Run: 2026-02-19-01KHT019EZ2QS3Z91N9483EEWG

Run Details

Model:
Mistral Small Creative
Test:
Bad Writing Habits
Scenario:
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin
Duration:
6.6s
Cost:
$0.000566
Provider:
Mistral

Evaluation summary

Score Evaluator
Details Link
100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags (details)
94.27% AI-ism adverb frequency (details)
100.00% AI-ism character names (details)
100.00% AI-ism location names (details)
36.93% AI-ism word frequency (details)
100.00% Cliché density (details)
100.00% Emotion telling (show vs. tell) (details)
100.00% Filter word density (details)
100.00% Gibberish response detection (details)
100.00% Markdown formatting overuse (details)
100.00% Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks) (details)
27.55% Name drop frequency (details)
62.28% Narrator intent-glossing (details)
0.00% "Not X but Y" pattern overuse (details)
100.00% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding) (details)
100.00% Paragraph length variance (details)
100.00% Passive voice overuse (details)
100.00% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse (details)
0.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse (details)
100.00% Purple prose (modifier overload) (details)
100.00% Repeated phrase echo (details)
100.00% Sentence length variance (details)
56.57% Sentence opener variety (details)
100.00% Adverb-first sentence starts (details)
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts (details)
29.44% Subject-first sentence starts (details)
0.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts (details)
71.43% Technical jargon density (details)
75.00% Useless dialogue additions (details)
81.03% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy) (details)
77.8166% Overall

