approve-blockerA rule that is off by default: it reports an approving review whose body names a blocker ("must fix", "blocking", "before merge") once a decisions table turns it on. asciiA house-style rule, off until a decisions table turns it on: it reports a curly quote, an ellipsis character or an emoji in prose. asideA house-style rule, off until a decisions table turns it on: it reports a spaced hyphen spelling an em dash in a doc comment. attributionA house-style rule, off until a decisions table turns it on: it reports credit to a tool or an agent, or an account of how the work was produced. banned-wordA house-style rule, off until a decisions table turns it on: it reports a word this repository bans, in a stylesheet comment. bare-lgtmA rule that is off by default: it reports a review summary that only approves: "LGTM", "ship it", "looks good" once a decisions table turns it on. bare-ruleA house-style rule, off until a decisions table turns it on: it reports "rule" in agent instructions with no mechanism named. block-budgetA house-style rule, off until a decisions table turns it on: it reports a rule block whose comments, summed, outrun its size. changelog-headingA rule that is off by default: it reports a changelog version heading that is not "## [version] - date" or "## [Unreleased]" once a decisions table turns it on. chatbotA rule that is off by default: it reports text a chat assistant addressed to its user: an offer, flattery, a knowledge disclaimer once a decisions table turns it on. comment-blockA house-style rule, off until a decisions table turns it on: it reports a doc comment over 250 words. comment-budgetA house-style rule, off until a decisions table turns it on: it reports a stylesheet comment over the lines its place earns. comment-sentenceA house-style rule, off until a decisions table turns it on: it reports a doc comment sentence over 60 words. compact-costly-abbrevA rule that is off by default: it reports an abbreviation that costs more tokens than the word it replaces: k8s, w/, b/c, e.g., i.e., or dropped vowels once a decisions table turns it on. compact-duplicateA rule that is off by default: it reports a compact line that restates an earlier one: half or more of its content words and every negation, condition, scope and order word the same once a decisions table turns it on. compact-fillerA rule that is off by default: it reports articles, linking verbs, "you", "please", "note that" and "instead" outside code, counted with the tokens dropping them saves once a decisions table turns it on. compact-lineA rule that is off by default: it reports a compact line over 21 words that joins clauses with a semicolon or a comma and a conjunction once a decisions table turns it on. compact-markupA rule that is off by default: it reports a bold or italic marker, or a Markdown table, in compact agent text once a decisions table turns it on. compact-symbol-negationA rule that is off by default: it reports "!" or a Unicode symbol standing in for "not" or a logic operator once a decisions table turns it on. condescensionA rule that is off by default: it reports a word that tells the reader how hard a step should feel or what they should already know once a decisions table turns it on. contrastA rule that is off by default: it reports a claim made by denying its opposite first ("not just X, it is Y") once a decisions table turns it on. dashA house-style rule, off until a decisions table turns it on: it reports an em dash, an en dash or a spaced double hyphen in prose. date-formatA rule that is off by default: it reports dates in more than one style in one text: 2026-10-13, Oct 2026, October 2026, 10/13/2026, or Sep beside Sept once a decisions table turns it on. decline-no-reasonA rule that is off by default: it reports a short review reply declining the change ("won't fix", "No, ...") with no reason once a decisions table turns it on. deferral-no-linkA rule that is off by default: it reports a review reply deferring to later, a follow-up or a TODO, with no issue link or number once a decisions table turns it on. docstubA house-style rule, off until a decisions table turns it on: it reports a one-line doc comment that only repeats the symbol's name. empty-request-changesA rule that is off by default: it reports a review requesting changes whose body names nothing blocking and points at no inline comment once a decisions table turns it on. historyA house-style rule, off until a decisions table turns it on: it reports a doc comment phrase narrating the change rather than the code ("used to"). impatienceA rule that is off by default: it reports a review reply that reads as impatient: "as I said", "for the last time", "obviously" once a decisions table turns it on. ing-tailA rule that is off by default: it reports a participle clause added to claim significance (", highlighting the importance of") once a decisions table turns it on. instruction-positionA rule that is off by default: it reports a full skill form of 1500 words or more