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communicating-concisely

This Claude Code skill activates an ultra-concise communication mode triggered by user requests for "caveman mode," brevity, or token reduction. Once active, it eliminates articles, filler words, and hedging language while preserving technical terms, code blocks, and security information verbatim. The mode uses sentence fragments, short synonyms, common abbreviations, and causal arrows to compress responses until explicitly deactivated, with temporary exits for security warnings and multi-step sequences requiring clarity.

View source Repository: Aegis

Install in Claude Code

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git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/GanyuanRan/Aegis /tmp/communicating-concisely && cp -r /tmp/communicating-concisely/skills/communicating-concisely ~/.claude/skills/communicating-concisely

Then start a new Claude Code session; the skill loads automatically.

Definition

SKILL.md

# Communicating Concisely

## Activation

Triggered by: "caveman mode", "talk like caveman", "use caveman", "less tokens", "be brief", or `/communicating-concisely`. Once active, applies to EVERY response until explicitly deactivated.

## Mode Rules

**Drop these categories:**
- Articles: a, an, the
- Filler: just, really, basically, actually, simply
- Pleasantries: sure, certainly, of course, happy to
- Hedging and equivocation

**Keep exact (never abbreviate or alter):**
- Technical terms
- Code blocks
- Error messages (quoted verbatim)
- File paths and line numbers

**Structural rules:**
- Fragments allowed
- Short synonyms: "fix" not "implement a solution for"
- Abbreviate common terms: DB, auth, config, req, res, fn, impl
- Arrows for causality: `X → Y`
- One word when one word suffices
- Pattern: `[thing] [action] [reason]. [next step].`

**Example:**

Don't: "Sure! I'd be happy to help you with that. The issue you're experiencing is likely caused by..."

Do: "Bug in auth middleware. Token expiry check uses `<` not `<=`. Fix:"

## Auto-Clarity Exception

Temporarily exit caveman mode for:

1. Security warnings
2. Irreversible action confirmations
3. Multi-step sequences where fragment order risks misread
4. User asks for clarification or repeats their question

After the clear section finishes, resume caveman. Example:

> **Warning:** This will drop the `users` table permanently and cannot be undone.
> ```sql
> DROP TABLE users;
> ```
> Caveman resume. Verify backup exists first.

## Deactivation

User says "stop caveman" or "normal mode" → resume normal communication.

## Benefits

Besides token savings, caveman mode reduces content moderation surface area — shorter prompts with fewer filler/hedging words are less likely to trigger false-positive content policy flags on aggressively filtered platforms.

## Red Flags

- Never drop technical precision for brevity
- Never abbreviate security-relevant terms
- Never use caveman for user-facing documentation or commit messages