The plain language standard, AS ISO 24495.1:2024, sets out 4 principles. Readers should get content that is relevant. They should be able to find it, understand it and use it.

Confetti's automated checks cover parts of 'findable' and much of 'understandable'. The rest needs your judgement. Work through this list for each document.

This checklist draws on the standard's public framework. It does not reproduce the standard. Check your claims against the standard itself before you rely on them.

Confetti, version 1.0 · Content Co · 8 September 2026

What this tool is

Confetti checks writing against readability targets and the Australian Government Style Manual. It also checks the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2. Content Co built it and maintains it.

Two things to tell apart

This note covers 2 things. The first is the tool, which is the checker itself. The second is this page, which is the website the tool sits on. The tool sends nothing anywhere. The page is an ordinary website and behaves like one. Each section below says which it describes.

The tool: where your text goes

Nowhere. Every check runs as code inside your browser, on your device. The tool has no server, no database and no account. It does not send, collect or log anything you type, paste or upload. Your browser opens Word documents on your device. It does not upload them.

The tool: what it stores

The tool saves 5 things in your browser's local storage: your draft, your rules, your dismissed flags, your checklist ticks and your accessible view setting. Local storage is on your own device. Content Co cannot read it. Press Clear, or clear your browser data, to remove it.

The tool: no AI at run time

All checks are deterministic rules. The same input gives the same answer every time. The tool sends no text to any AI service. AI helped write the tool's code, which the Provenance section explains. No AI runs when you use it.

This page: what it loads

This page is hosted on Squarespace. Opening it fetches scripts, styles and fonts from Squarespace and its content delivery networks, and one small animation script from unpkg.com that the wider site uses. Those requests share your IP address with those services, as opening any public webpage does. They carry none of your content.

This page: analytics and cookies

Squarespace records the page view and sets 3 cookies. 'crumb' is a security token. 'ss_cvr' and 'ss_cvt' identify unique visitors and track sessions, which is how Squarespace counts visitors. 'ss_cvr' lasts 2 years. This is Squarespace's built-in analytics, and it tells Content Co how many people opened the page. It cannot see what you type in the tool. Our privacy policy sets this out in full.

This page: the feedback form

The Feedback tab opens a form hosted by Tally. Nothing loads from Tally unless you open the tab, and nothing reaches Tally unless you send the form. What you write in the form goes to Tally, then to Content Co. Please keep official or sensitive content out of it.

Offline use

Confetti runs with no internet access. The tool is a single HTML file, and it works from a local drive or an intranet. A local copy removes everything in the 3 sections above: no Squarespace, no analytics, no cookies and no form. Agencies that want that copy can email us for one.

For security assessors

Cloud services that store or process government information need a security assessment. The Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) sets this out, and the controls come from the Information Security Manual (ISM). The tool stores and processes nothing outside your device, so using it is closer to using a local text editor than a cloud service. The page around it is an ordinary marketing website with standard analytics, and it never receives your content. Your agency's policies still apply to the content you check and the device you use. The tool's code is one readable file with no external scripts, so your team can inspect it before use. Ask us for the local copy if your assessment needs a version with no network activity at all.

This describes the page as at 8 September 2026. Websites change. If you are assessing this tool, ask us to confirm the current position.

Provenance

The rules codify the Australian Government Style Manual (Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0) and WCAG 2.2 (W3C). Content Co made this tool by directing Claude, Anthropic's Fable 5 AI model, to write the code. This is the 'vibecoding' in the footer. Content Co reviewed and tested the result, with a suite of more than 100 automated tests. None of the code comes from another tool.

Questions

Email ellen@contentco.cc.