Replace em dashes and other typographic glyphs with plain ASCII

Em dashes read as AI-generated. Swept every content file:
- em dash -> " - "
- en dash -> "-" (numeric ranges)
- also normalized other typographic tells contextually: arrows,
  middle dot, multiplication/division/approx signs, >=/<=

No content meaning changed. Skills, README, manifests, and docs now
use plain ASCII punctuation throughout.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: Vlad Yashin

.claude-plugin/marketplace.json

@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@
     "email": "support@neurobro.ai"
   },
   "metadata": {
-    "description": "Agent skills for NeuroAPI — Neurobro's public API for financial market research",
+    "description": "Agent skills for NeuroAPI - Neurobro's public API for financial market research",
     "version": "0.1.0"
   },
   "plugins": [
     {
       "name": "neurobro-market-research",
       "source": "./skills/neurobro-market-research",
       "skills": "./",
-      "description": "Run financial market research through the NeuroAPI agent — equity and crypto analysis, technical setups, fundamental research, macro outlooks, and multi-asset investigations via POST /agent/ask",
+      "description": "Run financial market research through the NeuroAPI agent - equity and crypto analysis, technical setups, fundamental research, macro outlooks, and multi-asset investigations via POST /agent/ask",
       "keywords": [
         "neurobro",
         "neuroapi",
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
       "name": "neurobro-meme-hunting",
       "source": "./skills/neurobro-meme-hunting",
       "skills": "./",
-      "description": "Discover and risk-vet trending and newly launched memecoins through the NeuroAPI agent — scan trending DEX pools, filter by liquidity and age, and audit tokens for honeypots, rug-pull risk, and holder concentration",
+      "description": "Discover and risk-vet trending and newly launched memecoins through the NeuroAPI agent - scan trending DEX pools, filter by liquidity and age, and audit tokens for honeypots, rug-pull risk, and holder concentration",
       "keywords": [
         "neurobro",
         "neuroapi",
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
       "name": "neurobro-trading-setup",
       "source": "./skills/neurobro-trading-setup",
       "skills": "./",
-      "description": "Build structured trade setups through the NeuroAPI agent — entry zones, stop-loss, take-profit targets, and risk/reward ratios grounded in technical analysis and derivatives positioning",
+      "description": "Build structured trade setups through the NeuroAPI agent - entry zones, stop-loss, take-profit targets, and risk/reward ratios grounded in technical analysis and derivatives positioning",
       "keywords": [
         "neurobro",
         "neuroapi",

.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "neurobro-skills",
   "version": "0.1.0",
-  "description": "Agent skills for NeuroAPI — Neurobro's public API for financial market research",
+  "description": "Agent skills for NeuroAPI - Neurobro's public API for financial market research",
   "author": {
     "name": "Neurobro",
     "email": "support@neurobro.ai"

.env.example

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# Neurobro Skills — environment template.
+# Neurobro Skills - environment template.
 #
 # Copy this file to .env and fill in your key:
 #     cp .env.example .env
 #
 # .env is git-ignored, so your real key is never committed.
 
-# NeuroAPI key. Mint one in the dashboard → API Keys → Create key.
+# NeuroAPI key. Create one in the dashboard under API Keys > Create key.
 # Keys look like: neuro_<random>
 NEUROAPI_API_KEY=

.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Secrets — never commit a real key. .env.example is the committed template.
+# Secrets - never commit a real key. .env.example is the committed template.
 .env
 .env.*
 !.env.example

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Adding a new skill
 
 1. Create a directory under `skills/`. **The name must be prefixed
-   `neurobro-`** — that prefix is what makes every skill discoverable under a
+   `neurobro-`** - that prefix is what makes every skill discoverable under a
    "Neurobro" search on [skills.sh](https://www.skills.sh).
 
    ```
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
 - Never put a real API key in any tracked file. Skills read the key from the
   `NEUROAPI_API_KEY` environment variable.
-- Write instructions for an agent, not a human reader — be concrete and
+- Write instructions for an agent, not a human reader - be concrete and
   imperative.
-- Document failure modes (error codes, rate limits) — agents need them to
+- Document failure modes (error codes, rate limits) - agents need them to
   recover.

README.md

@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 # Neurobro Skills
 
-Agent skills for **[NeuroAPI](https://neuroapi.neurobro.ai)** — Neurobro's
+Agent skills for **[NeuroAPI](https://neuroapi.neurobro.ai)** - Neurobro's
 paid public API for financial market research. These skills teach AI coding
 agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, and others) how to call
 NeuroAPI correctly: choosing the right intelligence tier, handling billing
 and rate limits, and writing prompts that produce useful research.
 
