cadence

# Cadence Cadence makes AI-written prose sound like it was written by a person — and, when the user asks, by a *particular* person or in a *particular* tone they've chosen. Two engines do the work: - **Voice profiles** (the positive target) — a structured spec of how one voice actually moves: its rhythm, diction, devices, stance, and bright lines. Learned from a sample, saved as a portable file, reused on demand. See `reference/voice-profile-schema.md`. - **The de-slop detector** (the negative target) — `scripts/deslop.mjs`, a deterministic analyzer that scores text and names every AI tell in it. It is real code, not a prompt: the same draft scores the same every time, so you can show a before/after. ## Shared writing laws These hold for every command. They are the difference between prose and slop. 1. **Rhythm is the strongest tell.** AI writing clusters every sentence around the same length. Human writing swings — a long accumulating sentence, then a short one. Vary it on purpose. Target a sentence-length CV ≥ 0.5. 2. **Concrete before abstract.** Show the case, then name the principle. A reader should be able to picture something before you ask them to think about it. 3. **No hollow confidence.** Never assert quality with adjectives ("seamless," "robust," "powerful," "comprehensive"). Show the thing; let the reader conclude it's good. 4. **Cut the throat-clear.** No "In today's world," no "It's important to note," no "When it comes to." ...