no-achievement-language

Flags achievement language and hype in reports, PRs, and docs.

Property	Value
Kind	Hard rule
Engine	`phrase`
Tier	`static`
Severity	`warning`
Intent	`style`
Scope	`text`

Why

Prose should state what changed and why. Words like “successfully”, “comprehensive”, and “flawless” praise the work instead of describing it, and are the tell of AI-written status updates. Say what happened; let the reader judge it.

Examples

Flagged

Successfully implemented comprehensive error handling to ensure reliable performance.

Better

Added error handling to every API endpoint.

Turning it off

lawlint --disable no-achievement-language draft.md

Or durably, in .lawlint/config.json — see Configuration.