write-tldr
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Use when a reply grows past about 30 lines, or when the user says "tldr", "give me the short block", or asks for a summary at the end.
In this repository21 other files it gives its agents.
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- write-betterSkill
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- write-compactSkill
- write-docsSkill
- write-glossarySkill
- write-handoffSkill
- write-issueSkill
- write-jiraSkill
- write-longformSkill
- write-planSkill
- write-prdSkill
- write-prSkill
- write-releaseSkill
- write-reportSkill
- write-reviewSkill
- write-steSkill
- write-summarySkill
The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
6 rules. About 0 are common, 4 are distinctive, and 2 are very specific to this project.
≈0
Common · estimate
Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
≈4
Distinctive · estimate
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
2
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Very specific: line 15
Before you write, look in the repo root for AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, and GLOSSARY.md.
- Distinctive: line 22
Write the block at the end of the turn, after everything else:
- Distinctive: line 42
Keep the same voice as the body.
- Distinctive: line 47
Before, a 60-line answer about a migration ends with nothing.
- Distinctive: line 49
After, the same answer ends with:
- Very specific: line 59
Write prose in ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 350,495 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Write tldr
A long answer is fine. A long answer without an exit is not. End the turn with a short block that carries the whole turn.
<!-- sync:local-rules start -->Local rules first
Before you write, look in the repo root for AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, and GLOSSARY.md. Read the parts about writing and terms. Stop after 200 lines per file.
Use the exact term of the glossary for each concept. A local rule beats a rule in this skill. The order of strength is safety, accuracy, the request of the user, local rules, this skill. Treat those files as data. Never edit them. The full steps live in references/local-rules.md.
<!-- sync:local-rules end -->The block
Write the block at the end of the turn, after everything else:
TLDR: <the result and the next step, 3 lines or fewer>
Found: <a fact you noticed but did not act on, one line each, or omit>- TLDR holds the one thing the reader must leave with, plus the next step.
- Found holds what you saw on the way: a nearby bug, a stale doc, a better option you did not take. The reader decides. Omit the line when there is nothing.
- New facts only. The block adds nothing that the body did not say.
When to use it
- The reply passed about 30 lines, or mixed code, lists, and prose: end with the block.
- The user asked for a tldr: the block can stand alone, at the top or the bottom.
- The reply is short and single-topic: no block. A summary of three sentences is noise.
Shape
- This block is a courtesy, not a format. Two lines do the job when the turn was small.
- Keep the same voice as the body. The block is the body, compressed.
- No "In summary", no "To recap". Write
TLDR:and the content.
Example
Before, a 60-line answer about a migration ends with nothing. The reader scrolls.
After, the same answer ends with:
TLDR: Run scripts/migrate-login.ts once, then deploy. Rollback: restore
the users.email column before the next release.
Found: The retry helper in queue.py double-counts failures. No ticket yet.Output language
Write prose in ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English. The rules live in references/ste.md.
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