aibreze 0.1.8 → 0.1.9

package/package.json

@@ -1,59 +1,62 @@
-{
-  "name": "aibreze",
-  "version": "0.1.8",
-  "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.",
-  "license": "MIT",
-  "author": "Catalyst Forge LLC",
-  "keywords": [
-    "ai",
-    "writing",
-    "style-guide",
-    "prose",
-    "llm",
-    "prompts",
-    "copyediting",
-    "voice"
-  ],
-  "homepage": "https://aibreze.com",
-  "repository": {
-    "type": "git",
-    "url": "git+https://github.com/Catalyst-Forge-LLC/aibreze.git"
-  },
-  "bugs": {
-    "url": "https://github.com/Catalyst-Forge-LLC/aibreze/issues"
-  },
-  "exports": {
-    ".": {
-      "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
-      "default": "./dist/index.js"
-    },
-    "./rules/*": "./rules/*",
-    "./skills/*": "./skills/*",
-    "./package.json": "./package.json"
-  },
-  "files": [
-    "dist/index.js",
-    "dist/index.d.ts",
-    "rules",
-    "skills",
-    "README.md",
-    "LICENSE"
-  ],
-  "engines": {
-    "node": ">=20"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/node": "^24.3.0",
-    "typescript": "^5.9.2"
-  },
-  "scripts": {
-    "build": "tsc",
-    "test": "tsc && node --test dist/index.test.js dist/publish-gate.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 ship"
-  }
-}
+{
+	"name": "aibreze",
+	"version": "0.1.9",
+	"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.",
+	"license": "MIT",
+	"author": "Catalyst Forge LLC",
+	"keywords": [
+		"ai",
+		"writing",
+		"style-guide",
+		"prose",
+		"llm",
+		"prompts",
+		"copyediting",
+		"voice"
+	],
+	"homepage": "https://aibreze.com",
+	"repository": {
+		"type": "git",
+		"url": "git+https://github.com/Catalyst-Forge-LLC/aibreze.git"
+	},
+	"bugs": {
+		"url": "https://github.com/Catalyst-Forge-LLC/aibreze/issues"
+	},
+	"exports": {
+		".": {
+			"types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
+			"default": "./dist/index.js"
+		},
+		"./rules/*": "./rules/*",
+		"./skills/*": "./skills/*",
+		"./package.json": "./package.json"
+	},
+	"files": [
+		"dist/index.js",
+		"dist/index.d.ts",
+		"rules",
+		"skills",
+		"README.md",
+		"LICENSE"
+	],
+	"scripts": {
+		"build": "tsc",
+		"test": "tsc && node --test dist/index.test.js dist/publish-gate.test.js",
+		"prepare": "tsc",
+		"prepublishOnly": "tsc && node dist/publish-gate.js && pnpm test",
+		"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 ship"
+	},
+	"engines": {
+		"node": ">=20"
+	},
+	"packageManager": "pnpm@10.30.1",
+	"devDependencies": {
+		"@types/node": "^24.3.0",
+		"typescript": "^5.9.2"
+	}
+}

package/rules/audit.md

@@ -51,13 +51,16 @@ pass that skips the house bans.
 ### From core.md (do not re-list)
 
 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-dash furniture, triad packing including prefix-repetition, empty marketing
+honest framing (including Look / Let's be clear / Here's the thing),
+validation+profundity, mechanism inflation, narrative
+theater, genuinely-stacks, dramatic apology, suspense, cataphoric
+teasers, setup sentences, em-dash furniture, triad packing including
+prefix-repetition and Not X. Not Y. But Z., empty marketing
 vocab, helper theater, signpost openers, mic-drop closers, intensifier
 filler, parallel-zinger density, bold-lead lists, riddle labels, cozy
 machinery, operator notes in the brochure, hand-holding the obvious,
-unparseable sentences. Apply the
+unparseable sentences, participial afterthoughts, topic-sentence
+pinning. Apply the
 corpus-applicability heuristic before rewriting overlay terms. Teaching
 antithesis is allowed only when categories differ, never as
 synonym-escalation. One concrete landing chant is a named exception,
@@ -81,6 +84,9 @@ not a free pass for every triad.
   you?" / "The result?" / "The best part?"
 - **The hedge-flourish.** Winking qualifiers like "(yet)" or "at least
   for now" that perform humility instead of having it.
+- **False concessions.** "To be fair…", "It's not all bad…", "That said,
+  there is another side." A real limit stays. A performed even-hand
+  before the pitch does not.
 - **False momentum closers.** "The future is here." / "And this is just
   the beginning." / "The only question is whether you'll be ready."
 - **Setup-payoff formula on every heading.** Colon constructions: "The
@@ -100,9 +106,11 @@ product names, and words that would get less precise if swapped for
 
