From c8ad5762ab1747b9cd4883a2f50de4deaa45571a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: user Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 14:42:15 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] rewrite first paragraph, add unnecessary elaboration tell --- prompts/LLM_PROSE_TELLS.md | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/prompts/LLM_PROSE_TELLS.md b/prompts/LLM_PROSE_TELLS.md index 741f418..7b8d61e 100644 --- a/prompts/LLM_PROSE_TELLS.md +++ b/prompts/LLM_PROSE_TELLS.md @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@ # LLM Prose Tells -All of these show up in human writing occasionally. No single one is conclusive -on its own. The difference is concentration. A person might lean on one or two -of these habits across an entire essay, but LLM output will use fifteen of them -per paragraph. +Every pattern in this document shows up in human writing occasionally. They +become diagnostic only through density. A person might use one or two across an +entire essay, but LLM output packs fifteen into a single paragraph. --- From e45ffacd807fe67dae6cac7078856209c02b2df1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: user Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 14:43:16 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] restructure first paragraph --- prompts/LLM_PROSE_TELLS.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/prompts/LLM_PROSE_TELLS.md b/prompts/LLM_PROSE_TELLS.md index 7b8d61e..f4b2d55 100644 --- a/prompts/LLM_PROSE_TELLS.md +++ b/prompts/LLM_PROSE_TELLS.md @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ # LLM Prose Tells -Every pattern in this document shows up in human writing occasionally. They -become diagnostic only through density. A person might use one or two across an -entire essay, but LLM output packs fifteen into a single paragraph. +Human writers occasionally use every pattern in this document. The reason they +work as tells is that LLM output packs fifteen of them into a single paragraph +where a human would use one or two across an entire essay. --- From 6401aa482fc14c036088f9d92beea6bc9c83073d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: user Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 14:45:16 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] trim first paragraph --- prompts/LLM_PROSE_TELLS.md | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/prompts/LLM_PROSE_TELLS.md b/prompts/LLM_PROSE_TELLS.md index f4b2d55..41f3c28 100644 --- a/prompts/LLM_PROSE_TELLS.md +++ b/prompts/LLM_PROSE_TELLS.md @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ # LLM Prose Tells Human writers occasionally use every pattern in this document. The reason they -work as tells is that LLM output packs fifteen of them into a single paragraph -where a human would use one or two across an entire essay. +work as tells is that LLM output packs fifteen of them into a paragraph. ---