estate hits are read.
+  "absolute-negation": { tier: "review", label: "absolute negation fragment. Say what happens, as a sentence with a subject and a verb" },
   "ai-vocabulary": { tier: "review", label: "AI vocabulary" },
   "stock-phrase": { tier: "review", label: "stock phrase" },
   "hollow-imperative": { tier: "review", label: "hollow imperative" },
@@ -6551,7 +6616,7 @@ var IMAGERY_TELLS = [
 ];
 
 // src/character/check.ts
-var CATALOGUE_VERSION = "2026.10.8";
+var CATALOGUE_VERSION = "2026.10.9";
 var CATALOGUE = [
   ...[...SOURCE_TELLS, ...COPY_TELLS, ...RESEARCH_TELLS, ...DENSITY_TELLS].map((t) => RENDERED_PATHS[t.id] ? { ...t, rendered: RENDERED_PATHS[t.id] } : t),
   ...SPECIFICITY_COPY_TELLS,

package/dist/{viewports-cli-ET664I2Y.js → viewports-cli-Y4HPKZLI.js}

@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ import {
 } from "./chunk-XSKLVEI6.js";
 import {
   loadPlaywright
-} from "./chunk-ZV3FPQPM.js";
+} from "./chunk-NK6AAY7O.js";
 import "./chunk-JYNXGCYZ.js";
 import {
   toJson
 } from "./chunk-QIEDBL4J.js";
-import "./chunk-GA3AJN67.js";
-import "./chunk-EHMEMSM2.js";
+import "./chunk-A5M4AOMY.js";
+import "./chunk-ZTHVOXZF.js";
 import "./chunk-QYBAVU3P.js";
 
 // src/phone/viewports-cli.ts

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@domandigital/craft",
-  "version": "0.23.1",
+  "version": "0.23.2",
   "private": false,
   "description": "The Doman Digital house craft standard as numbers: OKLCh colour ramps that snap to existing anchors, derived semantic tokens with measured WCAG and APCA contrast, one shared motion vocabulary for CSS and JS, and a base stylesheet. Zero dependencies.",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",

package/word-lists.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "catalogueVersion": "2026.10.8",
+  "catalogueVersion": "2026.10.9",
   "lists": {
     "aiWords": [
       "tapestry",