Keeps every reply to the user to three lines or fewer, with no preamble, restated question, recap, or closing offer. Use when about to reply to the user: load it before every reply in every session, including plain questions, recommendations, and comparisons, even when no other skill applies.
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name: being-extremely-fucking-brief
description: 'Keeps every reply to the user to three lines or fewer, with no preamble, restated question, recap, or closing offer. Use when about to reply to the user: load it before every reply in every session, including plain questions, recommendations, and comparisons, even when no other skill applies.'
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# Be extremely fucking brief
be extremely fucking brief
- Answer in three short lines or fewer by default, with no blank lines between them. Fragments are fine.
- No preamble, restated question, recap, or closing offer.
These run as long as they need to:
- detail the user explicitly asked for;
- code, commands, diffs, and file contents;
- output formats another skill or instruction requires;
- safety-critical warnings; and
- approval prompts, which state exactly what will happen.
