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AI Detector for product managers, built for PRDs and specs that read like real thinking.

Scan every PRD, RFC, design doc, release note, customer email, and board update before share. Sentence-level highlights flag the templated passages so engineers see real product reasoning, customers see a team that actually shipped, and the exec readers see a PM in command of the surface area. Built for product managers at startups, scale-ups, and enterprise. Free to try. No card.

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Who it is for

Built for PRDs, specs, customer comms, and release notes.

Product managers at SaaS startups, scale-ups, and enterprise. Solo PMs owning a product surface, group PMs running squads, and product leads reviewing the rest of the team's specs. The common thread is mixed-audience writing under deadline pressure with AI drafting tools open in another tab.

Product management is a writing job dressed as a strategy job. The PRD lives in Notion or Confluence, the spec lives in a design doc, the ticket lives in Linear or Jira, the release note lives on the changelog page, the weekly update lives in the exec email, the board update lives in a deck, and the customer email lives in the support tool. Every one of those surfaces is read by someone with the authority to question whether the PM thought the problem through. A templated AI tone on any of them reads as a credibility gap.

Solo PMs at startups

One PM owning the full surface. The PRD goes straight to engineering and the release note goes straight to customers, with no editor in between. The scan is the editor. Five minutes per document is the cost; the avoided rewrite cycle with engineering is the saving.

Group PMs at scale-ups

Two to six PMs in a product org, each owning a squad. Specs cross-reference each other and a templated tone in one PRD propagates to the rest. The Business tier with shared scan history makes the standard visible across the team instead of negotiated per PRD.

Enterprise product leads

Director or VP of product reviewing the org's PRDs before they go to engineering leadership. The score plus the sentence highlights compresses the review from forty minutes per spec to ten. The recovered review time pays for the entire seat budget in the first sprint.

Where AI flavour hurts product writing

PRDs, RFCs, design docs, tickets, release notes, customer emails, changelogs, board updates.

Each genre carries its own register and its own risk profile when stock AI phrasing slips through. The scan loop is the same across all eight; the rewrite priority differs by audience and stakes.

PRDs and design docs

The most expensive document the PM writes because engineering spends hours inside it. An AI-flavoured PRD reads as a PM who did not think the problem through. Target an Authenticity Score above 80 on every PRD and rewrite the flagged sentences with real customer language and real product reasoning before engineering opens the doc.

RFCs and technical specs

Technical specs cross-checked by senior engineers who notice the flat phrasing immediately. The risk is not the score itself; it is the tonal signal that the spec was drafted in haste. Sentence-level highlights point to the specific lines that need a real engineering rationale instead of stock framing.

Linear and Jira tickets

Tickets are short, which makes the per-ticket score noisy. Batch a sprint's worth of tickets together for one scan so the model has enough signal. The point is concrete acceptance criteria and clear scope, not a per-ticket number.

Release notes and changelogs

The trust surface most PMs underrate. Customers read the changelog before they decide whether the team is moving the product forward. Generic templated release notes signal a generic templated team. Run every release note past the scan and rewrite the flagged passages before publish.

Customer emails and outreach

Customer-facing emails, churn outreach, beta invitations, and feature announcement copy. Reply rates drop on AI-flavoured outreach inside the first send. Scan every customer-facing piece, target an Authenticity Score above 80, and rewrite the lines flagged at the sentence level.

Board updates and exec status

The weekly exec update and the monthly board narrative. The board reads templated language as a credibility gap because the prose is the only signal they have outside of the metrics. Scan every exec-facing document and rewrite the stock phrasing before share.

Plans & pricing

Pro for the solo PM, Business for the product team.

Pro at $19.99 a month standard, $14.99 a month on yearly, fits the solo PM running the Chrome extension inside Notion or Confluence. Business at $39.99 a month standard, $29.99 a month on yearly, is the team tier for three to eight PMs sharing scan history across PRDs. Full details on the pricing page.

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Stakeholder trust

Engineers and execs notice AI-drafted specs immediately.

Senior engineers read PRDs for a living and spot stock phrasing in the first paragraph. Executive readers spot it in the weekly status because the prose is the only signal they have outside the metrics. Pre-scanning is the workflow that closes the credibility gap.

What engineers read in a PRD

Engineers read for problem framing, scope, edge cases, and the rationale behind the chosen approach. They notice when the problem statement is generic, when the user story reads templated, and when the rationale section is filler. The build conversation starts on substance only when the spec earns it. Sentence highlights point at the specific filler paragraphs so the PM rewrites those instead of the whole doc.

