AI Slop Patterns Explicitly Banned by Diagram Design: Complete Taxonomy List

Diagram Design prohibits eight specific schematic patterns—including type-llm, type-gpt, and type-neural—defining any diagram tagged with these identifiers as AI slop that violates repository quality standards.

The cathrynlavery/diagram-design repository maintains strict semantic taxonomy rules by enforcing the AI slop patterns explicitly banned by Diagram Design, preventing generic machine-generated content from polluting its curated diagram library. According to skills/diagram-design/SKILL.md, the system automatically rejects any schematic labeled with AI-derived source tags, ensuring only intentional, human-verified architectural patterns enter the collection.

The Eight Banned AI Slop Patterns

In skills/diagram-design/SKILL.md, the repository maintains a definitive blacklist of prohibited pattern types. These AI slop patterns explicitly banned by Diagram Design are automatically flagged during validation:

• type-llm — Generic Large Language Model outputs without human architectural oversight
• type-chatgpt — Diagrams produced by ChatGPT-style conversational agents
• type-gpt — Any schematic directly attributed to GPT model generation
• type-openai — Content sourced from OpenAI services or API endpoints
• type-anthropic — Diagrams generated by Anthropic models or Claude-based systems
• type-ml — General machine learning-generated schematics
• type-neural — Neural network-driven diagram outputs
• type-ai — Catch-all tag for any unspecified AI-generated content

These identifiers appear in the AI slop section of the skill definition file, where they are explicitly marked as prohibited taxonomy entries that trigger automatic rejection.

How the Ban Is Enforced

The repository validates incoming diagrams against this banned list during the ingestion process. When a schematic file contains any of the prohibited type declarations, the system categorizes it as AI slop and rejects the submission.

# ❌ REJECTED: Contains banned AI slop pattern

type: type-gpt
title: "Microservice Architecture from ChatGPT"
content: |
  [Generated diagram content]

In contrast, human-curated or approved pattern types follow the allowed taxonomy:

# ✅ ACCEPTED: Uses approved semantic pattern

type: type-architecture
title: "Microservice Architecture"
content: |
  [Curated diagram content]

Rationale: Preserving Semantic Integrity

The architectural decision record in docs/adr/0002-semantic-patterns-do-not-expand-the-taxonomy.md explains why these AI slop patterns remain excluded from the taxonomy. The document establishes that Diagram Design prioritizes intentional, human-verified architectural patterns over automatically generated variations that lack semantic precision.

By banning type-llm, type-neural, and related identifiers, the repository prevents dilution of the curated pattern library with generic outputs that may contain hallucinated architectural components or inconsistent notation standards.

Summary

• Eight specific patterns constitute AI slop in Diagram Design: type-llm, type-chatgpt, type-gpt, type-openai, type-anthropic, type-ml, type-neural, and type-ai
• The canonical blacklist resides in skills/diagram-design/SKILL.md, which defines prohibited schematic sources
• Validation logic rejects any diagram tagged with these identifiers during ingestion to preserve taxonomy integrity
• docs/adr/0002-semantic-patterns-do-not-expand-the-taxonomy.md documents the architectural decision to exclude AI-generated content from pattern expansion

Frequently Asked Questions

What exactly qualifies as "AI slop" in Diagram Design?

AI slop refers to any schematic explicitly tagged with the eight banned pattern types listed in skills/diagram-design/SKILL.md. The repository treats these as low-quality, machine-generated outputs that bypass human curation, including diagrams sourced from ChatGPT, GPT-4, Claude, or other large language models.

Why does Diagram Design ban AI-generated patterns from its taxonomy?

According to docs/adr/0002-semantic-patterns-do-not-expand-the-taxonomy.md, the ban preserves semantic precision in the architectural pattern library. AI-generated diagrams often contain hallucinated components or inconsistent notation that would dilute the quality of the curated collection.

Can I submit a diagram if I used AI tools during creation but remove the AI tag?

The source code in skills/diagram-design/SKILL.md indicates that validation specifically checks for the prohibited identifiers: type-llm, type-gpt, type-chatgpt, type-openai, type-anthropic, type-ml, type-neural, and type-ai. If your schematic uses approved type declarations such as type-architecture and meets the repository's semantic standards, it may pass validation, though the underlying ADR emphasizes preference for human-verified architectural intent.

Where is the complete list of banned patterns documented?

The complete list appears in skills/diagram-design/SKILL.md under the AI slop section. This file serves as the source of truth for prohibited schematic types, while docs/adr/0002-semantic-patterns-do-not-expand-the-taxonomy.md provides the architectural rationale for maintaining these restrictions.

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