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Show HN: Detecting AI slop with regex and Stephen King

Tacheles is an open-source linter for AI writing that highlights common patterns in AI-generated text, like bloated vocabulary and formulaic sentence structures. It offers line-level feedback with actionable fixes inspired by editors like Stephen King, and runs completely offline.

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Show HN: Detecting AI slop with regex and Stephen King
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  • Tacheles is an AI-writing linter that flags precise AI tells at the line level.
  • It uses rules from authors like Stephen King to guide rewrites.
  • Multilingual support, fully offline, no API key needed.
  • Unlike AI detectors, it gives a cut list, not a single percentage score.

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