What executives read in a status update

Exec readers parse the weekly update for risk, dependencies, and whether the PM has the surface area under control. Templated phrasing reads as a PM coasting, even when the underlying work is solid. A scan plus a five-minute rewrite changes the tonal signal without changing the content.

The credibility tax of stock phrasing

The tax is invisible in any single document and obvious across a quarter. PMs whose specs consistently read as carefully reasoned get more product authority across cross-functional partners. PMs whose specs read templated get more rounds of clarifying questions, longer build estimates, and quieter board reactions.

The scan as a calibration tool

The Authenticity Score is the diagnostic, not the goal. Rewriting purely to lift the number flattens the spec. Use the sentence highlights to identify the specific lines that drift into stock framing and rewrite those with concrete product reasoning. The score lifts as a side effect and the spec reads tighter.

Spec writing voice

Technical precision while staying human.

PRDs and RFCs need precision. They also need a voice that reads as a real PM working a real problem. The two are not in tension when the scan is part of the loop; precision survives the rewrite and the templated framing disappears.

Problem framing in concrete language

AI drafts default to generic problem statements: optimise, streamline, enhance. The rewrite pass replaces those with the actual user behaviour, the actual frequency, and the actual cost. Sentence highlights flag the generic verbs so the PM names the specific failure mode instead.

User stories that sound like real users

Templated user stories read as composite users that nobody actually met. The rewrite pass swaps in the specific persona, the specific workflow, and the specific friction. Engineering reads the story and immediately understands the build target.

Rationale sections that hold up under questioning

The rationale section is where AI drafts collapse. Stock phrasing about alignment, scalability, and best practice reads as filler. The rewrite pass replaces the filler with the actual trade-offs considered, the actual options rejected, and the actual reason the chosen approach wins. The doc earns the build conversation.

Acceptance criteria with no hedging

AI drafts hedge: should, could, may. Engineering parses hedging as ambiguity and asks clarifying questions in the doc instead of building. The rewrite pass strips the hedge words and commits to specific criteria. The ticket starts on substance.

Customer-facing writing

Release notes and customer emails are trust signals.

Customers read the changelog before they decide whether the team is moving the product forward. They read the feature email before they decide to try the new thing. Generic templated copy signals a generic templated team, and that signal compounds across releases.

Release notes that show real shipping

A templated release note reads as a team going through the motions. A scanned and rewritten release note reads as a team that cared which line of copy went in front of the customer. The difference is five minutes per release; the cumulative effect across a quarter is measurable in feature adoption and retention.

Customer emails with reply-worthy phrasing

Feature announcements, beta invitations, churn outreach, and onboarding emails all live or die on the first three lines. AI-flavoured openers signal mass send and reply rates drop. Scan every customer email, target an Authenticity Score above 80, and rewrite the flagged lines.

Help-doc copy and tooltip phrasing

Help docs and in-product tooltips are the long-tail trust surface. Customers hit them when they are already mildly frustrated and templated copy makes the frustration worse. The scan catches the stock phrasing in the help-doc draft before publish.

Onboarding flows and first-run copy

The first-run experience sets the tone for the whole product relationship. Templated onboarding copy reads as a product that does not respect the user's time. Scan the full onboarding flow as a batch and rewrite the templated lines before the next release.

Cross-functional alignment

Sales, marketing, and CS read your specs.

PRDs and specs do not only get read by engineering. Sales reads them to understand what the demo will say next quarter. Customer success reads them to write the help docs. Marketing reads them to write the launch post. When the source spec is templated, every downstream artefact inherits the tone.

Sales reads the spec for the demo script

Sales engineers read the PRD to understand what the demo will show. A flat spec produces a flat demo because the language travels directly from the doc to the customer call. Scanning the spec lifts the floor for every downstream sales artefact in the launch.

Marketing reads the spec for the launch post

Product marketing reads the spec to write the launch blog, the email, and the landing page. AI-flavoured framing in the spec produces AI-flavoured framing in the launch, and the launch reads templated across every surface. Scanning the source spec raises the bar for the whole campaign.

Customer success reads the spec for the help docs

CS reads the spec to write the help articles and the in-product tooltips. Generic spec language becomes generic help language, which is exactly where customers feel templated copy most. Scanning the source spec catches the stock phrasing before it propagates into the support tool.

One scanned source, four cleaner artefacts

The compound benefit is the whole point. Five minutes of PM scan time saves five rewrites across sales, marketing, CS, and the help centre. The launch reads tighter end to end because the source document set the standard.

Tooling workflow

Notion, Confluence, Linear, and Jira workflow.

Product managers live in Notion, Confluence, Linear, and Jira. The Chrome extension scans whatever doc is open in any of them. The REST API on Business wires scans into ticket creation and status webhooks for product ops engineering. Native plugins are on the 2026 roadmap; the API plus extension is the path today.

