extends: existence
message: "Don't attribute human qualities to software or hardware ('%s')."
link: https://developers.google.com/style/anthropomorphism
level: suggestion
ignorecase: true
# Limited to the two verbs the guide itself names. Broader lists (wants, knows,
# thinks) can't tell a software subject from a human one: on a 950-file corpus
# they produced 8 false positives ('the customer wants', 'your audience knows')
# for every 2 real ones.
tokens:
  - sees
  - tells