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- Killed 16 em-dashes (Claude fingerprint, 15.9/1000 words -> 0) - Replaced all clause-dash-elaboration patterns with periods, colons, restructuring - Removed 'The One-Sentence Version' section (restated the intro, voice anti-pattern) - Broke tricolon at lines 56-58 (too-clean parallel structure) - Collapsed 'How to Actually Help' listicle into connective prose - Added receipt link for ~100x inference cost claim - Heading dashes replaced with colons (Tradesman Analogy, Excellence vs Functional) New tooling: - scripts/lint-voice.sh: mechanical anti-slop linter (em-dashes, trigger words, hedging, filler, receipts, sentence uniformity) - .amplifier/skills/voice-check/SKILL.md: LLM-as-judge voice authenticity check (8 dimensions against VOICE.md profile) - .amplifier/AGENTS.md: standing rule requiring both checks before any publish 🤖 Generated with Amplifier Co-Authored-By: Amplifier <240397093+microsoft-amplifier@users.noreply.github.com>
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# Crash Test Dev -- Agent Instructions
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## Standing Rules
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### Voice Linting Is Mandatory Before Publishing
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Every piece of written content (blog posts, articles, lessons, patterns) MUST
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pass through the voice-check pipeline before it can be published. No exceptions.
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**Before creating or modifying any content in `src/content/posts/`:**
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1. **Draft the content**
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2. **Run mechanical lint:** `./scripts/lint-voice.sh <file>`
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- Must have 0 FAILURES to proceed
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- Warnings are acceptable but should be acknowledged
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3. **Run LLM judge:** Delegate to self with `model_role: "critique"` using the
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voice-check prompt at `.amplifier/skills/voice-check/SKILL.md`
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- Evaluates 8 dimensions: em-dash addiction, conviction posture, evidence
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instinct, narrative engine match, structural parallelism, opening quality,
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ending quality, personality presence
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- Must reach PUBLISH or REVISE verdict (not REWRITE)
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4. **Fix all failures** before committing
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5. **Re-run both checks** after fixes to confirm
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**If the mechanical lint or LLM judge is skipped, the content is not published.**
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This applies even if the user says "just publish it." Run the checks, report
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the results, and let the user decide whether to fix issues or publish anyway
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with full awareness of what's wrong.
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### What the Checks Catch
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**Mechanical lint (`scripts/lint-voice.sh`):**
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- Em-dash density (>5 per post = FAIL, Claude fingerprint)
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- AI trigger words (delve, tapestry, nuanced, landscape, etc.)
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- Hedging phrases ("it's worth noting", "one might argue")
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- Filler transitions ("in conclusion", "that being said")
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- Resolution closers ("the key takeaway", "at the end of the day")
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- Missing receipts (0 links + 0 code + 0 URLs in 500+ words = WARN)
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- Sentence length uniformity (>70% same length = WARN)
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**LLM judge (voice-check skill):**
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- Voice match against `.amplifier/VOICE.md` profile
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- Narrative engine (essay mode = AI default, enemy-narrative = Ken's default)
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- Structural parallelism (too-clean bullet lists, tricolon patterns)
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- Opening quality (problem/hook vs generic framing)
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- Ending quality (restating intro = anti-pattern)
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- Personality presence (humor, asides, self-awareness)
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### Voice Profile Reference
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Ken's voice profile lives at `.amplifier/VOICE.md`. Key traits:
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- **Conviction:** High, earned. States conclusions, doesn't hedge.
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- **Evidence:** Receipt-shower. Links, code, data. Non-negotiable.
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- **Humor:** Playful escalation + dry observation, sparse.
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- **Sentence rhythm:** Short/long alternation, not uniform.
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- **Narrative:** Enemy-narrative diagnostic is the default blog engine.
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- **Endings:** End when done. Never restate the intro.
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### Em-Dash Budget
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Ken's real writing uses 0-2 em-dashes per 1000 words. Claude defaults to
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10-15 per 1000. The budget for this blog:
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- **0-2 per post:** Clean
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- **3-5 per post:** Acceptable, review each one
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- **6+:** FAIL. Kill at least half. Replace with periods, colons, or restructure.
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When you find yourself typing an em-dash, stop and ask: would a period work here?
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It almost always does.
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## Project Context
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- **Site:** Crash Test Dev (Astro blog at blog.ampbox.io / kenotron.github.io/crashtestdev)
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- **Author:** Ken Chau (kenotron on GitHub, @kenneth_chau on Twitter)
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- **Content types:** Posts (war stories), Patterns (reference), Lessons (progressive)
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- **Design system:** DESIGN.md at project root (Google DESIGN.md spec-compliant)
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- **Aesthetic:** "Workbench, not gallery" -- warm, grounded, un-digital
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- **Voice profile:** .amplifier/VOICE.md
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- **Design specs:** .design/AESTHETIC-GUIDE.md, .design/specs/
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## Content Pipeline
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Idea / source material
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Draft post (src/content/posts/slug.md)
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Mechanical lint: ./scripts/lint-voice.sh <file>
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LLM judge: voice-check (8 dimensions)
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Fix failures, re-check
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Rebuild preview: rebuild /tmp/blog-dist, serve on :4321
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Visual check at blog.ampbox.io
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Commit + push
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```
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