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SENTENCE

Tone Marker

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Detect AI-style tone markers and opener tells.

Class
ToneMarkerRule
Rule name
tone
Count key
tone

Behavior

ResultInput textWhy
Flag"Would you like me to provide a shorter version?"Meta-conversation phrasing is an AI tell in authored prose.
Flag"Certainly, this approach works in most environments."Formulaic opener pattern used by assistant responses.
Pass"This approach works in most environments."Same claim without assistant-style framing.
Pass"The failure occurred after the second retry."Neutral narration without scripted dramatic setup.

Severity

Medium to high; often a strong signal of assistant-authored tone.

Default configuration

context_window_chars60
sentence_opener_penalty-2
tone_penalty-3

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