{"found":true,"collection":"patterns","library_url":"https://www.grokbotdb.com/library/pat.anti-slop-never-file","generated":"2026-09-06T05:32:11Z","citation":["Quote the record id and its source_url (or provenance if there is no URL).","Include last_verified or observed_at when present. Do not present an old date as current.","If tier is community and confidence is low, say so. Do not launder it into a fact.","If the database does not hold the answer, say that. Do not invent Grok Bot product claims.","Contradictions are data: when conflicts_with is present, report both records rather than picking a favourite.","Deprecated and removed records stay visible. They are history, not current guidance."],"record":{"id":"pat.anti-slop-never-file","name":"The anti-slop file that compounds","category":"authoring","problem":"You correct the same stylistic tic every week and the correction dies with the conversation.","technique":"Keep one never file that every writing Bot checks before returning a draft, and have the Bot append one line describing the pattern you corrected, not the sentence. It may not remove or rewrite your entries.","why_it_works":"Writing the observation down means the corrections stop repeating instead of being absorbed into one conversation and lost.","when_to_use":"Any Bot that drafts.","manual_ref":"3.3","evidence":"reported","related":["pat.voice-from-sent-mail","pat.state-on-disk"],"confidence":"high","first_seen":"2026-09-03","last_verified":"2026-09-03"}}