AI Style Guide Template

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# AI Style Guide

## Reader and purpose
- Primary reader:
- Decision or action the writing should support:

## Voice evidence
- Representative sample 1:
- Representative sample 2:
- Sentence rhythm to keep:
- Level of directness:
- Preferred concrete language:

## Source rules
- Claims that always require a source:
- Approved source types:
- Date-sensitive details to recheck:
- Marker for missing evidence: [SOURCE NEEDED]

## Patterns to avoid
- Generic opening claims
- Abstract benefit stacks
- Invented certainty or social proof
- Repeated transition scaffolding
- Brand-specific prohibited phrases:

## Required examples
- One before-and-after repair:
- One acceptable product claim:
- One claim that must be rejected:

## Final gates
- [ ] Facts checked
- [ ] Reader job visible
- [ ] Voice matches samples
- [ ] Proof is proportionate to the claim
- [ ] One clear next action