 - delve, dive deep, deep dive, unpack, explore (as a section-verb with
   no object worth exploring)
+- intricate, realm, tapestry (as atmosphere with no object)
 - unlock, unleash, harness, empower, supercharge, turbocharge
 - leverage (as empty marketing verb: "leverage your workflow"), utilize
-  (instead of use). Domain projects may carve out doctrinal "leverage"
+  (instead of use), underscore (as pomp: "this underscores the need").
+  Domain projects may carve out doctrinal "leverage"
   (force / fulcrum sense) in an overlay.
 - seamless, seamlessly, effortless, frictionless, streamline
 - game-changer, game-changing, revolutionary, cutting-edge, next-level
@@ -133,6 +141,12 @@ product names, and words that would get less precise if swapped for
 - **Uniform paragraph lengths.** Every paragraph 2-3 sentences, every
   sentence medium-length. Human writing has variance: a one-word
   sentence, then a long one.
+- **Bro-etry / short-line stanzas.** Prose broken into one clause per
+  line, with blank lines as drama, when the piece is not a poem. Flag
+  the formatting, then the sentences.
+- **Do not flag Oxford commas** or other house punctuation as AI tells.
+  A serial comma is a style choice. Em dashes are a density budget in
+  `core.md`, not a mark to erase.
 - **Perfectly balanced sections.** Every section the same length, every
   card grid filled to an even number, every argument given exactly equal
   weight.

package/rules/core.md

@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ Protected maxims (do not rewrite into a cleverer synonym):
 
 **Also in this package:** `audit.md` (smell), `claims.md` (substance then
 voice), `essays.md`, `landing.md`, `outreach.md`, `launch.md`,
-`civic.md`, `academic.md`, `cursor.mdc` (agent pocket card).
+`civic.md`, `academic.md`. The pocket card `cursor.mdc` ships in `rules/`
+on npm and on this host. It is not in the skill ZIP.
 
 The name is a household joke. People who live with a smell stop noticing
 it. Generated prose does the same trick: the tics fade into the furniture
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ Ban openers like:
 - "Here is the honest take…"
 - "I want to be honest with you…"
 - "Let me be direct with you…"
+- "Look," / "Let's be clear," / "Let's be honest," / "Here's the thing"
 
 Just say the thing. (Saying "the right word is obligation" is fine;
 announcing honesty is not.)
@@ -163,16 +165,29 @@ A single plain use can stay. Flag stacks and repetition.
 Avoid: "and that's on me," "that mistake was genuinely mine,"
 laugh-crying theater. Brief correction is enough.
 
-### 8. Suspense / delayed reveal
+### 8. Suspense / cataphoric teasers
 
-Do not withhold the answer while building drama. Answer first.
+Do not withhold the answer while building drama. Do not promise a
+later payoff instead of saying the thing.
+
+Ban forward-pointing setups: "Here's the part that nobody tells you…",
+"Here's what most people get wrong…", "Here's where it gets interesting.",
+"Here's the best part:", "The part most people sleep on…". Claude-flavored
+cousins: "a caveat worth leading with", "one thing I'll name rather than
+route around:", "worth knowing too:", "now the skepticism part."
+Clickbait cousins: "You won't believe what happened next."
+
+Answer first. The name is descriptive (a teaser that points forward).
+The tell is the promise, not the grammar.
 
