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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

Attributes

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, focus
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",
    "focus"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "internal",
    "warm",
    "conversational"
  ]
}