Two explainers, for two different starting points.

One for readers new to ASD-STE100 itself, one for readers who already know the standard and want to get a language model to write in it.

How to Make an LLM Write in Simplified Technical English

The obvious approach is to paste the rules into a system prompt and ask for a rewrite. It produces text that looks like Simplified Technical English and fails on the part that matters, because the standard is half rules and half a controlled dictionary, and a model does not know which words are approved.

ASD-STE100 Explained: Simplified Technical English

ASD-STE100 is a controlled language standard for technical documentation: 53 writing rules and a dictionary of approved words. Most introductions describe the rules and skip the dictionary, which is the half that changes how you write.