 ### Also still banned
 
 - 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**
-  ("unfindable, unindexed, unreadable"): same chant, different clothes.
+  ("unfindable, unindexed, unreadable"). So does **Not X. Not Y. But
+  Z.** ("Not for fame. Not for glory. You posted this just because…"):
+  same chant, different clothes.
 - Universality claims ("this applies to every domain") without evidence.
   That is a claims problem; do not only cologne it.
 - Setup sentences whose only job is to announce the next sentence
@@ -195,9 +210,9 @@ not single instances.
 - **Mic-drop closers.** Short zinger fragments ending a section ("That
   was the job."). Effective in small doses; not every section may end
   on one.
-- **Intensifier repetition.** "actually," "whole," "real," "very"
-  recurring as filler. Keep only where the word marks a true contrast;
-  cut the padding uses.
+- **Intensifier repetition.** "actually," "whole," "real," "very,"
+  "really," "truly" 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.
@@ -234,6 +249,13 @@ not single instances.
   repeat: "This is meant to live on a desktop you already leave on."
   Related to riddle labels, but at sentence level. Rewrite until a smart
   friend can say it back.
+- **Participial afterthoughts.** A present participle bolted on after
+  a comma for atmosphere: "…, looking out the window", "…, underscoring
+  the need." One earned modifier is fine. A piece that keeps attaching
+  a -ing clause to land the emotion is a template.
+- **Topic-sentence pinning.** Every paragraph opens with a neat label
+  of what it will say, then says it. One clear lead is not a finding.
+  A whole page of outline-then-body paragraphs is.
 
 ---
 
@@ -242,13 +264,14 @@ 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, riddle labels, cozy machinery, operator notes in the brochure, hand-holding, unparseable sentences, em-dash furniture, triad packing |
+| **Drafts / posts / pages** | Escalation formula, insight-labeling without evidence, setup sentences, cataphoric teasers, riddle labels, cozy machinery, operator notes in the brochure, hand-holding, unparseable sentences, em-dash furniture, triad packing, participial afterthoughts |
 
 The table is extra watch, not a partition. Chat theater infects drafts.
 Publish tells show up in chat.
 
 Helper theater (any model): "Great question!", "I'd be happy to", empty
-"Absolutely!", "It's important to note." Just do the work.
+"Absolutely!", "It's important to note." Performed enthusiasm
+("This is huge!", "Love this.") is the same family. Just do the work.
 
 Socratic beats and real questions aimed at a reader are method, not
 "transition question" smell. "So what does this mean for you?" as a
@@ -281,6 +304,11 @@ the loop is theater.")
 Bad: "The idea worth keeping:"  
 Good: Just state the idea.
 
+**Cataphoric teaser**  
+Bad: "Here's the part that nobody tells you: the archive was too
+scattered to hand off."  
+Good: "The archive was too scattered to hand off."
+
 **Em dash furniture**  
 Bad: "Brain — the model plus the loop."  
 Good: "Brain: the model plus the loop."

package/rules/cursor.mdc

@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@ alwaysApply: true
 
 # aiBreze
 
-Full rules: the `aibreze` package, [`core.md`](./core.md). Smell audit:
-[`audit.md`](./audit.md). Claims review: [`claims.md`](./claims.md).
-Copy this file into a project's `.cursor/rules/` and point "Full rules"
-at `node_modules/aibreze/rules/core.md` plus that project's overlay.
+Full rules: `node_modules/aibreze/rules/core.md`. Smell audit and
+claims: `audit.md` and `claims.md` in that folder. Last resort:
+https://aibreze.com/rules/core.md (same host for the rest).
+
+Copy this file to `.cursor/rules/aibreze.mdc`. Open the markdown from
+`node_modules/aibreze/rules/`, not from `.cursor/rules/`. Overlay goes
+next to this copy.
 
 This file is a digest so the agent has the bans without opening core. It
 is not a second source of truth. If they conflict, `core.md` wins. Do
@@ -20,13 +23,13 @@ Sharp, slightly tired colleague. Default register, not the only one.
 Direct > clever. Clear > profound. 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. Filings:
-[`civic.md`](./civic.md). Papers: [`academic.md`](./academic.md).
+`civic.md`. Papers: `academic.md`.
 
