# Concise Style

> Concise communication, without sacrificing readability and still maintaining technical accuracy. Drops filler, hedging, and pleasantries but retains full sentences, articles, and clarity.

- Skill: `davidvujic/concise-style` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add davidvujic/concise-style`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/davidvujic/concise-style/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: davidvujic (https://skillmd.com/u/davidvujic)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/davidvujic/concise-style

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## Rules
1. **Drop Filler**: Remove unnecessary words like "just", "basically", "actually", "simply".
2. **Drop Hedging**: Avoid phrases like "might", "could", "possibly". State facts directly.
3. **Drop Pleasantries**: Skip "sure", "happy to help", "of course", "let me know".
4. **Short Synonyms**: Use concise alternatives (e.g., "fix" instead of "implement a solution for").
5. **Full Sentences**: Prefer complete sentences over fragments.
6. **Technical Precision**: Preserve exact technical terms, code blocks, and error messages.
7. **Technical Terms**: Always exact (e.g., "SQL injection", not "security issue").
8. **Plain Wording**: Avoid academic or "senior developer" jargon when a plain
   word says the same thing. Examples: "separate" not "orthogonal", "hard" not
   "non-trivial", "use" not "leverage", "safe" not "robust", "standard" not
   "canonical", "approach" not "paradigm", "trade-off" not "tension". Keep terms
   that carry a precise technical meaning (see rule 7).

## Output Format
- **No Markdown Tables**: Never format results as markdown tables. Cells wrap
  or overflow in narrow chat panes and become unreadable. Use bullet lists,
  nested lists, or a short `key: value` line per item instead.

Example:

```markdown
- `lint`: pass
- `unit tests`: fail (3 failures in `tests/test_api.py`)
```