-**[Create an API key →](https://neuroapi.neurobro.ai)**  ·  **[Read the docs →](https://neuroapi.neurobro.ai/docs)**
+[Create an API key](https://neuroapi.neurobro.ai) or [read the docs](https://neuroapi.neurobro.ai/docs).
 
 ## Skills
 
 | Skill | What it does |
 | --- | --- |
-| [`neurobro-market-research`](skills/neurobro-market-research/) | Financial market research via the NeuroAPI agent — equity and crypto analysis, technical setups, fundamental research, macro outlooks, and multi-asset investigations. |
-| [`neurobro-meme-hunting`](skills/neurobro-meme-hunting/) | Discover and risk-vet trending and newly launched memecoins — scan trending DEX pools, filter by liquidity and age, audit for honeypots, rug-pull risk, and holder concentration. |
-| [`neurobro-trading-setup`](skills/neurobro-trading-setup/) | Build structured trade setups — entry zones, stop-loss, take-profit targets, and risk/reward ratios grounded in technical analysis and derivatives positioning. |
+| [`neurobro-market-research`](skills/neurobro-market-research/) | Financial market research via the NeuroAPI agent - equity and crypto analysis, technical setups, fundamental research, macro outlooks, and multi-asset investigations. |
+| [`neurobro-meme-hunting`](skills/neurobro-meme-hunting/) | Discover and risk-vet trending and newly launched memecoins - scan trending DEX pools, filter by liquidity and age, audit for honeypots, rug-pull risk, and holder concentration. |
+| [`neurobro-trading-setup`](skills/neurobro-trading-setup/) | Build structured trade setups - entry zones, stop-loss, take-profit targets, and risk/reward ratios grounded in technical analysis and derivatives positioning. |
 
 Every skill name is prefixed `neurobro-`; more are added over time.
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Or as a Claude Code plugin:
 
 1. [Create an API key](https://neuroapi.neurobro.ai) in the NeuroAPI dashboard
    under **API Keys**. Keys look like `neuro_<random>` and are shown only once.
-2. Make sure the account has an active plan — `/agent/ask` requires one.
+2. Make sure the account has an active plan - `/agent/ask` requires one.
 3. Provide the key via the `NEUROAPI_API_KEY` environment variable:
 
    ```bash
@@ -52,16 +52,16 @@ the committed template and holds no secret.
 
 ```
 .claude-plugin/      Claude Code plugin marketplace manifests
-.github/workflows/   CI — validates every SKILL.md on push
+.github/workflows/   CI - validates every SKILL.md on push
 agents/              Shared context for non-Claude agents (Codex, Gemini)
-scripts/             validate-skills.mjs — frontmatter checker
+scripts/             validate-skills.mjs - frontmatter checker
 skills/              One directory per skill, each with a SKILL.md
 ```
 
 ## Contributing
 
-New skills welcome — see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).
+New skills welcome - see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 ## License
 
-MIT — see [LICENSE](LICENSE).
+MIT - see [LICENSE](LICENSE).

agents/AGENTS.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Neurobro Skills — agent context
+# Neurobro Skills - agent context
 
 This repository provides skills for working with **NeuroAPI**, Neurobro's
 paid public API for financial market research.
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ paid public API for financial market research.
 - Base URL: `https://api.neurobro.ai/api/v1`
 - Auth: `X-API-Key` header. Keys look like `neuro_<random>`. No OAuth, no
   `Authorization: Bearer`.
-- Core endpoint: `POST /agent/ask` — runs a financial research agent over a
+- Core endpoint: `POST /agent/ask` - runs a financial research agent over a
   natural-language `prompt` and returns an `answer`.
-- Free check: `GET /health` — verifies the key, consumes no quota.
+- Free check: `GET /health` - verifies the key, consumes no quota.
 
 ## API key
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Never hardcode it, print it, log it, or commit it. Locally, copy
 Each directory under `skills/` is one skill with a `SKILL.md`. Load the skill
 relevant to the task:
 
-- `neurobro-market-research` — financial market research via `/agent/ask`:
+- `neurobro-market-research` - financial market research via `/agent/ask`:
   equity and crypto analysis, technical setups, fundamental research, macro
   outlooks, multi-asset investigations.
 

