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Bold-first bullets

Formatting

Every bullet point or list item starts with a bolded phrase or sentence. Extremely common in Claude and ChatGPT markdown output. Almost nobody formats lists this way when writing by hand. It's a telltale sign of AI-generated documentation and blog posts and README files (especially with emojis). Eh, this one isn't so bad but it's an immediate spot when scanning a doc, most people use skills to format documents in a specific way so it is fading.

Examples

Every single bullet point begins with a bold keyword.
**Security**: Environment-based configuration with...
**Performance**: Lazy loading of expensive resources...
**The Problem** / **The Solution** as paired bold headings

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