# SlopSift rule catalogue

SlopSift 0.1.5 includes 37 AI-style rules. Default levels derive from rule confidence: high is error, medium is warning, and low is info.

- [ai-style/evidence-cluster](https://slopsift.dev/rules/evidence-cluster/): Several independent slop signals cluster in one paragraph or across the document. (warn, document context)
- [ai-style/copula-avoidance](https://slopsift.dev/rules/copula-avoidance/): “stands/serves as a …” dressing up a plain “is a …”. (warn, dependency graph)
- [ai-style/light-verb-role](https://slopsift.dev/rules/light-verb-role/): “plays a … role”, importance asserted, not shown. (info, dependency graph)
- [ai-style/participial-appendage](https://slopsift.dev/rules/participial-appendage/): Trailing “-ing” clause that editorialises the main clause. (info, dependency graph)
- [ai-style/significance-idioms](https://slopsift.dev/rules/significance-idioms/): Fixed “inflated significance” idioms (rich tapestry, testament to …). (warn, text pattern)
- [ai-style/corrective-antithesis](https://slopsift.dev/rules/corrective-antithesis/): The “X, not Y” staged contrast, a modern-AI cadence that adds no information. (warn, dependency graph)
- [ai-style/negative-contrast](https://slopsift.dev/rules/negative-contrast/): A negative declaration followed by a dramatic positive redefinition. (warn, dependency graph)
- [ai-style/negative-list-buildup](https://slopsift.dev/rules/negative-list-buildup/): Repeatedly lists what something is not before revealing the point. (warn, dependency graph)
- [ai-style/negative-parallelism](https://slopsift.dev/rules/negative-parallelism/): “Not (only) X but (also) Y”, a signature LLM cadence. (warn, dependency graph)
- [ai-style/promo-idioms](https://slopsift.dev/rules/promo-idioms/): Travel-brochure / press-release idioms (nestled in the heart of …). (warn, text pattern)
- [ai-style/absolute-claim](https://slopsift.dev/rules/absolute-claim/): An absolute or universal claim that may exceed the evidence or omit its scope. (info, document context)
- [ai-style/unsupported-certainty](https://slopsift.dev/rules/unsupported-certainty/): Confidence language that asserts a conclusion without showing the evidence. (info, document context)
- [ai-style/unsupported-comparison](https://slopsift.dev/rules/unsupported-comparison/): A comparative, superlative, or outcome claim without an explicit benchmark in the phrase. (info, text pattern)
- [ai-style/vague-attribution](https://slopsift.dev/rules/vague-attribution/): A bare, generic subject asserting a “that …” clause. Name who, or cut it. (warn, dependency graph)
- [ai-style/vague-declarative](https://slopsift.dev/rules/vague-declarative/): An abstract announcement or vague “this approach…” claim that may need a concrete subject. (info, document context)
- [ai-style/vague-quantifier](https://slopsift.dev/rules/vague-quantifier/): A broad population claim without a named sample, source, or scope. (info, document context)
- [ai-style/chatbot-idioms](https://slopsift.dev/rules/chatbot-idioms/): Editorialising / chatbot filler idioms (it’s worth noting …). (error, text pattern)
- [ai-style/dramatic-fragment](https://slopsift.dev/rules/dramatic-fragment/): A short transition is isolated as a sentence to manufacture drama. (info, document context)
- [ai-style/modal-redundancy](https://slopsift.dev/rules/modal-redundancy/): Repeats modality after two possibilities already establish the outcome. (warn, dependency graph)
- [ai-style/outline-conclusion](https://slopsift.dev/rules/outline-conclusion/): A canned “challenges and future prospects” ending instead of a specific conclusion. (info, document context)
- [ai-style/rhetorical-scaffolding](https://slopsift.dev/rules/rhetorical-scaffolding/): Announces, dramatizes, or reassures around a point instead of stating it. (warn, dependency graph)
- [ai-style/semantic-redundancy](https://slopsift.dev/rules/semantic-redundancy/): A nearby paragraph repeats the same content words instead of advancing the argument. (info, document context)
- [ai-style/throat-clearing](https://slopsift.dev/rules/throat-clearing/): “it is important to note that …”. If it matters, just say it. (warn, dependency graph)
- [ai-style/ai-vocabulary](https://slopsift.dev/rules/ai-vocabulary/): Words LLMs over-use relative to human writers. (info, text pattern)
- [ai-style/emerging-slop-phrases](https://slopsift.dev/rules/emerging-slop-phrases/): Newly common AI-writing phrases, graded as weak evidence in isolation. (info, text pattern)
- [ai-style/false-agency](https://slopsift.dev/rules/false-agency/): An abstraction is made to act like a person instead of naming the actor. (warn, dependency graph)
- [ai-style/passive-actor-hiding](https://slopsift.dev/rules/passive-actor-hiding/): A passive clause hides who performed the action. (warn, dependency graph)
- [ai-style/hedging-seesaw](https://slopsift.dev/rules/hedging-seesaw/): Relentless “While X… However, Y” balancing, a position never taken. (info, document context)
- [ai-style/rule-of-three](https://slopsift.dev/rules/rule-of-three/): Reflexive triads of modifiers or balanced independent clauses. (info, dependency graph)
- [ai-style/opening-conjunction](https://slopsift.dev/rules/opening-conjunction/): Formulaic sentence-opening transitions. Often removable. (info, text pattern)
- [ai-style/stepwise-sequencing](https://slopsift.dev/rules/stepwise-sequencing/): Formulaic “X then Y” sequencing where “then” narrates an explanation rather than a real order. (info, dependency graph)
- [ai-style/em-dash-overuse](https://slopsift.dev/rules/em-dash-overuse/): Heavy em-dash use relative to sentence count. (info, document context)
- [ai-style/emoji](https://slopsift.dev/rules/emoji/): Decorative emoji in formal prose. (info, text pattern)
- [ai-style/generation-artifacts](https://slopsift.dev/rules/generation-artifacts/): Leftover chatbot citation artifacts (oaicite, turn0search0, …). (error, text pattern)
- [ai-style/mechanical-outline](https://slopsift.dev/rules/mechanical-outline/): Repeated bold-label blocks, canned headings, or thematic-break section templates. (info, document context)
- [ai-style/mixed-quotes](https://slopsift.dev/rules/mixed-quotes/): Straight and curly double quotes mixed in one document, a paste seam. (warn, document context)
- [ai-style/uniform-rhythm](https://slopsift.dev/rules/uniform-rhythm/): Sentence lengths cluster tightly enough to produce a machine-like drone. (info, document context)

[Rule catalogue JSON](https://slopsift.dev/rules/index.json)