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CLARITY-03 No ASCII-art / persona filler
Deterministic — runs on every scan, no LLM or network needed.
Why it matters
Decorative banners and persona filler are paid for in context tokens on every single invocation and change model behavior not at all. Every token spent on a box-drawing banner or a "10x ninja" pep talk is a token not spent on instructions.
How to fix it
Delete banner lines and persona sentences; keep the instructions plain and imperative. Markdown headings give you structure for free — no ASCII art required.
Example
✗ flagged
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You are a world-class 10x ninja developer.
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## Steps
1. Read the failing test.
2. Fix the code, not the test.