Model input

System
You are an expert fiction writer. Always keep the following rules in mind: - Write in past tense and use General English spelling, grammar, and colloquialisms/slang. - Write in active voice - Always follow the "show, don't tell" principle. - Avoid adverbs and cliches and overused/commonly used phrases. Aim for fresh and original descriptions. - Convey events and story through dialogue. - Mix short, punchy sentences with long, descriptive ones. Drop fill words to add variety. - Skip "he/she said said" dialogue tags and convey people's actions or face expressions through their speech - Avoid mushy dialog and descriptions, have dialogue always continue the action, never stall or add unnecessary fluff. Vary the descriptions to not repeat yourself. - Put dialogue on its own paragraph to separate scene and action. - Reduce indicators of uncertainty like "trying" or "maybe" When writing text: - NEVER conclude the scene on your own, follow the beat instructions very closely. - NEVER end with foreshadowing. - NEVER write further than what I prompt you with. - AVOID imagining possible endings, NEVER deviate from the instructions. - STOP EARLY if the continuation contains what was required in the instructions. You do not need to fill out the full amount of words possible.
User/Human
Take into account the following glossary of characters/locations/items/lore... when writing your response: <codex> <character id="4412" name="Aurora Carter" aliases="Rory, Laila, Aurora, Carter, Malphora" pronouns="she/her" species="Human" storyRole="Protagonist"> <eyeColor>bright blue</eyeColor> <hair>straight shoulder-length black</hair> <height>5'6"</height> <age>25</age> <scar>small crescent-shaped scar on her left wrist from a childhood accident</scar> <description>Aurora, referred to by her friends as Rory, is cool-headed, intelligent, and known for quick out-of-the-box thinking.</description> <backstory>Born in Cardiff to an Irish barrister father (Brendan Carter) and Welsh teacher mother (Jennifer Carter née Ellis), Rory reluctantly pursued Pre-Law at Cardiff University. She fled to London at the behest of her childhood friend Eva after leaving an abusive ex named Evan. By day, Rory works part-time as a delivery person for Yu-Fei Cheung's Golden Empress restaurant. She lives in a flat above Silas' bar.</backstory> </character> <character id="4418" name="Nyx" aliases="Nyx, the Shadow, Nightwhisper" pronouns="they/them" species="Shade" storyRole="Wild Card"> <eyeColor>faintly glowing violet</eyeColor> <height>approximately 6'2" in solid form</height> <age>ageless</age> <form>humanoid silhouette of living shadow, can shift between solid and incorporeal</form> <voice>sounds like a whisper carried on the wind</voice> <description>A being of living shadow, existing between the mortal plane and the spaces between realms.</description> <backstory>Nyx was once a human sorcerer named Aldric who became trapped between realms during a failed summoning ritual in 1643. They now exist as a Shade, bound to the mortal plane but able to slip between shadows.</backstory> </character> <character id="4424" name="Isolde Varga" aliases="Isolde, the Seer" pronouns="she/her" species="Half-Fae" storyRole="Oracle"> <eyeColor>pale lavender</eyeColor> <hair>silver, reaching her waist</hair> <height>5'5"</height> <age>300 years old</age> <appearance>ethereal, ageless</appearance> <speech>speaks in riddles</speech> <footprints>leaves no footprints when she walks</footprints> <compulsion>cannot lie (Fae compulsion) but can mislead</compulsion> <description>A Half-Fae seer exiled from the Fae Courts for sharing visions with mortals.</description> <backstory>She now lives in a hidden grove in Richmond Park, offering cryptic prophecies to those who seek her out.</backstory> </character> <location id="853" name="Dymas (Gluttony)" aliases="Dymas, gluttony, Dymasian" realm="Hel" sin="Gluttony"> <ruler>Prince Belphegor</ruler> <skyColor>warm amber</skyColor> <description>A place of excess and indulgence. Sprawling vineyards, orchards, and gardens provide exotic ingredients for master chefs — often helbound souls contracted from Earth. Grand feasts and culinary competitions are common.</description> </location> <location id="861" name="The Fae Grove" aliases="Isolde's grove, Richmond grove, the Grove" realm="Earth (Fae-touched)"> <parkLocation>Richmond Park</parkLocation> <standingStones>ancient oak standing stones mark the boundary</standingStones> <timeBehavior>time moves differently — an hour inside can be minutes or days outside</timeBehavior> <flora>wildflowers bloom year-round</flora> <description>A hidden clearing that exists in a pocket between Earth and the Fae realm.</description> </location> <item id="2001" name="Heartstone Pendant" aliases="the pendant, Heartstone" type="Artifact" origin="Dymas"> <gemstoneColor>deep crimson</gemstoneColor> <chainMaterial>silver chain</chainMaterial> <size>roughly the size of a thumbnail</size> <behavior>pulses faintly with warmth when near a Hel portal</behavior> <glow>faint inner glow</glow> <description>Given to Aurora by an unknown benefactor.</description> </item> <item id="2006" name="Fae-Forged Blade" aliases="the Fae blade, Isolde's gift" type="Weapon" origin="The Fae Courts"> <material>moonsilver</material> <shape>slender, leaf-shaped dagger</shape> <temperature>always cold to the touch</temperature> <glow>faintly luminescent in moonlight</glow> <power>can cut through magical wards; particularly effective against demons</power> <givenTo>given to Aurora by Isolde as a gift</givenTo> <description>A weapon of the Fae Courts, rare and highly coveted.</description> </item> <lore id="7001" name="The Veil" aliases="the Veil, the Barrier, the Boundary" category="Cosmology"> <solsticeEffect>weakens during the winter solstice, strengthens during the summer solstice</solsticeEffect> <appearance>faint shimmering distortion visible only to those with supernatural sight</appearance> <monitoring>rift points (tears in the Veil) are monitored by the Wardens</monitoring> <description>The Veil is the metaphysical barrier separating Earth from Hel and the Fae Realms.</description> </lore> </codex> Continue the story using the following instructions: <instructions> Write a fully fleshed out scene of at least 1000 words in the fantasy genre. A small group enters an ancient, otherworldly place for the first time. The environment is alien and wondrous. Describe their exploration — what they see, hear, and feel as they move deeper. Include moments of discovery, unease, and wonder. Let the world-building emerge through the characters' experience rather than exposition. Use the codex entries above as your world reference for characters, setting, and lore. Only include the prose of the scene without any markdown or commentary. </instructions>

