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; should be tracked in topic, not in 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"

Methodology-Side Forbidden Shortcuts

The Nimi Coding methodology refuses these named anti-patterns. Public docs that describe Nimi Coding must not claim any of these are used:

Key	Refused pattern
`mvp_subset_contract`	Cutting canonical contract truth into a temporary minimum subset
`legacy_alias`	Keeping obsolete semantics alive via soft alias
`compat_shim`	Hiding owner-cut gaps behind temporary compatibility code
`dual_read`	Two parallel truth read paths without explicit admission
`dual_write`	Two parallel truth write paths without explicit admission
`placeholder_success`	Faking success or closure when required truth is missing
`happy_path_only_closure`	Claiming closure when only the happy path is closed
`time_phased_layering`	Replacing semantic layering with time-sliced (v1/v2/v3) layering
`app_local_shadow_truth`	App-local convenience state becoming hidden canonical truth
`silent_owner_cut_reopen`	Reopening owner-domain truth inside a downstream execution wave

Detection

Wave-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/**/*.md

A non-empty match (excluding negative-posture phrasing inside quoted/refusal contexts) indicates a forbidden claim has been introduced.

Forbidden Claims ​

Forbidden Marker Strings ​

Forbidden Install / Distribution CTAs ​

Forbidden Concrete Provider / Model Names ​

Forbidden Forward-Promise Claims ​

Methodology-Side Forbidden Shortcuts ​

Detection ​

Source Basis ​