Agents misread Hebrew. A 40-year-old aerospace standard helps.
Description and use
<p>In aerospace maintenance, a misread instruction can ground an aircraft, or cause worse damage. So the industry built ASD-STE100, Simplified Technical English. It is a controlled language with one meaning per word, active voice, short sentences, and one instruction per sentence.</p> <p>Today a new kind of reader parses technical text with no one to ask: the AI agent. A model reads tool descriptions, error messages, and instructions between agents. It cannot ask the author what the author meant. <a href="https://github.com/danyuchn/asd-ste100-skill" rel="noopener noreferrer">danyuchn/asd-ste1
Problem
<p>In aerospace maintenance, a misread instruction can ground an aircraft, or cause worse damage. So the industry built ASD-STE100, Simplified Technical English. It is a controlled language with one meaning per word, active voice, short sentences, and one instruction per sentence.</p> <p>Today a new kind of reader parses technical text with no one to ask: the AI agent. A model reads tool descriptions, error messages, and instructions between agents. It cannot ask the author what the author meant. <a href="https://github.com/danyuchn/asd-ste100-skill" rel="noopener noreferrer">danyuchn/asd-ste1
Outcome
<p>In aerospace maintenance, a misread instruction can ground an aircraft, or cause worse damage. So the industry built ASD-STE100, Simplified Technical English. It is a controlled language with one meaning per word, active voice, short sentences, and one instruction per sentence.</p> <p>Today a new kind of reader parses technical text with no one to ask: the AI agent. A model reads tool descriptions, error messages, and instructions between agents. It cannot ask the author what the author meant. <a href="https://github.com/danyuchn/asd-ste100-skill" rel="noopener noreferrer">danyuchn/asd-ste1
Evidence
Agents misread Hebrew. A 40-year-old aerospace standard helps.
- Record date: 2026-10-22T08:11:23.798Z