Model response

AI
The air inside the grove hit Rory like a held breath finally released. One moment, she’d been trudging through the damp underbrush of Richmond Park, the next—she stepped between two gnarled oaks and the world *shifted*. The scent of damp earth and pine needles vanished, replaced by something sweeter, sharper, like crushed herbs and ozone. Her boots sank into moss so thick it muffled every step. Nyx materialised beside her, their shadowy form rippling like smoke caught in a draft. “This place,” they murmured, voice weaving through the silence, “isn’t just hidden. It’s *folded*.” Rory exhaled through her nose, fingers brushing the Heartstone pendant beneath her shirt. The gem pulsed once, warm against her skin. “Folded how?” Ahead, the trees thinned into a clearing bathed in golden light—no sun in sight, just a diffuse glow that made the air shimmer. Wildflowers bloomed in impossible colours: violets that glowed faintly at the edges, petals like stained glass. The standing stones Isolde had described ringed the grove, their surfaces carved with spirals that seemed to move when Rory blinked. “Like a pocket,” Nyx said, drifting forward. Their form stretched and contracted with each step, as if the grove’s magic resisted solidity. “A place that exists *between*.” Rory followed, her pulse thrumming in her throat. The air hummed—not with sound, but with *pressure*, like the moment before a storm breaks. She reached out, fingers skimming a low-hanging branch. The leaves trembled at her touch, though there was no wind. Then she saw the figure. Isolde stood at the centre of the clearing, her silver hair unbound, her bare feet silent against the moss. She turned, and Rory’s breath caught. The seer’s eyes were pale lavender, but the pupils—*wrong*. Not round, but slit like a cat’s, catching the light in a way that made Rory’s skin prickle. “You’ve come,” Isolde said. Not a question. A statement, laced with something like amusement. Rory swallowed. “You knew we would.” A smile, slow and knowing. “The Veil thins. The paths open. Of course you would come.” Nyx drifted closer, their form solidifying into something more human-shaped. “You’re not just a seer,” they said. “You’re a *door*.” Isolde’s laughter was a chime, bright and sudden. “Doors don’t choose who walks through them.” She gestured to the standing stones. “But some paths are clearer than others.” Rory stepped forward, her boots sinking deeper into the moss. The ground beneath her feet wasn’t just soft—it *yielded*, like walking on a living thing. She crouched, pressing her palm to the earth. A pulse answered, faint but unmistakable. “It’s alive,” she breathed. “Everything is,” Isolde said. “But this place remembers.” Nyx’s violet eyes flickered toward the trees. “Remembers what?” The seer didn’t answer. Instead, she turned and walked toward the far edge of the clearing, where the light bent strangely, as if the air itself was warped. Rory followed, her fingers tightening around the Heartstone. The pendant’s warmth had spread now, seeping into her skin like a brand. The trees here were different—older, their bark blackened as if scorched, though no fire had touched them. The air smelled of burnt sugar and something metallic. Rory’s stomach twisted. “This is where the Veil is thin,” Isolde said, stopping at the edge of the distortion. “Where the worlds brush against each other.” Rory reached out, her fingers hovering just shy of the shimmering air. The space *vibrated*, like a plucked string. “What’s on the other side?” Isolde’s voice dropped to a whisper. “Hunger.” A gust of wind—no, not wind. *Breath*. Hot and damp, carrying the scent of roasting meat and something darker, like copper and decay. Rory’s skin prickled. The Heartstone burned against her chest. Nyx’s form flickered, their edges dissolving into smoke. “Dymas.” The name hung between them, heavy as a curse. Isolde turned, her pale eyes locking onto Rory’s. “You feel it, don’t you? The pull.” Rory’s throat was dry. “I feel like I’m being *watched*.” “You are.” Isolde’s fingers brushed the trunk of the nearest tree. The bark split beneath her touch, peeling back like skin to reveal a hollow inside. Nestled in the darkness was a dagger, its blade slender and curved, the metal pale as moonlight. Rory’s breath hitched. “That’s—” “Fae-forged,” Isolde said, plucking the dagger from its resting place. The metal hummed as she turned it, the edge catching the light. “For cutting through what should not be cut.” She held it out. Rory hesitated. The blade was beautiful, deadly. And it was *hers*, somehow. She knew it the same way she knew her own name. Her fingers closed around the hilt. The moment her skin touched the metal, the world *tilted*. The grove blurred, the standing stones stretching into impossible heights, the sky above darkening to the colour of a bruise. A voice—no, *voices*—whispered at the edges of her hearing, a chorus of hunger and longing. Then, just as suddenly, it was over. Rory gasped, stumbling back. The dagger was cold in her grip, colder than ice. She flexed her fingers, half-expecting frostbite. Isolde watched her, unblinking. “The blade remembers its purpose.” Rory swallowed. “And what’s that?” The seer’s smile was razor-thin. “To keep the hungry from feeding.”
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Evaluation details