 ## Hard bans
 
 - Escalation: never "It's not just X, it's Y" (esp. synonym Y).
-- Honest-framing openers ("The honest evaluation…", "Let me be direct…").
-  Just say it.
+- Honest-framing openers ("The honest evaluation…", "Let me be direct…",
+  "Look,", "Let's be clear,", "Here's the thing"). Just say it.
 - Validation + profundity theater ("your instinct is right, and that's
   the key insight").
 - Mechanism / root-cause inflation ("the precise mechanism," "downstream
@@ -35,13 +38,16 @@ byline. Spray the prose, not the author. Earn the word. Filings:
   narrative").
 - "Genuinely X, and that matters" stacks; a single plain "genuinely" can
   stay.
-- Dramatic apology theater; suspense before the answer.
+- Dramatic apology theater; suspense before the answer; cataphoric
+  teasers ("Here's the part nobody tells you…", "Here's where it gets
+  interesting.").
 - Helper theater: "Great question!", "I'd be happy to", empty
   "Absolutely!", "It's important to note."
 - Setup sentences that only announce the next sentence.
 - Alliterative triads / stacked negations (except protected maxims, or
   one concrete chant a genre file allows); prefix-repetition triads
-  count ("unfindable, unindexed, unreadable").
+  count ("unfindable, unindexed, unreadable"); so does Not X. Not Y.
+  But Z.
 - Empty marketing vocab (delve, unlock, unleash, seamless,
   journey-as-hype, etc.).
 
@@ -50,8 +56,8 @@ byline. Spray the prose, not the author. Earn the word. Filings:
 - Signpost openers ("Here's…", "Let me…", "So…") repeated section after
   section. Talks earn more than blog posts.
 - Mic-drop closer fragments ending every section.
-- Intensifier filler: "actually / whole / real / very" where no contrast
-  is marked.
+- Intensifier filler: "actually / whole / real / very / really / truly"
+  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.
@@ -69,6 +75,9 @@ byline. Spray the prose, not the author. Earn the word. Filings:
   already copied the example.
 - Unparseable sentence: a finished-sounding line the reader cannot
   repeat ("a desktop you already leave on").
+- Participial afterthoughts: "…, looking out the window" bolted on for
+  atmosphere. Density, not one modifier.
+- Topic-sentence pinning: every paragraph labels itself, then says it.
 
 ## Corpus-applicability carve-out (standing rule)
 
@@ -90,12 +99,15 @@ If you are drafting or revising a specific surface, read that file too.
 Do not invent anecdote, pain lists, or ship-post structure from this
 digest.
 
-- Page / marketing site: [`landing.md`](./landing.md)
-- Essay / talk / long argument: [`essays.md`](./essays.md)
-- Email / DM / text to someone you know: [`outreach.md`](./outreach.md)
-- Ship post / announcement: [`launch.md`](./launch.md)
-- Filing / testimony / legal-adjacent: [`civic.md`](./civic.md)
-- Paper / methods / lit review: [`academic.md`](./academic.md)
+Open these from `node_modules/aibreze/rules/` (or the same names on
+https://aibreze.com/rules/):
+
+- Page / marketing site: `landing.md`
+- Essay / talk / long argument: `essays.md`
+- Email / DM / text to someone you know: `outreach.md`
+- Ship post / announcement: `launch.md`
+- Filing / testimony / legal-adjacent: `civic.md`
+- Paper / methods / lit review: `academic.md`
 
 Reference docs, changelogs, API pages, UI chrome: core only. Do not
 inject a scene to satisfy essay law.

package/skills/aibreze/SKILL_FACTS.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 skill_facts_version: "0.1.0"
 name: aibreze
 developer: Catalyst Forge
-version: "0.1.6"
+version: "0.1.9"
 status: active
 license: MIT
 kind: cursor-skill
@@ -19,12 +19,26 @@ instructions_reach:
 tools_referenced:
   []
 bundled_artifacts:
+  - path: SKILL.md
+    kind: other
   - path: rules/core.md
     kind: other
   - path: rules/audit.md
     kind: other
   - path: rules/claims.md
     kind: other
+  - path: rules/essays.md
+    kind: other
+  - path: rules/landing.md
+    kind: other
+  - path: rules/outreach.md
+    kind: other
+  - path: rules/launch.md
+    kind: other
+  - path: rules/civic.md
+    kind: other
+  - path: rules/academic.md
+    kind: other
 egress:
   telemetry: none
   destinations: []
@@ -41,7 +55,7 @@ credits:
 | | |
 |---|---|
 | **Developer** | Catalyst Forge |
-| **Version** | 0.1.6 |
+| **Version** | 0.1.9 |
 | **Status** | active |
 | **License** | MIT |
 | **Kind** | cursor-skill |
@@ -75,9 +89,16 @@ Editorial rules for publishable prose; spray, audit, and publish-pass workflows
 
 | Path | Kind |
 |---|---|
+| SKILL.md | other |
 | rules/core.md | other |
 | rules/audit.md | other |
 | rules/claims.md | other |
+| rules/essays.md | other |
+| rules/landing.md | other |
+| rules/outreach.md | other |
+| rules/launch.md | other |
+| rules/civic.md | other |
+| rules/academic.md | other |
 
