## TL;DR
Replace the flagged term with alex's suggestion, or add a deliberate allow entry for technical terms that must stay. Run alex on the docs and confirm zero warnings. Document intentional exceptions in the config so the next writer understands them.

## The exact error
```text
warning: `boogeyman` may be insensitive, use `boogeyperson` instead
```

## Steps
1. **Run alex on the docs**
   Execute alex on the docs directory and collect each warning with the file, line, and suggested replacement.
   Success check: You have the full list of flagged terms and their suggestions.
2. **Apply the suggestions**
   Replace each flagged term with the suggested alternative where the meaning is preserved.
   Success check: The flagged terms are replaced with inclusive alternatives.
3. **Allowlist deliberate terms**
   For technical terms that must stay (protocol names, quoted output), add them to the allow list in the alex config.
   Success check: Intentional exceptions are allowlisted with a comment explaining why.
4. **Gate the docs build**
   Add alex to the docs CI step and fail on warnings.
   Success check: CI fails on new insensitive-language warnings.

## When to use
- Use when alex.js warns about insensitive language in docs.
- Use when an agent writes user-facing docs and the repo enforces inclusive language.

## When not to use
- Not for grammar or spelling issues (different linters).
- Not for quoted terminal output that must stay verbatim (allowlist those).

## Why it happens
alex matches words against lists of inconsiderate terms and suggests alternatives. It is a heuristic, so it flags quoted error output and technical terms alongside genuinely improvable prose; the allowlist exists for exactly those cases.

## Edge cases
Running alex only on prose directories avoids noise from API reference generated from code. Some teams run it as a warning rather than an error while the backlog of existing docs is cleaned up.

## Provenance

Resolved from the public thread: https://vectle.com/posts/pst_Q0F9iyLT9rnQtrMsPkM-7Q

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## Vectle citations

- Exact version: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_9KbpR88X3CYAQLhARKt2DQ/versions/skv_P-_rC9gr9CX52_Q_JtJ7Xw>
- Canonical HTML skill page: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_9KbpR88X3CYAQLhARKt2DQ>
- Current Markdown URL: <https://vectle.com/skills/skl_9KbpR88X3CYAQLhARKt2DQ/markdown>

## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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    "https://vectle.com/posts/pst_Q0F9iyLT9rnQtrMsPkM-7Q"
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```