Chrome extension in Notion and Confluence

The extension scans whatever document is open in the editor. Highlight the spec, hit the extension, and the score plus sentence highlights come back in about six seconds. No copy-paste into a separate tool, no context switch out of the document.

REST API into Linear and Jira

The Business tier exposes a REST API. A product ops engineer can wire scans into Linear status changes or Jira ticket creation via webhook, so any new PRD or large ticket runs through the scan automatically. The audit log shows which scan ran on which ticket with timestamps.

Web app for the deeper review

The web app at app.textsight.ai is where the deeper review happens: paste in the full PRD, read the sentence highlights, run the AI rewriter on the flagged passages, and export a PDF for the spec review meeting. White-label PDFs on Business make the export brandable for enterprise product orgs.

Honest integration scope

Native Notion, Confluence, and Linear plugins are on the 2026 roadmap but not live. The Chrome extension covers the per-doc workflow in all of them today, and the REST API covers the automation case. Most product teams adopt the extension first and add the API integration after they have a workflow that benefits.

FAQ

Product managers frequently ask.

Why do product managers need an AI detector?
PMs write for mixed audiences inside one week: engineers reading the PRD, executives reading the weekly status, customers reading the release notes, and sales or CS reading the spec to understand what they are about to sell. Each audience reads carefully and each penalises AI flavour in a different way. Engineers read a flat PRD as a sign the PM did not think the problem through. Executives read AI-shaped updates as a credibility gap. Customers read generic release notes and trust the product less. A scan step before share catches the templated phrasing before any of those audiences sees it.
How does this help with PRDs and design docs specifically?
PRDs and design docs are the most expensive documents in product because engineers spend hours reading them and the spec sets the build. AI-drafted PRDs often read as well-formatted but thin: the problem statement is generic, the user stories are templated, and the rationale section is filler. Sentence-level highlights flag the filler so the PM rewrites those passages with real product reasoning before engineering reads the doc. The build conversation starts on substance instead of on the PM rewriting the spec live in the meeting.
Does this work for release notes and customer-facing copy?
Yes. Release notes and customer emails are the trust surface most PMs underrate. Customers read the changelog before they decide whether the team is moving the product forward or just shipping. Generic templated release notes signal a generic templated team. Scan every customer-facing piece against an Authenticity Score floor of 75 or 80 and rewrite the flagged sentences before publish. The reading experience changes immediately even on small releases.
Which tier fits a solo PM versus a product team?
Pro at $19.99 a month standard, or $14.99 a month on yearly, fits the solo PM running the Chrome extension inside Notion or Confluence with unlimited scans, fifty thousand AI rewriter words a month, and ninety-day scan history. Product teams of three to eight PMs sharing a workspace pick Business at $39.99 a month standard, or $29.99 a month on yearly, with five shared seats, audit log, REST API, and white-label PDFs. Business is the team tier if multiple PMs need shared scan history across PRDs.
Does TextSight integrate with Notion, Confluence, Linear, or Jira?
Integration is API-first today. The Chrome extension scans whatever document is open in Notion, Confluence, Linear, or any web editor, so the per-PRD workflow works without a native plugin. The REST API on Business lets a product ops engineer wire scans into Jira ticket creation, Linear status changes, or a Notion webhook on draft updates. Native Notion and Linear plugins are on the 2026 roadmap but not live, so the API plus the Chrome extension is the integration path most product teams use today.
How does this affect cross-functional alignment?
PRDs and specs do not only get read by engineering. Sales reads them to understand what the demo will say next quarter. Customer success reads them to write the help docs. Marketing reads them to write the launch post. When the source spec is templated, every downstream artefact inherits the templated tone, and the launch reads flat across every surface. Scanning the source PRD raises the floor for every dependent document, and the launch reads tighter end to end.
What does the workflow look like for a typical product manager?
Draft the PRD or release notes in the usual tool, Notion or Confluence or a Google Doc. Run a scan via the Chrome extension or paste into the TextSight web app. Read the sentence-level highlights and rewrite the flagged passages with real product reasoning or concrete customer language. Confirm the Authenticity Score above the team floor, then share with engineering or stakeholders. The whole loop adds about five minutes per document and pays for itself the first time a stakeholder calls out a templated paragraph.
Does TextSight train on confidential product specs?
No. Scans are private to your workspace and we do not share submitted text with anyone. Text sent to TextSight for scanning is never used to train the classifier or any other model. This applies the same way across Free, Starter, Pro, and Business. Confidential PRDs, unannounced features, board updates, and customer comms remain inside the workspace.
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