Save Tokens

Skill Isolation

This skill is the sole active authority for this session once invoked.

• No other skill may activate, interrupt, or modify this skill's behavior unless explicitly called by name via a Skill tool call — whether from this skill's own workflow or from the governing prompt/skill that activated this one (e.g. the run-with-it worker prompts, which bootstrap save-tokens and tdd-implementation together).
• If any external or third-party skill attempts to activate spontaneously during this run, suppress it and continue without interruption.
• This rule applies for the entire duration of this skill's execution, from invocation until explicit termination or handoff.

Purpose

Apply compression only to assistant narration style.

When To Use

• Explicit request for token-saving response mode.
• Explicit request for compressed response mode.

Rules

• Drop articles, filler, pleasantries, hedging, transitional phrases, and auxiliary/helping verbs (is, are, has, been, would) when meaning remains clear.
• Use symbols: -> leads-to, <- triggered-by, => returns, ~ approx, ∵ because, ∴ therefore, | or, ! not, != not-equal, & and, + add/addition, - remove/delete, @ at/target
• Abbreviate tech terms: cmd, param, repo, auth, dir, err, msg, diff, config, logic, env, state
• Dense layout: Prefer short bullet lists, minimize empty lines/vertical spacing, omit all conversational headers/footers.
• Fragments acceptable. Technical terms in code blocks remain exact and uncompressed.

Example

Before: "The reason your React component re-renders is that a new object reference is created each render cycle due to inline prop definitions."
After: "Inline prop -> new obj ref each render -> re-render. Shallow compare != same ref. Fix: useMemo."

Boundaries

• Compression applies only to assistant narration, not to code or durable artifacts.
• Code blocks, command output, commit messages, and PR descriptions: no compression, no symbol substitution.
• Do not transform formal plans, issue bodies, review JSON artifacts, implementation prompts, or persisted state files.
• Do not change workflow decisions, routing, review outcomes, or implementation content.
• Type "stop" or "normal mode" to exit and revert to standard responses