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Writing shaped with AI: generated-prose tells, checked claims, curation, and author ownership.
7 items in this guidance cluster.
Tagged guidance
Guide item
Documentation rules
Avoid Generated Prose TellsDOCS-AVOID-GENERATED-PROSE-TELLSReplace templated, UI-centered, or polished-but-vague phrasing with concrete behavior. Keep the local voice trustworthy without cutting useful explanation.Own AI-Assisted ProseDOCS-OWN-AI-ASSISTED-PROSEAI-generated or AI-assisted docs are reasonable to share when human curation makes them author-owned. The published artifact should carry checked claims, reader-sized scope, relevant evidence, real tradeoffs, and local voice.
Pattern items
Reconstruct Rationale Before Writingreconstruct-rationale-before-writingExplanations become plausible stories when writers infer intent from current code and consult history only to fill gaps. Reconstruct the decision from present behavior, introducing and corrective changes, tests, measurements, and discussion before drafting the durable account.Run Source Explanation Passrun-source-explanation-passTurn a source tree into a self-contained reading environment by recovering its mental models, fundamentals, decisions, constraints, and edge cases. Establish the system map before item detail, audit every relevant helper and path, and measure success through reader comprehension rather than comment count.
Agent items
Full Documentation Doctrine Prompt Packagent-full-documentation-doctrine-prompt-packLarge single-file prompt pack for long-term documentation maintenance. It combines the repos docs rules with writing, review, anti-drift, and anti-AI-slop lessons drawn from this repo, TidySrc, jk, and Komodo-style documentation cleanup work.Markdown And Docs Agent Instructionsagent-markdown-docs-instructionsCompact documentation instructions for agents editing Markdown, Rustdoc, READMEs, review notes, or adjacent narrative. The snippet focuses on current behavior, local voice, page purpose, drift repair, and markdownlint-compatible formatting.