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PreToolUse · check-bashdeny

gh pr create --title "Round invoice totals" --body

This PR rounds invoice totals to whole cents. It also updates the tests.

The rounding now happens once, at the end.

Overall, this change makes billing more reliable and robust.
[concise] PR/issue body is too verbose: 3 prose paragraphs (limit 1), use short bullets instead. Use a short "## Summary" bullet list instead of prose paragraphs.

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PreToolUse · check-edit · technical presetdeny

Write docs/billing.md

[concise] AI writing patterns in ~/code/billing-api/docs/billing.md: line 3 "delves" (vocabulary: look at, examine); line 3 "game-changer" (inflation: state what changed); line 5 "In conclusion" (closers: cut, end on the last fact). Rewrite them. …

To keep it, send the identical write again to confirm. …
The technical preset lets “robust” through. The other 3 phrases get a finding.

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export BEC_FEATURE_ENABLE=emDash,aiWriting
export BEC_ENABLE_PATTERNS=file-narration,benefit-tail
export BEC_HOOK_SOFT_FAIL=1
export BEC_LOG_ENABLED=1

Write docs/billing.md

[concise] soft-fail: AI writing patterns in ~/code/billing-api/docs/billing.md: line 3 "delves" (vocabulary: look at, examine). Rewrite them. …