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Extreme terse speech for messages BETWEEN agents and other LLMs. Use when Hermit is requested, writing subagent prompts, inter-agent handoffs, or cairntir payloads. Bare-minimum communication to get concept and context across safely. Not for user-facing prose; Unvarnished covers that.
pnmcguire480/agent-skills · ★ 0 · AI & Automation · score 65
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