# Smell Check overlay

House overlay on `smellcheck`. Core bans live in the package. This file
is only what is true here.

**Package:** `smellcheck`. Canonical files:

- Core: `node_modules/smellcheck/rules/core.md`
- Smell audit: `node_modules/smellcheck/rules/audit.md`
- Claims: `node_modules/smellcheck/rules/claims.md`

Last resort: https://smellcheck.dev/rules/core.md

Do not restate the hard bans. Do not fork `core.md`.

Save this file as `docs/smellcheck.md`. Point `AGENTS.md` or `CLAUDE.md`
at it (see `rules/agents.md`).

## Pronouns

- Essays / personal drafts:
- Landing / marketing:
- Outreach:
- Filings (who speaks):
- Papers:

## Terms usually allowed here (not exhaustive)

Apply the heuristic in `core.md` first. These usually pass:

| Term | Why it earns its keep |
| --- | --- |
| | |

## Protected lines

This package already protects:

- Earn the word.
- Spray the prose, not the author.
- Have you smell-checked that?

Add house maxims or verbatim testimony below.

## Genre extras (house law only)