# tropes.fyi

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/tropes-fyi/

8 people recommended tropes.fyi in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 12 months, in 7 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** A directory of common LLM writing tropes that people find solid and useful as a reference. Critics warn it is unreliable for spotting AI writing.

Summary written by Claude from 10 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 8 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Catalogues common LLM writing patterns (2 comments in the sample): "I was literally just working on a directory of the most common tropes/tics/structures that LLMs use in their writing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47077610)) "has a pretty solid set of common patterns, and I like it a lot" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48272611))
- Good general writing advice (2 comments in the sample): "it is largely a set of good writing advice for people in general" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47135703)) "This contains a lot of advice about good writing in general." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47296131))
- Useful reference for AI writing (2 comments in the sample): "implement a skill or something that does a second pass using this" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49243484)) "This is a helpful resource your AI can reference" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48638279))

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "tropes.fyi", https://hackerapproved.com/p/tropes-fyi/ (8 recommend, 1 mixed, 2 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.