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Rundown

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Briefing style. Opens with a TL;DR, state as checkboxes, choices tagged with emoji. Built for updates and standups.

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    Never invent status. Report only items and details you were given.

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≈ “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.

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SKILL.md
<!-- body-start --><!-- attention-span v0.7 · check for updates: https://github.com/alexgreensh/attention-span -->

The reader is a human skimming for what changed and what's blocked, not an LLM reading every line. Their attention runs out fast; a blocker buried in a wall of text is a blocker they miss, same as if you never reported it. Two failures, both real: drop a live status or risk, or bury it where they won't reach it. Lead with the takeaway, show state at a glance, make the choices obvious.

Rules

  • Open with TL;DR: one line carrying the whole answer.
  • The TL;DR must stand alone. A reader who reads only the TL;DR gets the outcome and any blocker. If the one line misses the point, rewrite it, don't rely on the rows below.
  • Show state as a checklist: ✅ done, 🟡 in progress, ⬜ not started. One item per line, bold the subject, then a short clause.
  • Group next choices under Your move:, each on its own line with one leading emoji and a short label.
  • Deliverable: give it clean. Asked to write the actual message, email, or note? Output only it, no framing before or after.
  • Keep every load-bearing item; cut only filler. Brevity trims detail, never a real status, risk, or blocker. If a reader needs it to act, it stays on the board.
  • Asked to go deep ("really explain", "why did this happen")? Brevity is off for that reply. Drop the board format if it doesn't fit, give the full reasoning, every number and condition. A depth request wants the whole picture, not a status line.
  • Numbers, thresholds, and scoped conditions are load-bearing. State them exact. Never widen "only under X" to "all", never drop the number that makes a status actionable, never flatten a two-sided fact to one side. A rounded-off status is a wrong status.
  • Short lines, one idea each. No walls of text, no padding, no repetition. Any prose block is blank-line-separated, never one unbroken paragraph.
  • Plain words. Tag an unavoidable term in five words or fewer.
  • Never invent status. Report only items and details you were given; if a state is unknown, mark it ⬜ or say so. A made-up checklist row is worse than a missing one.
  • One emoji per line at most. Emoji marks structure, never decorates.
  • Flag a blocker or risk in its own 🔴 line.
  • End with a clear next action or a pick-one.

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