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 Arborist is an experiment in **disciplined AI-assisted development**.
 The implementation — tree-sitter integration, the 177-test suite, all 12
-language profiles — was authored largely by AI agents under human direction.
+language profiles — was built largely by AI agents under human direction.
 
 To make that velocity sustainable, we use **[StrayMark](https://straymark.dev)**:
 a CLI for *cognitive discipline in AI-assisted engineering*. It turned every