Changelog
What’s changed.
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- 5 new tells from the current 'AI slop web design' guides: default fonts (Inter everywhere), uniform component metrics (same radius, padding, and card heights), vague aspirational hero copy, lifeless motion (dead hover states, snap buttons, one fade-in on everything), and garbled text inside AI images. Now 23 tells.
- Ran an exhaustive research pass against the peer-reviewed excess-vocabulary study, Wikipedia's signs-of-AI-writing, and the major overused-word lists.
- Added chatbot residue (the clearest paste-from-AI evidence): 'as an AI language model,' 'I hope this helps,' 'let me know if you need anything else,' 'based on the information provided.'
- Added peer-study words (comprehensive, crucial, enhance) and AI flourishes (vibrant, captivating, interplay, kaleidoscope, symphony, treasure trove), plus 'sheds light on,' 'navigating the complexities of,' 'gone are the days.'
- New patterns: chatbot residue, Title Case headings, bold lead-in list items, 'not only X but also Y.' The checklist is now 28 patterns.
- Caught the newest tell: unsolicited reassurance ('You're not alone,' 'You're not imagining it,' 'You're not broken'), the therapy-speak the model injects.
- Added the 2026 vogue word 'quiet' (as in 'a quiet confidence') as a pattern, plus documented AI words: showcase, unveil, nuanced, garner, and the phrase 'aligns with.'
- Two new patterns (unsolicited reassurance, vogue intensifiers). The checklist is now 24 patterns.
- Two new design tells: AI stock imagery (uncanny faces, warped hands, generic 3D blobs) and over-rounded everything (giant radius on every element). Now 18 tells.
- Added AI-overused words documented in the excess-vocabulary research: boast, testament, underscore, myriad, plethora, nestled, reimagine.
- Added AI connective tissue (moreover, furthermore, additionally, notably) and filler phrases (a testament to, in today's digital age, it's no secret that).
- One new pattern: AI connective tissue. The checklist is now 22 patterns.
- First release: the anti-slop art director skill, the CLAUDE.md standing rule, and all 16 design tells.
- First release: the anti-slop editor skill, the CLAUDE.md standing rule, and the full 21-pattern checklist.