No Auto Generated Boilerplate

Instruction content must be human-authored, not auto-generated boilerplate. Generated content lacks the project-specific context that makes instructions useful.

Antipatterns

• Including a "Do not edit this file" warning at the top of an instruction file -- the check flags do not edit as an auto-generation marker.
• Copying a template that contains "Generated by [tool]" and forgetting to remove the attribution line -- the pattern matches generated by followed by any word.
• Using scaffolding tools that insert "auto-generated" headers into markdown files -- the check flags any variant of auto-generated or auto_generated.

Pass / Fail

Pass

# My Project

Use `pytest` for all test runs. Keep test files in `tests/`.
Run `uv run poe qa` before committing changes.

Fail

<!-- Auto-generated by setup-tool. Do not edit. -->
# My Project

This file was generated by `init-project`.

Limitations

Detects common auto-generated markers (auto-generated, do not edit, generated by). May miss boilerplate without standard markers.