whose first "must" or "never" sits past the middle of its body once a decisions table turns it on. intentA rule that is off by default: it reports a motive given to a tool or a person ("guessed", "pretends") once a decisions table turns it on. list-marksA rule that is off by default: it reports a list item whose initial capital or closing full stop differs from the list's other items once a decisions table turns it on. list-parallelA rule that is off by default: it reports a list item that opens with a verb where the others open with a noun phrase, or in another tense once a decisions table turns it on. nit-labelA rule that is off by default: it reports an inline review comment labeled nit on a blocking demand, or blocking on an optional one once a decisions table turns it on. no-reasonA rule that is off by default: it reports an inline review comment that asks for a change and gives no reason once a decisions table turns it on. option-listA rule that is off by default: it reports an agent reply that lays out labeled options or alternatives once a decisions table turns it on. restatesA house-style rule, off until a decisions table turns it on: it reports a one-line stylesheet comment that only names the rule or declaration it sits on. restates-diffA rule that is off by default: it reports a bullet or paragraph that is a verb and the things touched, with no reason: "Updates foo.go" once a decisions table turns it on. review-lengthA rule that is off by default: it reports a review text over its word cap: an inline comment over 60 words, a summary over 100, a reply over 80 once a decisions table turns it on. root-context-budget: a session's main thread whose context has grown past its level's sizeOff by default: once a workspace turns it on, it reports a session's main thread whose context has grown past its level's size. root-heavy-command: a main thread running delegable commands one after another without spawningOff by default: once a workspace turns it on, it reports a main thread running delegable commands one after another without spawning. root-repeat: a main thread running the same delegable command again with no write sinceOff by default: once a workspace turns it on, it reports a main thread running the same delegable command again with no write since. root-result-cap: one tool result too large for a main thread's context, said on its next callOff by default: once a workspace turns it on, it reports one tool result too large for a main thread's context, said on its next call. second-personA rule that is off by default: it reports we, us, our or ours in a guide, which speaks to the reader as you once a decisions table turns it on. skill-description-budgetA rule that is off by default: it reports a skill description over 100 words, or a full form's description sharing 75% or more of its content words with the short form's once a decisions table turns it on. skill-set-description-budgetA rule that is off by default: it reports an installed set of skills whose descriptions sum past 2100 words, each skill's short and full form counted once a decisions table turns it on. spawn-above-model-tier: a subagent spawned on a model whose tier ranks above the tier its job was forked atOff by default: once a workspace turns it on, it reports a subagent spawned on a model whose tier ranks above the tier its job was forked at. spawn-names-model: a main thread spawning a subagent without naming the model it runs onOff by default: once a workspace turns it on, it reports a main thread spawning a subagent without naming the model it runs on. staccatoA rule that is off by default: it reports three or more consecutive sentences of six words or fewer in one paragraph once a decisions table turns it on. stacked-colonA rule that is off by default: it reports two or more clause-introducing colons in one paragraph once a decisions table turns it on. stall: a leased worker refused by something only the root can clearOff by default: once a workspace turns it on, it reports a leased worker refused by something only the root can clear. templateA house-style rule, off until a decisions table turns it on: it reports a skill template that does not render, so neither of its forms can be judged. tenseA house-style rule, off until a decisions table turns it on: it reports a claim in the future tense, or a first-person account of a change. termsA house-style rule, off until a decisions table turns it on: it reports a spelling the glossary replaces ("sub-agent"). terse-paragraphA house-style rule, off until a decisions table turns it on: it reports a paragraph or list item of agent instructions over 60 words. terse-sentenceA house-style rule, off until a decisions table turns it on: it reports a sentence of agent instructions over 25 words. triadA rule that is off by default: it reports a series of exactly three ("X, Y, and Z", three parallel short sentences, three parallel bullets) twice in a text, or once in the lead's first sentence once a decisions table turns it on.