Deslop

Input: [path] [--base <ref>] [--staged] [--report]

Remove the tells of AI-written content from a change, then make the rest read like the file it lives in. Three kinds:

• Noise: true but worthless (narration, ceremony, padding). Delete.
• Dead weight: code or prose that serves nothing (unused, unreachable, speculative, leftover). Delete.
• Lies: claims the artifact contradicts (stale comments, phantom references, invented numbers). Fix to match reality, delete, or flag when the lie may mark a live bug.

Default move: delete. Noise or dead weight qualifies only if removing it changes nothing a reader, the type checker, or the runtime relies on. A lie fix qualifies only if the truth is checkable in the repository and the fix states it.

Gates

Every edit passes all four:

1. Behavior unchanged. If removal could change runtime behavior, it is not slop; leave it. A fix never adds behavior: no new fallbacks, defaults, or handling.
2. Code is the source of truth for prose about it. Never edit code to satisfy a comment or doc. Decide a comment-code disagreement on evidence:
   • Comment rot: an existing test or caller pins the code's behavior, or git history shows the comment predates a later code change. Fix or delete the prose.
   • Possible bug: the comment is newer than the code, nothing pins the behavior, or the comment may record intent the code fails to implement. Flag it; edit neither side.
3. Diff only. Editable lines are the diff's added lines plus lines an in-scope edit mechanically forces (re-indenting after flattening a wrapping if). Never the rest of a hunk's context; never a whole function for one changed line. A fix that needs other lines is flagged, not applied. This limits edits, not reads: verifying a claim may need any file.
4. Unsure: flag, do not delete. A comment that might say why, a guard that might catch a real failure, a claim you cannot verify: keep it and list it for a human.