Unclint

Tired of being a chopped Unc?

Listen. You're sitting at your desk. You're trying to write a simple sentence, and suddenly you type "driving alignment on high leverage synergies".

Or worse, you're a product manager trying to use "rizz" in a slide deck. It's tough to watch.

Unclint is a Go CLI that catches your bad copy before anyone else sees it. It flags corporate jargon, stale millennial slang, boomer framing, and fake youth garbage. It keeps you honest.

The Problem

Your copy stinks. Here is what Unclint catches:

The Tryhard:

"We leverage creator rizz to unlock authentic engagement." Error: 'leverage' as a verb reads corporate. This mixes corporate jargon with youth slang. Please stop.

The LinkedIn Lunatic:

"Thrilled to announce we're circling back to drill down on low-hanging fruit to move the needle." Error: Corporate noun pile detected. 'circle back' is filler. Tell us what you actually do.

The Stale Millennial:

"I did a thing! This new feature is lowkey fire and it's giving me all the feels." Error: 'I did a thing' is stale. 'lowkey fire' is tryhard. Grow up.

Install

brew tap iMerica/unclint https://github.com/iMerica/unclint
brew install unc

Usage

Point it at your docs, your code, or your sad little blog.

unc lint ./content
unc lint ./copy.md --json
unc lint ./app --include "**/*.{md,tsx}"

Explain why a string sucks:

unc explain "We need to operationalize our synergies."

Configuration

Drop an .uncrc.yml in your project. Tune it so it doesn't hurt your feelings too bad.

version: 1

# Max score before failing the build. Default 0.
max_score: 15

# Minimum severity to flag (0=info, 1=warn, 2=error)
min_severity: 1

include:
  - "**/*.md"
  - "**/*.tsx"
  - "**/*.txt"

exclude:
  - "node_modules/**"
  - "vendor/**"

rules:
  corporate: true
  stale: true
  tryhard: true
  millennial: true
  boomer: true

overrides:
  - path: "docs/**"
    context: docs
    max_score: 50 # Docs are inherently boring, give them slack

allow:
  terms:
    - "Cloudflare Workers" # Don't flag technical terms

disable:
  - "corporate/verb-leverage" # If you really love the word leverage

Ignore the haters

Sometimes you just gotta say it. Suppress the linter inline.

<!-- unc-disable-next-line corporate/phrase-circle-back -->
I need to circle back on this.

Or disable a whole file:

<!-- unc-disable -->
This whole document is a corporate wasteland and I accept that.

Build it yourself

git clone https://github.com/iMerica/unclint.git
cd unclint
make build
./bin/unc --help

To run the tests with beautiful formatted output:

make test