{
  "version": 1,
  "convention": "Use vs mention. A document that MENTIONS a banned word or phrase quotes it as inline code (backticks). The checker strips code spans before matching, so a backticked mention is invisible to the gate while a bare one flags. A document that deliberately CONTAINS banned items to test detection (a fixture) is a use, not a mention, and is expected to flag. This file itself contains the banned items as data; that is a use.",
  "punctPolicy": "Deliberate divergence from SYSTEM.md (2026-08-19): the contract forbids em dashes outright and closes the escapes. These punct rules are deliberately looser: they fire only at >= punctMinCount occurrences AND density >= punctDensityPer1k per 1000 chars. Rationale is reply-level noise, not contract strength: an advisory gate that flags every reply carrying one dash trains operators to ignore it. Measured on natural fleet prose 2026-08-19: documents run 1.7-3.2 em dashes per 1000 chars, so documents that overuse still flag. Tighten to contract strength if enforcement goes blocking or the log shows fleet prose not converging toward zero.",
  "thresholds": {
    "punctMinCount": 3,
    "punctDensityPer1k": 1.0
  },
  "words": [
    { "value": "additionally", "source": "ms-unslop:7" },
    { "value": "crucial", "source": "ms-unslop:7" },
    { "value": "delve", "source": "ms-unslop:7" },
    { "value": "garner", "source": "ms-unslop:7" },
    { "value": "interplay", "source": "ms-unslop:7" },
    { "value": "intricate", "source": "ms-unslop:7" },
    { "value": "pivotal", "source": "ms-unslop:7" },
    { "value": "showcase", "source": "ms-unslop:7" },
    { "value": "tapestry", "source": "ms-unslop:7" },
    { "value": "testament", "source": "ms-unslop:7" },
    { "value": "underscore", "source": "ms-unslop:7" },
    { "value": "vibrant", "source": "ms-unslop:7" },
    { "value": "utilize", "source": "ms-unslop:31" },
    { "value": "leverage", "source": "ms-unslop:31" },
    { "value": "facilitate", "source": "ms-unslop:31" },
    { "value": "load-bearing", "source": "system-md" }
  ],
  "phrases": [
    { "value": "worth stating plainly", "source": "system-md" },
    { "value": "here's the honest truth", "source": "system-md" },
    { "value": "heres the honest truth", "source": "system-md", "note": "apostrophe-OMITTED renderings only; ASCII and curly-apostrophe forms match the main entry because the checker normalizes U+2019/U+2018 to ASCII before phrase matching" },
    { "value": "the real tension", "source": "system-md" },
    { "value": "carry the argument", "source": "system-md" },
    { "value": "in order to", "source": "ms-unslop:23" },
    { "value": "due to the fact that", "source": "ms-unslop:23" },
    { "value": "it is important to note", "source": "ms-unslop:23" },
    { "value": "i hope this helps", "source": "ms-unslop:20" },
    { "value": "let me know if", "source": "ms-unslop:20" },
    { "value": "of course!", "source": "ms-unslop:20" },
    { "value": "certainly!", "source": "ms-unslop:20" },
    { "value": "found the smoking gun", "source": "ms-unslop:20" },
    { "value": "happy to help", "source": "ms-unslop:20", "note": "extension of the named pattern set" },
    { "value": "great question", "source": "ms-unslop:22" },
    { "value": "absolutely right", "source": "ms-unslop:22" },
    { "value": "excellent question", "source": "ms-unslop:22", "note": "extension of the named pattern set" }
  ],
  "punct": [
    { "value": "em", "label": "em dash", "chars": ["\u2014"], "source": "ms-unslop:13+system-md" },
    { "value": "en", "label": "en dash", "chars": ["\u2013"], "source": "ms-unslop:13" },
    { "value": "curly", "label": "curly quote/apostrophe", "chars": ["\u201c", "\u201d", "\u2018", "\u2019"], "source": "ms-unslop:19" }
  ],
  "patterns": [
    { "value": "not-just-but", "regex": "not just\\s+[^.!?]{0,80}?\\s+but", "flags": "gi", "detail": "not just X but Y", "source": "ms-unslop:9" }
  ]
}