diff --git a/autoplan/SKILL.md b/autoplan/SKILL.md
index 5346f1d43..85b053b42 100644
--- a/autoplan/SKILL.md
+++ b/autoplan/SKILL.md
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/canary/SKILL.md b/canary/SKILL.md
index 08d4d7369..e72579aac 100644
--- a/canary/SKILL.md
+++ b/canary/SKILL.md
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/codex/SKILL.md b/codex/SKILL.md
index 33228ff9b..49c843e62 100644
--- a/codex/SKILL.md
+++ b/codex/SKILL.md
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/context-restore/SKILL.md b/context-restore/SKILL.md
index 59b40e82c..1c9f35ff3 100644
--- a/context-restore/SKILL.md
+++ b/context-restore/SKILL.md
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/context-save/SKILL.md b/context-save/SKILL.md
index a1eb24595..f424f7f3e 100644
--- a/context-save/SKILL.md
+++ b/context-save/SKILL.md
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/cso/SKILL.md b/cso/SKILL.md
index a08d7e9fe..360e10bb5 100644
--- a/cso/SKILL.md
+++ b/cso/SKILL.md
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/design-consultation/SKILL.md b/design-consultation/SKILL.md
index 83eed0a2d..a3bcd48d3 100644
--- a/design-consultation/SKILL.md
+++ b/design-consultation/SKILL.md
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/design-html/SKILL.md b/design-html/SKILL.md
index a480bd62c..fb2046ba2 100644
--- a/design-html/SKILL.md
+++ b/design-html/SKILL.md
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/design-review/SKILL.md b/design-review/SKILL.md
index 645453162..89386599a 100644
--- a/design-review/SKILL.md
+++ b/design-review/SKILL.md
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/design-shotgun/SKILL.md b/design-shotgun/SKILL.md
index 3386d18fa..416b67524 100644
--- a/design-shotgun/SKILL.md
+++ b/design-shotgun/SKILL.md
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/devex-review/SKILL.md b/devex-review/SKILL.md
index 7ef324b3e..bd1b91dd5 100644
--- a/devex-review/SKILL.md
+++ b/devex-review/SKILL.md
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/diagram/SKILL.md b/diagram/SKILL.md
index 9e5a41066..111b2d53e 100644
--- a/diagram/SKILL.md
+++ b/diagram/SKILL.md
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/document-generate/SKILL.md b/document-generate/SKILL.md
index 30846fc4d..2d5feaa72 100644
--- a/document-generate/SKILL.md
+++ b/document-generate/SKILL.md
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/document-release/SKILL.md b/document-release/SKILL.md
index b95873625..2de051db2 100644
--- a/document-release/SKILL.md
+++ b/document-release/SKILL.md
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/health/SKILL.md b/health/SKILL.md
index e68199dec..e68ca0790 100644
--- a/health/SKILL.md
+++ b/health/SKILL.md
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/investigate/SKILL.md b/investigate/SKILL.md
index 5d54b4256..7760d1903 100644
--- a/investigate/SKILL.md
+++ b/investigate/SKILL.md
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/ios-clean/SKILL.md b/ios-clean/SKILL.md
index 6c466896b..64f9016e7 100644
--- a/ios-clean/SKILL.md
+++ b/ios-clean/SKILL.md
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/ios-design-review/SKILL.md b/ios-design-review/SKILL.md
index 904da7589..d79103a91 100644
--- a/ios-design-review/SKILL.md
+++ b/ios-design-review/SKILL.md
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/ios-fix/SKILL.md b/ios-fix/SKILL.md
index 3ddae1ac0..1a2737f8b 100644
--- a/ios-fix/SKILL.md
+++ b/ios-fix/SKILL.md
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/ios-qa/SKILL.md b/ios-qa/SKILL.md
index 24624be5f..ba505b58e 100644
--- a/ios-qa/SKILL.md
+++ b/ios-qa/SKILL.md
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/ios-sync/SKILL.md b/ios-sync/SKILL.md
index 95e0bca0a..dc45693fd 100644
--- a/ios-sync/SKILL.md
+++ b/ios-sync/SKILL.md
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/land-and-deploy/SKILL.md b/land-and-deploy/SKILL.md
index 54ebf52c0..6cd2dedb3 100644
--- a/land-and-deploy/SKILL.md
+++ b/land-and-deploy/SKILL.md
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/landing-report/SKILL.md b/landing-report/SKILL.md
index 8f7e6e210..eb1ae51cf 100644
--- a/landing-report/SKILL.md
+++ b/landing-report/SKILL.md
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/learn/SKILL.md b/learn/SKILL.md
index a0c6ae053..64fd99a63 100644
--- a/learn/SKILL.md
+++ b/learn/SKILL.md
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/office-hours/SKILL.md b/office-hours/SKILL.md
index 83161b8ca..03ef8596f 100644
--- a/office-hours/SKILL.md
+++ b/office-hours/SKILL.md
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/open-gstack-browser/SKILL.md b/open-gstack-browser/SKILL.md
index 28fb1ddb2..23a2f5f30 100644
--- a/open-gstack-browser/SKILL.md
+++ b/open-gstack-browser/SKILL.md
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/pair-agent/SKILL.md b/pair-agent/SKILL.md
index eed9d171a..10ccf9970 100644
--- a/pair-agent/SKILL.md
+++ b/pair-agent/SKILL.md
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md b/plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md
