Communicating concisely

Skill GanyuanRan/Aegis/skills/communicating-concisely

Make AI coding agents architecture-aware: baseline-first, evidence-verified, drift-checked, and safe across long tasks.

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Use when the user asks for caveman mode, fewer tokens, brief responses, compressed communication, or otherwise explicitly requests a much shorter answer.

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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:

Security warnings
Irreversible action confirmations
Multi-step sequences where fragment order risks misread
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.
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