Result Evaluator Details Meta Data
100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags
Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs
totalTags10
adverbTagCount0
adverbTags(empty)
dialogueSentences29
tagDensity0.345
leniency0.69
rawRatio0
effectiveRatio0
94.27% AI-ism adverb frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism adverbs (58 tracked)
wordCount872
totalAiIsmAdverbs1
found
0
adverb"suddenly"
count1
highlights
0"suddenly"
100.00% AI-ism character names
Target: 0 AI-default names (17 tracked, −20% each)
codexExemptions(empty)
found(empty)
100.00% AI-ism location names
Target: 0 AI-default location names (33 tracked, −20% each)
codexExemptions(empty)
found(empty)
36.93% AI-ism word frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism words (290 tracked)
wordCount872
totalAiIsms11
found
0
word"silence"
count1
1
word"pulsed"
count1
2
word"pulse"
count2
3
word"trembled"
count1
4
word"flickered"
count2
5
word"warmth"
count1
6
word"stomach"
count1
7
word"vibrated"
count1
8
word"whisper"
count1
highlights
0"silence"
1"pulsed"
2"pulse"
3"trembled"
4"flickered"
5"warmth"
6"stomach"
7"vibrated"
8"whisper"
100.00% Cliché density
Target: ≤1 cliche(s) per 800-word window
totalCliches0
maxInWindow0
found(empty)
highlights(empty)
100.00% Emotion telling (show vs. tell)
Target: ≤3% sentences with emotion telling
emotionTells0
narrationSentences80
matches(empty)
100.00% Filter word density
Target: ≤3% sentences with filter/hedge words
filterCount0
hedgeCount1
narrationSentences80
filterMatches(empty)
hedgeMatches
0"seemed to"
100.00% Gibberish response detection
Target: ≤1% gibberish-like sentences (hard fail if a sentence exceeds 800 words)
analyzedSentences99
gibberishSentences0
adjustedGibberishSentences0
longSentenceCount0
runOnParagraphCount0
giantParagraphCount0
wordSaladCount0
repetitionLoopCount0
controlTokenCount0
maxSentenceWordsSeen24
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Markdown formatting overuse
Target: ≤5% words in markdown formatting
markdownSpans13
markdownWords13
totalWords861
ratio0.015
matches
0"shifted"
1"folded"
2"between"
3"pressure"
4"wrong"
5"door"
6"yielded"
7"vibrated"
8"Breath"
9"watched"
10"hers"
11"tilted"
12"voices"
100.00% Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)
Target: ≤10% speech attributions without quotation marks
totalAttributions9
unquotedAttributions0
matches(empty)
27.55% Name drop frequency
Target: ≤1.0 per-name mentions per 100 words
totalMentions39
wordCount735
uniqueNames6
maxNameDensity2.45
worstName"Rory"
maxWindowNameDensity3.5
worstWindowName"Rory"
discoveredNames
Rory18
Richmond1
Park1
Heartstone3
Isolde11
Nyx5
persons
0"Rory"
1"Heartstone"
2"Isolde"
3"Nyx"
places
0"Richmond"
1"Park"
globalScore0.276
windowScore0.5
62.28% Narrator intent-glossing
Target: ≤2% narration sentences with intent-glossing patterns
analyzedSentences57
glossingSentenceCount2
matches
0"spirals that seemed to move when Rory blinked"
1"something like amusement"
0.00% "Not X but Y" pattern overuse
Target: ≤1 "not X but Y" per 1000 words
totalMatches2
per1kWords2.323
wordCount861
matches
0"not with sound, but with *pressure*, like the moment before a storm breaks"
1"Not round, but slit like a cat’s, catching the light in a way"
100.00% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)
Target: ≤2% sentences with "that" clauses
thatCount0
totalSentences99
matches(empty)
100.00% Paragraph length variance
Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts
totalParagraphs39
mean22.08
std16.63
cv0.753
sampleLengths
066
128
223
360
427
542
65
752
814
96
1016
1120
1228
1339
144
158
169
1749
1829
1923
2024
217
2232
239
249
2515
2610
2743
284
2930
304
3123
326
3345
347
3520
369
375
3811
100.00% Passive voice overuse
Target: ≤2% passive sentences
passiveCount0
totalSentences80
matches(empty)
100.00% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse
Target: ≤2% past progressive verbs
pastProgressiveCount0
totalVerbs139
matches(empty)
0.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse
Target: ≤2% sentences with em-dashes/semicolons
emDashCount9
semicolonCount0
flaggedSentences8
totalSentences99
ratio0.081
matches
0"One moment, she’d been trudging through the damp underbrush of Richmond Park, the next—she stepped between two gnarled oaks and the world *shifted*."
