# AI Artifacts Normalizer Plugin
Normalizes common AI output artifacts: replaces smart quotes and ligatures, converts en/em dashes to '-', ellipsis to '...', removes bidi/zero-width controls, and collapses excessive spacing.
Hooks
- prompt_pre_fetch
- resource_post_fetch
- tool_post_invoke
Configuration (example)
```yaml
- name: "AIArtifactsNormalizer"
kind: "plugins.ai_artifacts_normalizer.ai_artifacts_normalizer.AIArtifactsNormalizerPlugin"
hooks: ["prompt_pre_fetch", "resource_post_fetch", "tool_post_invoke"]
mode: "permissive"
priority: 138
config:
replace_smart_quotes: true
replace_ligatures: true
remove_bidi_controls: true
collapse_spacing: true
normalize_dashes: true
normalize_ellipsis: true
```
Notes
- Complements ArgumentNormalizer (Unicode NFC, whitespace) with safety-oriented cleanup (bidi controls, ligatures, smart punctuation).