index 3d3208bee..ad3d7314e 100644
--- a/plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md
+++ b/plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/plan-design-review/SKILL.md b/plan-design-review/SKILL.md
index e81f7f12a..6999cd6e1 100644
--- a/plan-design-review/SKILL.md
+++ b/plan-design-review/SKILL.md
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/plan-devex-review/SKILL.md b/plan-devex-review/SKILL.md
index 20a32da8b..8c88a8e5d 100644
--- a/plan-devex-review/SKILL.md
+++ b/plan-devex-review/SKILL.md
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/plan-eng-review/SKILL.md b/plan-eng-review/SKILL.md
index 5557a33fa..658e2e14e 100644
--- a/plan-eng-review/SKILL.md
+++ b/plan-eng-review/SKILL.md
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/plan-tune/SKILL.md b/plan-tune/SKILL.md
index f49b66fac..9f24c4e65 100644
--- a/plan-tune/SKILL.md
+++ b/plan-tune/SKILL.md
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/qa-only/SKILL.md b/qa-only/SKILL.md
index 801a935c0..29c2d7690 100644
--- a/qa-only/SKILL.md
+++ b/qa-only/SKILL.md
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/qa/SKILL.md b/qa/SKILL.md
index c1ac10253..810234603 100644
--- a/qa/SKILL.md
+++ b/qa/SKILL.md
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/retro/SKILL.md b/retro/SKILL.md
index 3fbc44726..fc484eca4 100644
--- a/retro/SKILL.md
+++ b/retro/SKILL.md
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/review/SKILL.md b/review/SKILL.md
index 5f26e2e42..2f5786b76 100644
--- a/review/SKILL.md
+++ b/review/SKILL.md
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/scrape/SKILL.md b/scrape/SKILL.md
index dc965ec5f..402474065 100644
--- a/scrape/SKILL.md
+++ b/scrape/SKILL.md
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/scripts/resolvers/preamble/generate-voice-directive.ts b/scripts/resolvers/preamble/generate-voice-directive.ts
index dab989bc7..8385e77de 100644
--- a/scripts/resolvers/preamble/generate-voice-directive.ts
+++ b/scripts/resolvers/preamble/generate-voice-directive.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/setup-deploy/SKILL.md b/setup-deploy/SKILL.md
index 3465dc564..087ce8295 100644
--- a/setup-deploy/SKILL.md
+++ b/setup-deploy/SKILL.md
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/setup-gbrain/SKILL.md b/setup-gbrain/SKILL.md
index a3892f1c9..2e02ec180 100644
--- a/setup-gbrain/SKILL.md
+++ b/setup-gbrain/SKILL.md
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/ship/SKILL.md b/ship/SKILL.md
index eadffaa8f..2017dfe28 100644
--- a/ship/SKILL.md
+++ b/ship/SKILL.md
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/skillify/SKILL.md b/skillify/SKILL.md
index 7cb434d0c..cb8206fb7 100644
--- a/skillify/SKILL.md
+++ b/skillify/SKILL.md
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/spec/SKILL.md b/spec/SKILL.md
index 0894e98d1..8abf044cb 100644
--- a/spec/SKILL.md
+++ b/spec/SKILL.md
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
@@ -1678,7 +1678,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/sync-gbrain/SKILL.md b/sync-gbrain/SKILL.md
index 02055bb6f..0371885ea 100644
--- a/sync-gbrain/SKILL.md
+++ b/sync-gbrain/SKILL.md
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ GStack voice: Garry-shaped product and engineering judgment, compressed for runt
 - Be direct about quality. Bugs matter. Edge cases matter. Fix the whole thing, not the demo path.
 - Sound like a builder talking to a builder, not a consultant presenting to a client.
 - Never corporate, academic, PR, or hype. Avoid filler, throat-clearing, generic optimism, and founder cosplay.
-- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant.
+- No em dashes. No AI vocabulary: delve, crucial, robust, comprehensive, nuanced, multifaceted, furthermore, moreover, additionally, pivotal, landscape, tapestry, underscore, foster, showcase, intricate, vibrant, fundamental, significant. Avoid the stock phrases "load-bearing" and "load bearing". State what depends on the thing instead.
 - The user has context you do not: domain knowledge, timing, relationships, taste. Cross-model agreement is a recommendation, not a decision. The user decides.
 
 Good: "auth.ts:47 returns undefined when the session cookie expires. Users hit a white screen. Fix: add a null check and redirect to /login. Two lines."
diff --git a/test/generate-voice-directive.test.ts b/test/generate-voice-directive.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4eedfd94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/generate-voice-directive.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test';
+import { generateVoiceDirective } from '../scripts/resolvers/preamble/generate-voice-directive';
+
+describe('generateVoiceDirective', () => {
+  test('forbids both stock phrase spellings', () => {
+    const directive = generateVoiceDirective(2);
+
+    expect(directive).toContain('"load-bearing"');
+    expect(directive).toContain('"load bearing"');
+    expect(directive).toContain('State what depends on the thing instead.');
+  });
+});