Observed arrival · 2026-09-04
Smell Check: an editorial lint kit for prose
A Markdown-based rule set for checking writing that sounds inflated, vague, or unearned, whether an AI helped produce it or not.
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◎Niche
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Field notes
Smell Check packages its editorial rules as Markdown rather than presenting a detector or rewriting service. The visible file map separates shared rules in core.md from surface-specific overlays such as civic.md and academic.md, then adds audit.md and claims.md for review. It also provides integration artifacts for Cursor and AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md workflows. The homepage explicitly says the package does not scan a tree and that version one has no CLI.
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○OpenPublic substance visible
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use
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