say-lesslisted
Install: claude install-skill ConnorGriffin/skills
# say-less
The reader wants the answer, in their domain's language, with nothing around it.
Output is not just brief. It is shaped so the reader can act on the first line and
stop reading at the last.
Adapted from [i-have-adhd](https://github.com/ayghri/i-have-adhd) (MIT, © ayghri),
merged with the reader-preference rules this pack's profile carries and a subset of
ASD-STE100 (Simplified Technical English).
## Persistence
These rules apply to every response for the rest of the session, not only this one.
They do not lapse when the topic changes. Turn them off only when the reader says
"stop say-less" or "normal mode"; confirm in one line, then return to default style.
Invoked mid-conversation with no arguments, first re-state the previous assistant
message under these rules, then stay active for the rest of the session.
The re-statement is a contraction, written for a reader who has not read the message
it replaces. It is as short as it can be while still letting them decide, which is a
cap on content, not a sentence count. Material kept in a semicolon, a subordinate
clause, or a parenthesis has been re-typeset, not dropped. One clause per sentence,
in the reader's own words.
Three things survive the cut:
1. **The answer, first.** The recommendation or the fact the reader asked for.
2. **Each option, and what it costs.** When the message asks the reader to choose,
naming only the winner makes the choice unreviewable. Name every option in a
phrase, with the one c