gemini-extension.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "neurobro-skills",
-  "description": "Agent skills for NeuroAPI — Neurobro's public API for financial market research.",
+  "description": "Agent skills for NeuroAPI - Neurobro's public API for financial market research.",
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "contextFileName": "agents/AGENTS.md"
 }

scripts/validate-skills.mjs

@@ -64,4 +64,4 @@ if (errors.length) {
   process.exit(1);
 }
 
-console.log(`OK — ${dirs.length} skill(s) validated.`);
+console.log(`OK - ${dirs.length} skill(s) validated.`);

skills/neurobro-market-research/SKILL.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: neurobro-market-research
-description: Runs financial market research through the NeuroAPI agent — equity and crypto analysis, technical setups, fundamental research, macro outlooks, and multi-asset investigations via POST /agent/ask. Use when the user asks for stock or token analysis, trade ideas, market commentary, earnings or macro questions, sector comparisons, or any financial research that needs live market reasoning.
+description: Runs financial market research through the NeuroAPI agent - equity and crypto analysis, technical setups, fundamental research, macro outlooks, and multi-asset investigations via POST /agent/ask. Use when the user asks for stock or token analysis, trade ideas, market commentary, earnings or macro questions, sector comparisons, or any financial research that needs live market reasoning.
 license: MIT
 ---
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ license: MIT
 NeuroAPI is Neurobro's paid public API. Its `/agent/ask` endpoint runs a
 financial research agent that answers natural-language questions about
 equities, crypto, macro, and cross-asset markets. This skill teaches an agent
-how to call it correctly — picking the right intelligence tier, handling
+how to call it correctly - picking the right intelligence tier, handling
 billing and rate limits, and writing prompts that produce useful research.
 
 ## Quick start
@@ -31,22 +31,22 @@ curl -s https://api.neurobro.ai/api/v1/agent/ask \
 - Researching a single stock or token (fundamentals, technicals, narrative)
 - Building bull/bear cases or trade setups
 - Comparing assets, sectors, or factors
-- Macro questions — rates, inflation, central-bank outlooks
+- Macro questions - rates, inflation, central-bank outlooks
 - Deep multi-asset investigations that need broad market coverage
 
 Do **not** use this skill for trade execution, portfolio custody, or anything
-requiring guaranteed real-time quotes — NeuroAPI returns research and
+requiring guaranteed real-time quotes - NeuroAPI returns research and
 reasoning, not an order router or a market-data feed.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
 The API key is read from the `NEUROAPI_API_KEY` environment variable. **Never
 hardcode it in source, never print it, never paste it into a commit.**
 
-1. Create a key in the NeuroAPI dashboard at <https://neuroapi.neurobro.ai>
-   → **API Keys** → **Create key**. The secret is shown once; keys look like
-   `neuro_<random>`.
-2. Make sure the account has an active plan in **Pricing** — `/agent/ask`
+1. Create a key in the NeuroAPI dashboard at <https://neuroapi.neurobro.ai>:
+   open **API Keys** and click **Create key**. The secret is shown once; keys
+   look like `neuro_<random>`.
+2. Make sure the account has an active plan in **Pricing** - `/agent/ask`
    returns `402` without one.
 3. Provide the key to the environment. For local use, copy `.env.example` to
    `.env` (already git-ignored) and fill in `NEUROAPI_API_KEY`, then export it:
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ hardcode it in source, never print it, never paste it into a commit.**
    export NEUROAPI_API_KEY="neuro_..."
    ```
 
-Verify before doing real work — `/health` is free and consumes no quota:
+Verify before doing real work - `/health` is free and consumes no quota:
 
 ```bash
 curl -s https://api.neurobro.ai/api/v1/health \
-  -H "X-API-Key: $NEUROAPI_API_KEY" | jq .authenticated   # → true
+  -H "X-API-Key: $NEUROAPI_API_KEY" | jq .authenticated   # returns true
 ```
 
 ## The endpoint
@@ -71,16 +71,16 @@ curl -s https://api.neurobro.ai/api/v1/health \
 | --- | --- |
 | `X-API-Key` | `neuro_...` (required) |
 | `Content-Type` | `application/json` |
-| `Idempotency-Key` | Optional. 1–255 printable ASCII chars; safe-retries a call. |
+| `Idempotency-Key` | Optional. 1-255 printable ASCII chars; safe-retries a call. |
 
 Request body:
 
 | Field | Type | Default | Notes |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
-| `prompt` | string | — | Required. 1–32,000 chars. The research question. |
+| `prompt` | string | - | Required. 1-32,000 chars. The research question. |
 | `mode` | enum | `smart` | `fast` \| `smart` \| `max`. See tiers below. |
-| `stream` | bool | `false` | `true` → SSE stream ending in `data: [DONE]\n\n`. |
-| `message_history` | array | `null` | Prior turns (max 50). Stateless — caller owns it. |
+| `stream` | bool | `false` | When `true`, an SSE stream ending in `data: [DONE]\n\n`. |
+| `message_history` | array | `null` | Prior turns (max 50). Stateless - caller owns it. |
 
