README and changelog boilerplate tells
Parent: LLM tells in code, commit messages, comments and READMEs · Published reference · snapshot 2026-09-23
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Structure and components
- The readme-ai generator emits a fixed skeleton: header with badges and logo, project introduction, features table, project structure, project index, getting started (install, usage, tests), community and contributing, license; it offers emoji theme packs prefixed to section titles. (medium confidence) (verified as of 2026-09-23) [source]
Measurements and reference values
- Detection tools for AI text score poorly in independent testing (all under 80% accuracy, five over 70%), so a formatting tell in a README is grounds to review, not proof of AI authorship. (medium confidence) [source]
Facts and statements
- Wikipedia's AI-writing guide lists emoji used as formatting, Markdown syntax, excess boldface, vertical lists with inline headers, and skipped or heading-only-heading structures as signs of AI text, and says they are signs of a possible problem, not the problem itself. (high confidence) [source]
- LLM changelog generation can produce entries that are fluent, correctly formatted and false, such as inferring an extra change that never shipped or inventing a value like a cache TTL; the recommended control is human review of the draft. (low confidence) [source]
- The avoid-ai-writing skill (74 pattern categories, deterministic detector, CI and pre-commit integration) treats generic conclusions, chatbot artifacts and formatting inconsistencies as tells that can be linted in docs. (low confidence) (verified as of 2026-09-23) [source]
Children
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