Forbidden Claims
Reference for the public docs forbidden claim list, with detection patterns. The list defines what cannot appear in reader-facing prose unless the matching evidence has been admitted under the appropriate authority contract.
Forbidden Marker Strings
| Marker | Pattern | Reason |
|---|---|---|
TODO | \bTODO\b | Indicates unfinished work; belongs in product planning, not reader docs |
TBD | \bTBD\b | Same as above |
FIXME | \bFIXME\b | Same as above |
lorem | \blorem\b (case-insensitive) | Placeholder text |
placeholder | \bplaceholder\b (case-insensitive) | Placeholder text |
coming soon | \bcoming soon\b | Future-promise leak |
Forbidden Install / Distribution CTAs
These patterns must not appear as call-to-action commands in public docs unless distribution evidence has been admitted under the relevant release contract:
| Pattern | Forbidden form | Negative posture allowed |
|---|---|---|
curl (followed by URL) | Install one-liner | Discussing why curl install is gated |
npm install | Install command | Discussing why pkg install is gated |
pnpm install | Install command | Discussing why pkg install is gated |
brew install | Install command | Discussing why brew install is gated |
apt-get install | Install command | Discussing why apt install is gated |
yarn add | Install command | Discussing why yarn install is gated |
early access | Sign-up CTA | — |
early-access | Sign-up CTA | — |
download (as CTA verb) | Download link | Discussing distribution posture |
release notes | Public release announcement | Discussing release posture |
version 1.0 / v1.0 | Concrete version claim | — |
launching / launches | Launch announcement | "Pre-launch" prose is allowed |
ships / shipped / shipping (as availability claim) | Shipping claim | "Not yet shipped" / "publicly shipped" prose is allowed |
Forbidden Concrete Provider / Model Names
Public docs do not name specific providers or models unless the provider catalog and the matching capability evidence have been admitted under the runtime model-catalog contract:
| Forbidden | Pattern |
|---|---|
OpenAI | word-bounded |
Anthropic | word-bounded |
Claude (as provider/model) | word-bounded; allowed only in walkthrough context as "an external AI host" |
Gemini | word-bounded |
GPT- (with version) | regex |
Llama | word-bounded |
DeepSeek | word-bounded |
Mistral | word-bounded |
Qwen | word-bounded |
Ollama | word-bounded |
vLLM | word-bounded |
Cohere | word-bounded |
Groq | word-bounded |
Bedrock | word-bounded |
Azure (as AI provider) | word-bounded |
Forbidden Forward-Promise Claims
| Claim | Permitted alternative |
|---|---|
| "X is available now" (where X is a defined-but-not-shipped surface) | "X is admitted at the contract level" |
| "X is GA" | "X has admitted contract evidence" |
| "X is stable" | "X is a defined surface" |
| "Use X for production today" | "X is admitted; production posture is gated on evidence" |
Detection
Repository-level grep used to verify public docs:
bash
grep -rEn 'TODO|TBD|FIXME|coming soon|lorem|placeholder' \
README.md docs/*.md docs/**/*.md
grep -rEni '^[^>]*\b(curl |npm install|pnpm install|brew install|apt-get install|yarn add|early.?access)' \
README.md docs/*.md docs/**/*.md
grep -rEni '\b(OpenAI|Anthropic|Claude|Gemini|GPT-[0-9]|Llama|DeepSeek|Mistral|Qwen|Ollama|vLLM|Cohere|Groq|Bedrock|Azure)\b' \
README.md docs/*.md docs/**/*.mdA non-empty match (excluding negative-posture phrasing inside quoted/refusal contexts) indicates a forbidden claim has been introduced.