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How to fix: Paragraph openers are direct topic statements
Why this matters
LLMs identify extractable passages by their opening sentence. A weak or transitional opener ('As we mentioned above…') reduces extraction quality. Lead each paragraph with the actual point, not the context.
Background
LLMs identify extractable passages by their opening sentence. A weak or transitional opener ('As we mentioned above…') reduces extraction quality. Lead each paragraph with the actual point, not the context.
References
Inverted pyramid · Newspaper-style lead-with-the-point pattern
How to fix
Code snippet for each stack we cover. Pick the one matching your server / framework.
nginx
No server config — content rewrite.
apache
Same.
cloudflare
Same.
wordpress
Audit paragraph openers. Replace transitional starts ('However', 'Additionally', 'As we mentioned') with the actual topic statement.
flask
Same.
express
Same.
rails
Same.
Verify it's working
Read the first sentence of each paragraph aloud. It should state the paragraph's main point independently.
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