# Smell Check overlay (this package)

Site and README speak as the product (Smell Check / it). No corporate
we. No builder I.

**Package:** `smellcheck`. Canonical files in `rules/`.

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

## Pronouns

- Site, README, docs: the product (Smell Check / it).
- Essays: first person only if a named author is on the byline.
- Outreach: I.

## Terms usually allowed here (not exhaustive)

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

| Term | Why it earns its keep |
| --- | --- |
| spray | Action verb. Spray the prose, not the author. |
| smell-check | The product verb. |
| Earn the word | Protected maxim. |

## Protected lines

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

## Genre extras (house law only)

Reference docs, changelogs, API pages, UI chrome: core only. Do not
inject a scene to satisfy essay law.