1"Ahead, the trees thinned into a clearing bathed in golden light—no sun in sight, just a diffuse glow that made the air shimmer."
2"The air hummed—not with sound, but with *pressure*, like the moment before a storm breaks."
3"The seer’s eyes were pale lavender, but the pupils—*wrong*."
4"The ground beneath her feet wasn’t just soft—it *yielded*, like walking on a living thing."
5"The trees here were different—older, their bark blackened as if scorched, though no fire had touched them."
6"A gust of wind—no, not wind."
7"A voice—no, *voices*—whispered at the edges of her hearing, a chorus of hunger and longing."
100.00% Purple prose (modifier overload)
Target: <4% adverbs, <2% -ly adverbs, no adj stacking
wordCount746
adjectiveStacks0
stackExamples(empty)
adverbCount21
adverbRatio0.028150134048257374
lyAdverbCount5
lyAdverbRatio0.006702412868632708
100.00% Repeated phrase echo
Target: ≤20% sentences with echoes (window: 2)
totalSentences99
echoCount0
echoWords(empty)
100.00% Sentence length variance
Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts
totalSentences99
mean8.7
std5.49
cv0.632
sampleLengths
013
123
219
311
414
514
613
78
82
923
1016
1121
127
1315
145
158
1615
178
1811
195
2019
216
229
2318
244
253
267
272
284
295
3011
3110
327
333
348
3513
367
3710
3815
398
406
414
424
434
447
452
464
4724
488
4913
56.57% Sentence opener variety
Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers
consecutiveRepeats4
diversityRatio0.36363636363636365
totalSentences99
uniqueOpeners36
100.00% Adverb-first sentence starts
Target: ≥3% sentences starting with an adverb
adverbCount3
totalSentences72
matches
0"Then she saw the figure."
1"Instead, she turned and walked"
2"Then, just as suddenly, it"
ratio0.042
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts
Target: ≤30% sentences starting with a pronoun
pronounCount11
totalSentences72
matches
0"Her boots sank into moss"
1"they murmured, voice weaving through"
2"Their form stretched and contracted"
3"She reached out, fingers skimming"
4"She turned, and Rory’s breath"
5"She gestured to the standing"
6"She crouched, pressing her palm"
7"She held it out."
8"She knew it the same"
9"Her fingers closed around the"
10"She flexed her fingers, half-expecting"
ratio0.153
29.44% Subject-first sentence starts
Target: ≤72% sentences starting with a subject
subjectCount62
totalSentences72
matches
0"The air inside the grove"
1"The scent of damp earth"
2"Her boots sank into moss"
3"Nyx materialised beside her, their"
4"they murmured, voice weaving through"
5"Rory exhaled through her nose,"
6"The gem pulsed once, warm"
7"Wildflowers bloomed in impossible colours:"
8"The standing stones Isolde had"
9"Nyx said, drifting forward"
10"Their form stretched and contracted"
11"Rory followed, her pulse thrumming"
12"The air hummed—not with sound,"
13"She reached out, fingers skimming"
14"The leaves trembled at her"
15"Isolde stood at the centre"
16"She turned, and Rory’s breath"
17"The seer’s eyes were pale"
18"A statement, laced with something"
19"A smile, slow and knowing."
ratio0.861
0.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts
Target: ≥2% sentences starting with a subordinating conjunction
subConjCount0
totalSentences72
matches(empty)
ratio0
71.43% Technical jargon density
Target: ≤6% sentences with technical-jargon patterns
analyzedSentences30
technicalSentenceCount3
matches
0"Wildflowers bloomed in impossible colours: violets that glowed faintly at the edges, petals like stained glass."
1"Instead, she turned and walked toward the far edge of the clearing, where the light bent strangely, as if the air itself was warped."
2"The trees here were different—older, their bark blackened as if scorched, though no fire had touched them."
75.00% Useless dialogue additions
Target: ≤5% dialogue tags with trailing filler fragments
totalTags10
uselessAdditionCount1
matches
0"they murmured, voice weaving through the silence,"
81.03% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)
Target: ≤10% fancy dialogue tags
totalTags8
fancyCount2
fancyTags
0"they murmured (murmur)"
1"she breathed (breathe)"
dialogueSentences29
tagDensity0.276
leniency0.552
rawRatio0.25
effectiveRatio0.138
77.8166%