From 86c1fa03900d4730d3103670e994a21f105d7ece Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "fern-api[bot]" <115122769+fern-api[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 18:39:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update Vale configuration: reduce false positives, add
 missing acronyms, product names, and hedge word rule

---
 .vale.ini                            |  4 +++-
 .vale/styles/FernStyles/Acronyms.yml | 15 +++++++++++++++
 .vale/styles/FernStyles/Current.yml  |  1 -
 .vale/styles/FernStyles/Headings.yml | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 .vale/styles/FernStyles/Hedges.yml   | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .vale/styles/FernStyles/Hedges.yml

diff --git a/.vale.ini b/.vale.ini
index dcf230e6f..75200f8dd 100644
--- a/.vale.ini
+++ b/.vale.ini
@@ -45,5 +45,7 @@ Microsoft.Hyphens = NO
 Microsoft.We = NO
 Microsoft.Avoid = NO
 
-
+# Changelog entries use time-relative terms ("You can now...") by convention
+[**/changelog/*.mdx]
+FernStyles.Current = NO
 
diff --git a/.vale/styles/FernStyles/Acronyms.yml b/.vale/styles/FernStyles/Acronyms.yml
index e444fef52..78d66cfde 100644
--- a/.vale/styles/FernStyles/Acronyms.yml
+++ b/.vale/styles/FernStyles/Acronyms.yml
@@ -110,3 +110,18 @@ exceptions:
   - ISO
   - AUTO
   - SHA
+  - GTM
+  - PATCH
+  - DELETE
+  - HEAD
+  - OPTIONS
+  - PEM
+  - HMAC
+  - MITM
+  - TOML
+  - ORM
+  - CORS
+  - CIDR
+  - NaN
+  - EOF
+  - CRUD
diff --git a/.vale/styles/FernStyles/Current.yml b/.vale/styles/FernStyles/Current.yml
index 017088720..8fe96c4d7 100644
--- a/.vale/styles/FernStyles/Current.yml
+++ b/.vale/styles/FernStyles/Current.yml
@@ -14,4 +14,3 @@ tokens:
   - soon
   - latest
   - upcoming
-  - old
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vale/styles/FernStyles/Headings.yml b/.vale/styles/FernStyles/Headings.yml
index 50eced3e8..752158924 100644
--- a/.vale/styles/FernStyles/Headings.yml
+++ b/.vale/styles/FernStyles/Headings.yml
@@ -91,3 +91,30 @@ exceptions:
   - BCP
   - ISO
   - Replay
+  - Fern Replay
+  - Playground
+  - API Playground
+  - Dashboard
+  - Fern Dashboard
+  - Editor
+  - Fern Editor
+  - Writer
+  - Fern Writer
+  - Ask Fern
+  - Explorer
+  - Autorelease
+  - Bitbucket
+  - NuGet
+  - Crates
+  - Terraform
+  - Gradle
+  - Swagger
+  - Webpack
+  - Vite
+  - Vercel
+  - Netlify
+  - Cloudflare
+  - PostgreSQL
+  - Redis
+  - Stripe
+  - Twilio
diff --git a/.vale/styles/FernStyles/Hedges.yml b/.vale/styles/FernStyles/Hedges.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..917605531
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vale/styles/FernStyles/Hedges.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+extends: existence
+message: "Avoid hedge words and filler like '%s'. Prefer direct statements."
+level: suggestion
+ignorecase: true
+tokens:
+  - simply
+  - just
+  - make sure you
+  - make sure to
+  - be sure to
+  - you'll want to
+  - you'll need to
+  - you may want to
+  - you might want to
+  - please note that
+  - it is important to note
+  - it should be noted
+  - note that
+  - keep in mind