# ai-style/mechanical-outline

Repeated bold-label blocks, canned headings, or thematic-break section templates.

- Default level: `info`
- Confidence: `low`
- Evidence source: Document context
- Category: Formatting tells

Compares evidence across a paragraph, nearby sentences, or the complete document.

[Rule page](https://slopsift.dev/rules/mechanical-outline/)
[Source](https://github.com/NikhilVerma/writinglint/blob/main/packages/rulepack-ai-style/src/rules/mechanical-outline.ts)
[Report a false positive or missed finding](https://github.com/NikhilVerma/writinglint/issues/new?template=false-positive.yml&title=rule%3A%20ai-style%2Fmechanical-outline)