aibreze 0.1.0 → 0.1.2

package/README.md

@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 
 An installable writing rule set for AI agents.
 
-aiBreze strips the performative, faux-profound register from prose.
+Editorial rules for prose that actually says something instead of just
+sounding like it. AI-assisted or not.
 Written **aiBreze**. npm **`aibreze`**. A spray, not a breeze.
 
-Direct > clever. Clear > profound. Useful > insightful-sounding. No em
-dashes in publishable prose.
+Direct > clever. Clear > profound. Useful > insightful-sounding. Em dashes
+earn their place; most don't.
 
 Spray the prose, not the author. Earn the word.
 

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "aibreze",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.1.2",
   "private": false,
   "type": "module",
   "description": "Installable writing rule set for AI agents. Sprays the performative, faux-profound register off prose. Core bans, smell audit, claims review, genre overlays.",
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc",
     "test": "tsc && node --test dist/index.test.js",
+    "ship": "pnpm --dir site run ship",
     "site:dev": "pnpm --dir site dev",
     "site:build": "pnpm --dir site run build",
-    "site:deploy": "pnpm --dir site run deploy"
+    "site:deploy": "pnpm --dir site run ship"
   }
 }

package/rules/audit.md

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ pass that skips the house bans.
 Hunt every hard ban and cadence tell in `core.md`: escalation formula,
 honest framing, validation+profundity, mechanism inflation, narrative
 theater, genuinely-stacks, dramatic apology, suspense, setup sentences,
-em dashes, triad packing including prefix-repetition, empty marketing
+em-dash furniture, triad packing including prefix-repetition, empty marketing
 vocab, helper theater, signpost openers, mic-drop closers, intensifier
 filler, parallel-zinger density, bold-lead lists. Apply the
 corpus-applicability heuristic before rewriting overlay terms. Teaching
@@ -123,10 +123,6 @@ product names, and words that would get less precise if swapped for
 
 ### Structural extras
 
-- **Em dashes.** Core already bans them in publishable prose. Still flag
-  density and the clause-then-punchline construction as a smell signal
-  (some human writers use them heavily; combined with other tells they
-  are a strong signal).
 - **Emoji as content furniture.** Checkmarks, rockets, and lightbulbs
   doing the work that words or design should do, especially in lists and
   result badges.

package/rules/claims.md

@@ -119,10 +119,10 @@ Only after Passes A-D:
 1. Score AI smell 1-10 with one-paragraph justification (same scale as
    `audit.md`).
 2. Flag hard bans from `core.md`: escalation formula, honest-framing,
-   validation+profundity, narrative theater, em dashes, setup-only
+   validation+profundity, narrative theater, setup-only
    sentences, synonym antithesis, helper theater.
 3. Flag cadence budgets: signpost openers, mic-drop closers, intensifier
-   filler, parallel-zinger density, bold-lead lists.
+   filler, em-dash furniture, parallel-zinger density, bold-lead lists.
 4. Apply **corpus-applicability**: do not "correct" overlay terms when
    they are structural.
 5. Quote lines to **protect** (distinctive human voice).

package/rules/core.md

@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ across with minimal ceremony.
 Direct > clever. Clear > profound. Useful > insightful-sounding.
 
 Contractions. Short sentences mixed with longer ones. Point first, support
-second. Concrete over abstract. No em dashes in publishable prose (commas,
-periods, or parentheses).
+second. Concrete over abstract. Em dashes earn their place, like everything
+else, and most don't. A comma, period, or colon usually does the job with
+less drama.
 
 Pronouns are a project decision (I / we / you). Pick one per surface and
 hold it. Do not let an agent default to corporate "we" on a personal essay,
@@ -154,7 +155,6 @@ Do not withhold the answer while building drama. Answer first.
 
 ### Also still banned
 
-- Em dashes in publishable prose
 - Alliterative triads and stacked-negation chants, except protected
   maxims the overlay names, or **one concrete chant a genre file
   explicitly allows** (landing). **Prefix-repetition triads count**
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ not single instances.
 - **Intensifier repetition.** "actually," "whole," "real," "very"
   recurring as filler. Keep only where the word marks a true contrast;
   cut the padding uses.
+- **Em-dash furniture.** Clause-then-punchline, a dash in every heading,
+  or stacks. One earned dash is not a finding. Density plus other tells
+  is. Do not treat the mark as an AI tell to erase.
 - **Parallel-zinger density.** Chiasmus and mirror sentences ("X is a
   performance. Y is a practice.") are spice. Track the count per piece;
   protect native pairs, trim assistant-added ones first.
@@ -197,7 +200,7 @@ not single instances.
 | Mode | Extra watch |
 | --- | --- |
 | **Agent chat** | Honest framing, validation theater, suspense, dramatic apology, genuinely-stack, helper theater |
-| **Drafts / posts / pages** | Escalation formula, insight-labeling without evidence, setup sentences, em dashes, triad packing |
+| **Drafts / posts / pages** | Escalation formula, insight-labeling without evidence, setup sentences, em-dash furniture, triad packing |
 
 The table is extra watch, not a partition. Chat theater infects drafts.
 Publish tells show up in chat.

package/rules/cursor.mdc

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ not copy genre law into this file.
 ## Target
 
 Sharp, slightly tired colleague. Direct > clever. Clear > profound.
-Useful > insightful-sounding. No em dashes in publishable prose.
+Useful > insightful-sounding. Em dashes earn their place; most don't.
 Judge the sentence, not the byline. Spray the prose, not the author.
 Earn the word.
 
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ Earn the word.
 - Mic-drop closer fragments ending every section.
 - Intensifier filler: "actually / whole / real / very" where no contrast
   is marked.
+- Em-dash furniture: stacks and unearned drama. One earned dash is not a
+  finding.
 - Parallel-zinger (chiasmus) density; trim assistant-added ones first.
 - Bold-lead lists on every bullet.
 

package/rules/landing.md

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ brand-metaphor budget.
 
 ## Voice extras (on top of core)
 
-Core already has the register: contractions, mixed sentence length, no
-em dashes, concrete over abstract. On a page, also:
+Core already has the register: contractions, mixed sentence length,
+concrete over abstract. On a page, also:
 
 1. **Not a salesperson, not a professor.** Punchy hook, then substance.
 2. **Practical over aspirational.** Hours saved and bottlenecks fixed,
@@ -45,9 +45,8 @@ Everything else in this file works under either choice.
 
 ### Mechanical
 
-- Em dashes in `<title>` and meta description. Core already bans them in
-  body copy; pages hide them in chrome. Zero tolerance including
-  metadata.
+- Unearned em dashes in `<title>` and meta description. Chrome is a bad
+  place for the drama; a comma or colon almost always does it.
 - Emoji as content (result badges, pain-list icons). Replace with type
   or cut.
 - Title Case On Every Card. Sentence case reads more human.
@@ -107,8 +106,8 @@ page.** The rest go to plain language.
 
 A revised page passes when:
 
-1. Zero em dashes in `<title>` and meta description (body already
-   covered by core).
+1. Unearned em dashes in `<title>` and meta description; prefer a comma
+   or colon unless the dash earns the drama.
 2. Pronoun decision made and applied consistently; builder claims
    aligned to it.
 3. Max 2 "not X, but Y" constructions, max 1 triadic negation chant, max