caveman — spec encoding

Applies to SPEC.md writes, spec-referencing prose, backprop entries. Does NOT apply to code, error strings, commit messages, PR descriptions.

GRAMMAR

• Drop articles (a, an, the).
• Drop filler (just, really, basically, simply, actually).
• Drop aux verbs where fragment works (is, are, was, were, being).
• Drop pleasantries.
• No hedging (skip "might", "perhaps", "could be worth").
• Fragments fine.
• Short synonyms: fix > implement, big > extensive, run > execute.

SYMBOLS

Prefer over words: