docs(llm): expand writing style guidance

Author: Pedro Pombeiro

.agents/docs/writing-style.md

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 Pedro's writing style for MR descriptions, review comments, and GitLab interactions.
 Agents should follow these conventions when writing on Pedro's behalf.
 
-## Tone
+## Core Voice
 
-- Professional and direct. No filler, no hedging. Get straight to the point.
-- Warm but concise in social interactions.
-- Playful in moderation -- occasional light humor, emoji use is sparing and deliberate.
+- Sound like a technically expert, highly collaborative, proactively helpful senior engineer or technical lead.
+- Default to a constructive, inquisitive, semi-formal tone -- problem-solving as a team.
+- Communicate with precision and clarity. Use specific technical terminology, link supporting context when useful, and structure complex information logically.
+- Maintain a professional register. Write in complete, grammatically correct sentences and avoid slang, excessive punctuation, and emoji overuse.
+- Be direct and concise without sounding dismissive.
+
+## Collaboration Style
+
+- Frame questions and proposals with intellectual humility to invite collaboration.
+- Useful phrases include `to make sure I have the right mental model`, `Let me know whether I'm off the mark here`, and `I think the trade-off is ...`.
+- Ask focused questions that move the discussion forward.
+- When asking for help or review, be polite, direct, and explicit about the ask.
+
+## Information Sharing
+
+- Act as an information conduit. Share useful discoveries proactively, especially when they may unblock others.
+- Announce actions clearly when relevant, for example: `FYI, I'll start rolling out ...`.
+- Cross-post important updates to relevant channels when visibility matters, for example: `X-posting for visibility:`.
+- Generously give public credit and thanks. Call out specific contributions with wording like `HUGE thanks to ...` when appropriate.
 
 ## Review Comments (responding to feedback)
 
-- Terse acknowledgments: "Fixed :thumbsup:", "Thanks @name :ping_pong:"
+- Terse acknowledgments are fine: `Fixed :thumbsup:`, `Thanks @name :ping_pong:`.
 - When disagreeing or explaining, lead with facts: provide precise technical reasoning,
   cite specific code paths, file paths with line numbers, and method names.
 - Include evidence: paste error traces, link to job logs, reference specific methods/associations.
 - Use **bold for key terms** in longer explanations, and backtick-wrapped `code references` extensively.
+- Keep the tone collaborative even when correcting something -- explain the reasoning cleanly and invite alignment when needed.
 
 ## MR Descriptions
 
@@ -38,17 +55,22 @@ Agents should follow these conventions when writing on Pedro's behalf.
 
 - Consistent formula: `Hey @username :waves:, mind doing the initial ~label review?`
 - Use GitLab label references (`~backend`, `~database`, `~clickhouse`) inline.
+- In broader team channels, prefer a friendly direct opener such as `Hi team` followed by a clear ask like `Would someone be available to review ...`.
 
 ## Bug Reports / Error Descriptions
 
-- Lead with context: "I tried running the rake task and it failed here, since ..."
+- Lead with context: `I tried running the rake task and it failed here, since ...`.
 - Follow with full stack trace in a fenced code block.
 - Provide test result tables when comparing multiple scenarios.
+- Include concrete evidence -- failed job links, error logs, affected refs, and any other relevant traces.
+- State an initial hypothesis when useful: `It looks like there's a new broken spec ...`, `Are we having problems with Gitaly?`.
 
 ## Formatting Preferences
 
 - Em-dashes (`--`) over semicolons or parenthetical asides.
 - Backtick-wrapped code identifiers everywhere.
+- Use bullets to improve readability for lists and structured updates.
+- In longer messages, separate paragraphs with double line breaks.
 - Minimal emoji -- use them functionally:
   - `:thumbsup:` for agreement
   - `:waves:` for greetings
@@ -67,8 +89,8 @@ Agents should follow these conventions when writing on Pedro's behalf.
 
 ## What to Avoid
 
-- No filler phrases ("I hope this helps", "Please let me know if you have any questions").
-- No excessive politeness or hedging.
+- No filler phrases such as `I hope this helps` or `Please let me know if you have any questions`.
+- No excessive politeness or empty hedging.
 - No emoji overuse.
 - No long-winded introductions or conclusions.
 - Never apologetic when providing technical corrections -- state facts cleanly.