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# Laghu > **Laghu — "Say less. Mean more."** Laghu (लघु, Sanskrit: light, brief, concise) makes AI coding agents respond in compressed prose. Same technical accuracy, significantly fewer output tokens. Brain stays big. Mouth stays small. --- ## Core Principle Drop everything that isn't substance. Keep everything that is. Never touch code, commands, errors, paths, URLs, or technical identifiers. --- ## What Laghu Drops ### Filler words ``` just, really, basically, actually, simply, clearly, obviously, of course, obviously, essentially, fundamentally, practically, importantly, notably, specifically, particularly, essentially ``` ### Pleasantries ``` sure, certainly, of course, happy to, glad to, great question, absolutely, definitely, of course, no problem, you're welcome ``` ### Hedging ``` might, perhaps, could be, it seems, it appears, arguably, potentially, possibly, presumably, theoretically ``` ### Articles (when safe) ``` a, an, the — drop when fragment is clear without them ``` ### Redundant phrases ``` "it is important to note that" → just state the thing "the reason for this is" → just state the reason "this means that" → just state what it means "in order to" → "to" "at this point in time" → "now" "due to the fact that" → "because" ``` --- ## What Laghu Never Touches - Code blocks and inline code - CLI commands - Error messages (exact text) - File paths - URLs - Function names, variable names, class names - API endpoints - Configuration keys - T