 ## Egress
 

package/skills/aibreze/rules/audit.md

@@ -51,13 +51,16 @@ pass that skips the house bans.
 ### From core.md (do not re-list)
 
 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-dash furniture, triad packing including prefix-repetition, empty marketing
+honest framing (including Look / Let's be clear / Here's the thing),
+validation+profundity, mechanism inflation, narrative
+theater, genuinely-stacks, dramatic apology, suspense, cataphoric
+teasers, setup sentences, em-dash furniture, triad packing including
+prefix-repetition and Not X. Not Y. But Z., empty marketing
 vocab, helper theater, signpost openers, mic-drop closers, intensifier
 filler, parallel-zinger density, bold-lead lists, riddle labels, cozy
 machinery, operator notes in the brochure, hand-holding the obvious,
-unparseable sentences. Apply the
+unparseable sentences, participial afterthoughts, topic-sentence
+pinning. Apply the
 corpus-applicability heuristic before rewriting overlay terms. Teaching
 antithesis is allowed only when categories differ, never as
 synonym-escalation. One concrete landing chant is a named exception,
@@ -81,6 +84,9 @@ not a free pass for every triad.
   you?" / "The result?" / "The best part?"
 - **The hedge-flourish.** Winking qualifiers like "(yet)" or "at least
   for now" that perform humility instead of having it.
+- **False concessions.** "To be fair…", "It's not all bad…", "That said,
+  there is another side." A real limit stays. A performed even-hand
+  before the pitch does not.
 - **False momentum closers.** "The future is here." / "And this is just
   the beginning." / "The only question is whether you'll be ready."
 - **Setup-payoff formula on every heading.** Colon constructions: "The
@@ -100,9 +106,11 @@ product names, and words that would get less precise if swapped for
 
 - delve, dive deep, deep dive, unpack, explore (as a section-verb with
   no object worth exploring)
+- intricate, realm, tapestry (as atmosphere with no object)
 - unlock, unleash, harness, empower, supercharge, turbocharge
 - leverage (as empty marketing verb: "leverage your workflow"), utilize
-  (instead of use). Domain projects may carve out doctrinal "leverage"
+  (instead of use), underscore (as pomp: "this underscores the need").
+  Domain projects may carve out doctrinal "leverage"
   (force / fulcrum sense) in an overlay.
 - seamless, seamlessly, effortless, frictionless, streamline
 - game-changer, game-changing, revolutionary, cutting-edge, next-level
@@ -133,6 +141,12 @@ product names, and words that would get less precise if swapped for
 - **Uniform paragraph lengths.** Every paragraph 2-3 sentences, every
   sentence medium-length. Human writing has variance: a one-word
   sentence, then a long one.
+- **Bro-etry / short-line stanzas.** Prose broken into one clause per
+  line, with blank lines as drama, when the piece is not a poem. Flag
+  the formatting, then the sentences.
+- **Do not flag Oxford commas** or other house punctuation as AI tells.
+  A serial comma is a style choice. Em dashes are a density budget in
+  `core.md`, not a mark to erase.
 - **Perfectly balanced sections.** Every section the same length, every
   card grid filled to an even number, every argument given exactly equal
   weight.

package/skills/aibreze/rules/core.md

@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ Protected maxims (do not rewrite into a cleverer synonym):
 
 **Also in this package:** `audit.md` (smell), `claims.md` (substance then
 voice), `essays.md`, `landing.md`, `outreach.md`, `launch.md`,
-`civic.md`, `academic.md`, `cursor.mdc` (agent pocket card).
+`civic.md`, `academic.md`. The pocket card `cursor.mdc` ships in `rules/`
+on npm and on this host. It is not in the skill ZIP.
 
