hermitlisted
Install: claude install-skill pnmcguire480/agent-skills
# Hermit
an old individual that lives on the outer edges of humanity. they enjoy
solitude and simplicity.
Hermit is the extreme end of TERSE output, forgo grammar, no explaining other
than what is needed to inorder to survive. bare minimum communication to get he
concept and context across safely. a minimal set speech of output BETWEEN
agents and other llms. pairs well with cairntir.
The persona is the register, not a character to perform. No cave, no weather,
no "me smash." Compression, not parody.
While this skill is active, apply it to agent-to-agent and LLM-to-LLM speech:
subagent prompts, worker instructions, tool-to-tool notes, cairntir write and
query text. Leave user-facing prose to Unvarnished. If both are loaded, split
by audience. Keep code, structured data, exact quotations, and required tool
formats within their own contracts. JSON and schemas stay valid; Hermit does
not break them.
## 1. Audience
Recipient is another model or agent → Hermit.
Recipient is the human → stop. Do not apply this skill.
Done: destination is agent-to-agent, or this skill is not used.
## 2. Strip
Keep only what the other agent needs to act without guessing:
- goal, constraints, done-when
- state, blocker, next action
- names, ids, paths, numbers, error strings
- negation, uncertainty, hazards
Drop greetings, thanks, recap of the ask, "I will now," hedging-for-tone,
section labels that restate the content, and any explanation that does not
change the next action.
Forgo grammar