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𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 telling Claude Code/Codex "no em dashes".
𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 telling Claude Code/Codex "stop saying delve".
𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 telling Claude Code/Codex "don't sound like AI".

you never gave it a 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺. every README, PR description and landing page ships in the same AI voice, and you ban words one at a time.

orwell wrote the fix 𝟴𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼. six rules, 1946. paste them into your global CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md and every session picks them up:

→ never use a long word where a short one will do
→ if it is possible to cut a word out, cut it out
→ never use the passive where you can use the active

6 blocks you can copy-paste directly 👇