Update Vale configuration: reduce false positives and add hedge word rule #5590
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Summary
Updates the Vale linting configuration based on analysis of ~25 docs PRs from the past month. Reduces false-positive noise and adds a new rule aligned with the AGENTS.md voice guidelines.
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FernStyles/Current.yml
oldfrom the time-relative terms list — it was false-positiving on redirect examples (/old-path) and migration docs.vale.ini
[**/changelog/*.mdx]section that disablesFernStyles.Currentfor changelog entries, since changelogs legitimately use terms like "You can now..." and "latest"FernStyles/Acronyms.yml
GTM,PATCH,DELETE,HEAD,OPTIONS,PEM,HMAC,MITM,TOML,ORM,CORS,CIDR,NaN,EOF,CRUDFernStyles/Headings.yml
Playground,Dashboard,Editor,Writer,Ask Fern,Explorer,Autorelease,Bitbucket,NuGet,Terraform,Gradle,Swagger,Webpack,Vite,Vercel,Netlify,Cloudflare,PostgreSQL,Redis,Stripe,Twilio, and moreFernStyles/Hedges.yml (new)
simply,just,make sure you,be sure to,you'll want to,please note that,keep in mind, etc.suggestionlevel so it's educational, not blockingRequested by: Fern Support