ase-docs-shorten SKILL.md skillA
ase-docs-shorten from rse/ase is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add rse/ase/ase-docs-shorten@git:20261013.6e73757Pins git:20261013.6e73757 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- rse/ase
- Path
plugin/skills/ase-docs-shorten/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20261013.6e73757, committed Oct 13, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 6, 2026
- Size
- 22,065 bytes
- Repository stars
- 62
- License
- Apache-2.0
Shorten a document toward a target length, given as either `--chars <N>` or `--words <N>`: first tighten the sentences, then drop low-value content, then compress the remaining content into shorter expressions -- each stage entered only while the target is still not met. Use when the user wants to "shorten", "cut down", or "reduce the length of" a document.
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
@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-control.md
@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-skill.md
@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-dialog.md
@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-getopt.md
<purpose name="ase-docs-shorten">
Shorten a Document to a Target Length
</purpose>
<expand name="getopt"
arg1="ase-docs-shorten"
arg2="--auto|-a --chars|-c=0 --words|-w=0">
$ARGUMENTS
</expand>
<objective>
*Shorten* the document of `<getopt-arguments/>` until it reaches the
requested *target length* by running three *stages* in order -- tighten
the sentences, drop low-value content, compress the remaining content
into shorter expressions -- and entering each stage *only* while the
target is still not met.
</objective>
Ground Rule
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This skill *removes* text, so unlike `ase-docs-refine` it *MAY* lose
content. It still *MUST* *NOT* corrupt whatever survives: every fact,
number, technical term, qualifier, and negation which *survives* into
the shortened text stays *exactly* as it was, no content is invented,
the order of the surviving argument is kept, and fenced code blocks,
inline code spans, link targets, Markdown frontmatter, and the heading
structure are never touched.
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add rse/ase/ase-docs-shorten@sha256:003b79f0d01782ddThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261013.6e73757, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_suht7seadjfufwjw)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Sep 6, 2026 and Oct 13, 2026, about one every 12 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261013.6e73757 latest | 2026-10-13 | 6e73757 | 22,065 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260906.c87e0bb | 2026-09-06 | c87e0bb | 22,091 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260906.7adc055 | 2026-09-06 | 7adc055 | 21,396 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260906.7493da5 | 2026-09-06 | 7493da5 | 17,933 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 (22065 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
rse/ase · 62 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-04 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_suht7seadjfufwjw GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=rse/ase/ase-docs-shorten GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/003b79f0d01782dd2bb3ec73500bc87c3be5faef12ebbcfc8bc768d09c66ef31
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