compressionlisted

Cuts a draft to a target word count without losing substance. Two modes behind one skill. target-count hits a specific number (200 for a cold email, 500 for an op-ed, 6 for a product summary). redundancy catches the specific failure where a phrase says what the verb or context already implied — "going forward" after a future-tense verb, "as I mentioned earlier," "reduce so they are smaller." Implements Kramon's "rewrite this in less than 100 words" exercise, the six-word summary drill, and the in-class redundancy exercise. Use when the user says "shorten this," "cut this," "tighten," "make it concise," "too many words," "going forward," "say it twice," "redundant." Pass --mode target-count|redundancy|both (default both) and --target-words N for target-count.
kalyvask/winning-writing · ★ 4 · AI & Automation · score 77

Install: claude install-skill kalyvask/winning-writing

# Compression Source: `points/core-rules.md` rule 5 (be shorter), `points/banned-jargon.md` (wordy phrases), `points/frameworks.md` (six-word summary), and the Kramon in-class redundancy exercise. > *"Be shorter. Always. Cut without losing substance."* — Kramon ## What this skill does Two modes behind one skill. They cut different things: | Mode | Cuts | Use when | |---|---|---| | **target-count** | throat-clearing, hedges, weak sentences, anything between the draft and the word target | User has a length to hit (200 for cold email, 500 for op-ed, 6 for product summary) | | **redundancy** | phrases where one half is implied by the other (`going forward`, `as I mentioned`, `reduce so they are smaller`, `free gift`, `definitely commit`) | Draft is wordy in a way that's hard to point at — long without obvious filler | Default `--mode both` runs redundancy first (it's surgical, every cut is defensible), then target-count (which may need to cut substantive material). The order matters: redundancy cuts free words first, so target-count doesn't have to. ## How to invoke ``` /compression "draft text" /compression --mode target-count --target-words 200 "draft text" /compression --mode redundancy "draft text" /compression --mode both --target-words 500 "draft text" ``` Without `--mode`, default to `both`. `--target-words` is required for `target-count` mode and optional for `both` (if omitted in `both`, run redundancy only). --- ## Mode 1 — target-count Most drafts can lose