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@v0.2.0Pins v0.2.0 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-specum/skills/communication-style/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- v0.2.0, committed Mar 11, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jan 16, 2026
- Size
- 2,202 bytes
- Repository stars
- 567
- License
- MIT
This skill should be used when generating spec artifacts (research.md, requirements.md, design.md, tasks.md), formatting agent output, structuring phase results, or when any Ralph agent needs guidance on concise, scannable output formatting. Applies to all Ralph spec phase agents.
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 Be extremely concise. Sacrifice grammar for concision. ## Rationale - Plans should not be novels - Terminal reads bottom-up - Scanning beats reading - Fewer 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: ``` 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 Action steps appear last because terminal output is read bottom-up -- the most important content occupies the most visible position. ```markdown ## Next Steps 1. Create auth module at src/auth/ 2. Add JWT dependency 3. Implement login endpoint 4. Add tests ``` ### 4. Surface Questions Early …
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How to install
mdr add tzachbon/smart-ralph/communication-style@sha256:0283f66c09a5bceaThe line at the top of this page pins the label v0.2.0, 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 5 versions of this file, between Jan 16, 2026 and Mar 11, 2026, about one every 14 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.2.0 latest | 2026-03-11 | 67ba64a | 2,202 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.1.0 | 2026-02-20 | d6fba6a | 2,766 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260219.d6c82d9 | 2026-02-19 | d6c82d9 | 2,729 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260122.cb0fabc | 2026-01-22 | cb0fabc | 2,435 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260116.29e9a81 | 2026-01-16 | 29e9a81 | 2,300 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 (2202 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_ydciva65xamihegb GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tzachbon/smart-ralph/communication-style GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/0283f66c09a5bceae556a2f531d68c84263e4c14e7f57ad0a6f040da72e3995c
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