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# Anti-AI-slop rules
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Concrete, checkable rules that distinguish "designed by a human who has
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shipped product" from "default LLM output." Several rules below are
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auto-enforced by the daemon's `lint-artifact` linter — failing an
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enforced rule is not a style preference, it is a regression. The
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rest are guidance for agents and reviewers and are flagged inline as
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"(guidance, not auto-checked)" so the contract with the linter stays
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honest.
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> Adapted from [refero_skill](https://github.com/referodesign/refero_skill)
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> (MIT), tightened to match Open Design's lint surface.
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## The seven cardinal sins
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These are the patterns the linter blocks at P0 (must-fix):
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1. **Default Tailwind indigo as accent** — exactly `#6366f1`, `#4f46e5`,
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`#4338ca`, `#3730a3`, `#8b5cf6`, `#7c3aed`, `#a855f7`. The active
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`DESIGN.md` provides `--accent`; use it. Indigo is the textbook AI
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tell. (The daemon's `lint-artifact` flags any of these as a solid
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accent; keep this list in sync with `AI_DEFAULT_INDIGO` in
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`apps/daemon/src/lint-artifact.ts`.)
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2. **Two-stop "trust" gradient on the hero** — purple→blue, blue→cyan,
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indigo→pink. A flat surface + intentional type beats this every
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time.
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3. **Emoji as feature icons** — `✨`, `🚀`, `🎯`, `⚡`, `🔥`, `💡`
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inside `<h*>`, `<button>`, `<li>`, or `class*="icon"`. Use
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1.6–1.8px-stroke monoline SVG with `currentColor`.
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4. **Sans-serif on display text when the seed binds a serif** — h1/h2
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must use `var(--font-display)`, not a hardcoded Inter / Roboto /
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`system-ui`.
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5. **Rounded card with a colored left-border accent** — the canonical
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"AI dashboard tile" shape. Drop either the radius or the left
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border.
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6. **Invented metrics** — "10× faster", "99.9% uptime", "3× more
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productive". Either pull from a real source or use a labelled
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placeholder.
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7. **Filler copy** — `lorem ipsum`, `feature one / two / three`,
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`placeholder text`, `sample content`. An empty section is a design
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problem to solve with composition, not by inventing words.
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## Soft tells (P1 — should fix)
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- **Standard "Hero → Features → Pricing → FAQ → CTA" sequence with no
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variation** *(guidance, not auto-checked)*. This is the AI-template
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skeleton; introduce at least one unconventional section (testimonial
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wall as full-bleed quote, pricing as comparison-against-status-quo,
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an inline mini-product-demo).
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- **External placeholder image CDNs** (`unsplash.com`, `placehold.co`,
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`placekitten.com`, `picsum.photos`). Fragile and obvious. Use the
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shipped `.ph-img` placeholder class.
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- **More than ~12 raw hex values outside `:root`.** Tokens were not
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honoured.
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- **`var(--accent)` used 6+ times in the rendered body.** Cap at 2
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visible uses per screen.
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## Polish tells (P2 — nice to fix)
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- **Sections without `data-od-id`** — comment mode can't target them.
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- **Decorative blob / wave SVG backgrounds** *(guidance, not
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auto-checked)* — meaningless geometry.
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- **Perfect symmetric layout with no visual tension** *(guidance, not
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auto-checked)* — alternating density (one tight section, one
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breathing section) reads as intentional.
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## How to add soul without breaking the rules
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Aim for **~80% proven patterns + ~20% distinctive choice**. The 20%
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should live in:
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- One bold visual move — a typography choice, a single color decision,
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an unexpected proportion.
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- Voice and microcopy — a button that says "Start tracking" beats one
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that says "Get started".
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- One micro-interaction the user will remember — a button press that
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moves 2px, a number that counts up.
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- One detail that could only have been put there by someone who used
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the product (a subtle kbd shortcut hint, a status badge with
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product-specific phrasing).
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If a reviewer screenshots the artifact and someone outside the project
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can identify which product it's from — you have soul. If not, you
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shipped a template.
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