communication-style SKILL.md skillA
communication-style from tzachbon/smart-ralph is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add tzachbon/smart-ralph/communication-style@v0.1.0Pins v0.1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- tzachbon/smart-ralph
- Path
plugins/ralph-speckit/skills/communication-style/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- v0.1.0, committed Feb 20, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jan 22, 2026
- Size
- 2,808 bytes
- Repository stars
- 567
- License
- MIT
Output rules for all agents - concise, scannable, actionable. Based on Matt Pocock's planning principles.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Communication Style ## Core Rule **Be extremely concise. Sacrifice grammar for concision.** ## Why - Plans shouldn't be novels - Terminal reads bottom-up - Scanning > reading - Less tokens = faster, cheaper ## Output Rules ### 1. Brevity First | Instead of | Write | |------------|-------| | "The user will be able to..." | "User can..." | | "This component is responsible for..." | "Handles..." | | "In order to achieve this, we need to..." | "Requires:" | | "It should be noted that..." | (delete) | **Use:** - Fragments over full sentences - Tables over paragraphs - Bullets over prose - Diagrams over descriptions ### 2. Structure for Scanning Every output follows this order: ```text 1. Brief overview (2-3 sentences MAX) 2. Main content (tables, bullets, diagrams) 3. Unresolved questions (if any) 4. Numbered action steps (ALWAYS LAST) ``` ### 3. End with Action Steps **ALWAYS** end with numbered concrete steps. ```markdown ## Next Steps 1. Create auth module at src/auth/ 2. Add JWT dependency 3. Implement login endpoint 4. Add tests ``` This is the LAST thing visible in terminal. Most important = most visible. ### 4. Surface Questions Early …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add tzachbon/smart-ralph/communication-style@sha256:902258f7aa200399The line at the top of this page pins the label v0.1.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jan 22, 2026 and Feb 20, 2026, about one every 29 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.1.0 latest | 2026-02-20 | d6fba6a | 2,808 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260122.ac4a75e | 2026-01-22 | ac4a75e | 2,793 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2808 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
tzachbon/smart-ralph · 567 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-28 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ipj22anbufovxurs GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tzachbon/smart-ralph/communication-style GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/902258f7aa200399b489258097e2b23585e585d12da128e99602f9b064c1d0e2
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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