 The name is a household joke. People who live with a smell stop noticing
 it. Generated prose does the same trick: the tics fade into the furniture
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ Ban openers like:
 - "Here is the honest take…"
 - "I want to be honest with you…"
 - "Let me be direct with you…"
+- "Look," / "Let's be clear," / "Let's be honest," / "Here's the thing"
 
 Just say the thing. (Saying "the right word is obligation" is fine;
 announcing honesty is not.)
@@ -163,16 +165,29 @@ A single plain use can stay. Flag stacks and repetition.
 Avoid: "and that's on me," "that mistake was genuinely mine,"
 laugh-crying theater. Brief correction is enough.
 
-### 8. Suspense / delayed reveal
+### 8. Suspense / cataphoric teasers
 
-Do not withhold the answer while building drama. Answer first.
+Do not withhold the answer while building drama. Do not promise a
+later payoff instead of saying the thing.
+
+Ban forward-pointing setups: "Here's the part that nobody tells you…",
+"Here's what most people get wrong…", "Here's where it gets interesting.",
+"Here's the best part:", "The part most people sleep on…". Claude-flavored
+cousins: "a caveat worth leading with", "one thing I'll name rather than
+route around:", "worth knowing too:", "now the skepticism part."
+Clickbait cousins: "You won't believe what happened next."
+
+Answer first. The name is descriptive (a teaser that points forward).
+The tell is the promise, not the grammar.
 
 ### Also still banned
 
 - 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**
-  ("unfindable, unindexed, unreadable"): same chant, different clothes.
+  ("unfindable, unindexed, unreadable"). So does **Not X. Not Y. But
+  Z.** ("Not for fame. Not for glory. You posted this just because…"):
+  same chant, different clothes.
 - Universality claims ("this applies to every domain") without evidence.
   That is a claims problem; do not only cologne it.
 - Setup sentences whose only job is to announce the next sentence
@@ -195,9 +210,9 @@ not single instances.
 - **Mic-drop closers.** Short zinger fragments ending a section ("That
   was the job."). Effective in small doses; not every section may end
   on one.
-- **Intensifier repetition.** "actually," "whole," "real," "very"
-  recurring as filler. Keep only where the word marks a true contrast;
-  cut the padding uses.
+- **Intensifier repetition.** "actually," "whole," "real," "very,"
+  "really," "truly" 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.
@@ -234,6 +249,13 @@ not single instances.
   repeat: "This is meant to live on a desktop you already leave on."
   Related to riddle labels, but at sentence level. Rewrite until a smart
   friend can say it back.
+- **Participial afterthoughts.** A present participle bolted on after
+  a comma for atmosphere: "…, looking out the window", "…, underscoring
+  the need." One earned modifier is fine. A piece that keeps attaching
+  a -ing clause to land the emotion is a template.
+- **Topic-sentence pinning.** Every paragraph opens with a neat label
+  of what it will say, then says it. One clear lead is not a finding.
+  A whole page of outline-then-body paragraphs is.
 
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@@ -242,13 +264,14 @@ 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, riddle labels, cozy machinery, operator notes in the brochure, hand-holding, unparseable sentences, em-dash furniture, triad packing |
+| **Drafts / posts / pages** | Escalation formula, insight-labeling without evidence, setup sentences, cataphoric teasers, riddle labels, cozy machinery, operator notes in the brochure, hand-holding, unparseable sentences, em-dash furniture, triad packing, participial afterthoughts |
 
 The table is extra watch, not a partition. Chat theater infects drafts.
 Publish tells show up in chat.
 
 Helper theater (any model): "Great question!", "I'd be happy to", empty
-"Absolutely!", "It's important to note." Just do the work.
+"Absolutely!", "It's important to note." Performed enthusiasm
+("This is huge!", "Love this.") is the same family. Just do the work.
 
 Socratic beats and real questions aimed at a reader are method, not
 "transition question" smell. "So what does this mean for you?" as a
@@ -281,6 +304,11 @@ the loop is theater.")
 Bad: "The idea worth keeping:"  
 Good: Just state the idea.
 
+**Cataphoric teaser**  
+Bad: "Here's the part that nobody tells you: the archive was too
+scattered to hand off."  
+Good: "The archive was too scattered to hand off."
+
 **Em dash furniture**  
 Bad: "Brain — the model plus the loop."  
 Good: "Brain: the model plus the loop."