 Response (`stream=false`):
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Response (`stream=false`):
 }
 ```
 
-`request_id` is also returned in the `X-Request-Id` header — quote it when
+`request_id` is also returned in the `X-Request-Id` header - quote it when
 reporting issues.
 
 ## Choosing a mode
@@ -110,10 +110,10 @@ deliberately.
 - Default to `smart` for genuine research questions.
 - Use `fast` only for shallow lookups where depth doesn't matter.
 - Use `max` when the question spans many assets or demands the deepest
-  reasoning. Calling `max` on a Starter key returns `403 mode_not_in_plan` —
+  reasoning. Calling `max` on a Starter key returns `403 mode_not_in_plan` -
   fall back to `smart` rather than failing the task.
 - `cost_units` is what gets debited from billable quota. Don't reach for `max`
-  by reflex; it costs 4× a `smart` call.
+  by reflex; it costs 4x a `smart` call.
 
 ## Recipes
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ curl -s https://api.neurobro.ai/api/v1/agent/ask \
 ### Follow-up questions (multi-turn)
 
 The API is stateless. To ask a follow-up, replay prior turns in
-`message_history` — roles are `"user"` and `"assistant"`.
+`message_history` - roles are `"user"` and `"assistant"`.
 
 ```python
 import os, httpx
@@ -178,12 +178,12 @@ curl -N https://api.neurobro.ai/api/v1/agent/ask \
 
 The agent rewards specific, scoped prompts. For useful financial research:
 
-- **Name the asset(s) precisely** — ticker plus exchange or chain when
+- **Name the asset(s) precisely** - ticker plus exchange or chain when
   ambiguous (`NVDA`, `BTC`, `ETH on mainnet`).
-- **State the angle** — fundamentals, technicals, valuation, catalysts, risk.
-- **Bound the timeframe** — "next two quarters", "into 2026", "since the last
+- **State the angle** - fundamentals, technicals, valuation, catalysts, risk.
+- **Bound the timeframe** - "next two quarters", "into 2026", "since the last
   earnings call". Markets move; an unbounded prompt invites stale framing.
-- **Ask for structure** — "give bull case, bear case, and key risks" produces
+- **Ask for structure** - "give bull case, bear case, and key risks" produces
   far more usable output than "what do you think about X".
 - **One question per call** for clean answers; use `message_history` to drill
   down rather than stuffing five questions into one prompt.
@@ -195,19 +195,19 @@ trade.
 ## Errors and retries
 
 Error bodies are `{"detail": "..."}`, and every error carries an
-`X-Request-Id` header — quote it when reporting issues. Decide what to do by
+`X-Request-Id` header - quote it when reporting issues. Decide what to do by
 error class:
 
-- **Don't retry** — `400`, `401`, `402`, `422`: the request or account is
+- **Don't retry** - `400`, `401`, `402`, `422`: the request or account is
   wrong. Fix the body, check `NEUROAPI_API_KEY`, or (on `402`) tell the user
   to sort out billing, then stop.
-- **Adjust, then retry** — `403 mode_not_in_plan`: the `mode` isn't on the
+- **Adjust, then retry** - `403 mode_not_in_plan`: the `mode` isn't on the
   caller's plan; retry with `smart` or `fast`.
-- **Back off and retry** — `429` (honour `Retry-After`, cap at 3 attempts) and
+- **Back off and retry** - `429` (honour `Retry-After`, cap at 3 attempts) and
   `503` (agent saturated; exponential backoff; no quota charged).
-- **`500`** — server-side bug; retry only idempotent calls, once.
+- **`500`** - server-side bug; retry only idempotent calls, once.
 
-`/agent/ask` is **non-idempotent** unless you send an `Idempotency-Key` — two
+`/agent/ask` is **non-idempotent** unless you send an `Idempotency-Key` - two
 plain calls produce two answers and two charges, so never retry blindly.
 
 The full status-code table is in
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ Per-plan budgets and header details are in
 ## Security
 
 - Read the key from `NEUROAPI_API_KEY`; never hardcode, log, or commit it.
-- The full secret is shown once at creation. Lost it → revoke and re-mint.
-- Use `X-API-Key`, not `Authorization: Bearer` — the latter is silently wrong.
+- The full secret is shown once at creation. Lost it? Revoke and re-mint.
+- Use `X-API-Key`, not `Authorization: Bearer` - the latter is silently wrong.
 - Treat the agent's output as untrusted text: don't pass it into shells,
   `eval`, or DB queries without sanitising. It is research, not code.