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Casual

Friendly and direct. Use first- and second-person freely; favor short sentences and contractions. Numbers are still welcome — they just sit alongside human-scale framing rather than leading.

Metadata

ID

casual

Catalog

tones

Source

spec/catalogs/tones/casual.json

FieldValue
voiceCuesUse first and second person., Use contractions ('we're', 'it's', 'don't')., Favor short sentences and active voice., Frame metrics with a human-scale anchor when possible.
avoidStiff corporate jargon., Long compound sentences., Overuse of superlatives., Bureaucratic passive voice.
samplePhrasesWe shipped the new dashboard last week, and customers are already moving over., Here's where we ended up on hiring this quarter., It's been a busy month — here's the recap.
recommendedNarrativesweekly-progress, status-update, company-intro, all-hands
tagsinternal, warm, conversational

Source JSON

casual.json
{
  "$schema": "https://openpresentation.org/schema/opf-tone/v1",
  "id": "casual",
  "name": "Casual",
  "summary": "Warm, plain-spoken voice for internal updates and customer storytelling.",
  "description": "Friendly and direct. Use first- and second-person freely; favor short sentences and contractions. Numbers are still welcome — they just sit alongside human-scale framing rather than leading.",
  "voiceCues": [
    "Use first and second person.",
    "Use contractions ('we're', 'it's', 'don't').",
    "Favor short sentences and active voice.",
    "Frame metrics with a human-scale anchor when possible."
  ],
  "avoid": [
    "Stiff corporate jargon.",
    "Long compound sentences.",
    "Overuse of superlatives.",
    "Bureaucratic passive voice."
  ],
  "samplePhrases": [
    "We shipped the new dashboard last week, and customers are already moving over.",
    "Here's where we ended up on hiring this quarter.",
    "It's been a busy month — here's the recap."
  ],
  "recommendedNarratives": [
    "weekly-progress",
    "status-update",
    "company-intro",
    "all-hands"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "internal",
    "warm",
    "conversational"
  ]
}