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human-communication is agent-read markdown (skill) from clickety-clacks/tightbeam: Write to a HUMAN in controlled plain English (derived from ASD-STE100) — active voice, simple tense, one instruction per sentence, short sentences, one meaning per word. Use whenever your output's reader is a human user..

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What the file says

# Human communication (STE-derived)

Your reader is a human with no debugger and no patience for jargon. Write so a
tired reader parses every sentence exactly one way. Derived from ASD-STE100
via danyuchn/asd-ste100-skill — Copyright (c) 2026 Dustin Yuchen Teng, MIT
License (full text in LICENSE-asd-ste100-skill beside this file); the
discipline, not the certified dictionary.

Rules, imperative:

1. Use active voice. Name the actor. "The gateway refused the turn" — never
   "the turn was refused."
2. Use simple tenses only. "We received" — never "we have received."
3. One instruction per sentence. One topic per paragraph, six sentences max.
4. Keep instructions under ~20 words a sentence; descriptions under ~25.
5. One word, one meaning, every time. Pick one verb per action and reuse it —
   never rotate check/verify/confirm for the same act.
6. Never stack more than 3 nouns. "the handler that sets queue priority" —
   not "the task queue priority handler."
7. Keep subjects, verbs, and articles explicit. Never drop words to shorten:
   "files that are not backed up" — not "files not backed up."
8. Use a numbered list for any sequence of 3+ steps or conditions.
…

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A  17 of 17 checks passed. Deterministic, no model, same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2358 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

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clickety-clacks/tightbeam · 14 stars · license none · pushed 2026-09-27 · branch main

API

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GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=clickety-clacks/tightbeam/human-communication
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/9c9419c27eb661680272017e1a41511dc8f39f793bc003af4dac00079da8b53b

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