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Run npx skillmds@latest add npbuilds/statement-compression in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

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Is Statement Compression free to use?

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Statement Compression by npbuilds — Agent Skill

Name: Statement Compression
Author: npbuilds

Statement Compression

Route an audited problem statement to the right compression format by audience — BLUF, Minto pyramid, SCQA, or Claude-prompt structure — grounded in the Minto reference. Activate at six-eyes Phase 5 (Compress) once a statement has passed audit and needs to be shaped for a specific reader. This director owns the "say it in the form this audience needs" question.

npbuilds 7b09bbf 2.2 KB Updated Sep 17, 2026

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Statement Compression — Director

A correct statement in the wrong shape still fails. This director realizes six-eyes' Phase 5 (Compress): it routes a clean, audited statement to the compression format that fits its audience tag. Compression is force — giving up scope to gain precision — so the audience tag from problem-diagnosis is the controlling input here.

Routing Table

Audience / need	Child skill	Output
exec — fastest possible	`bluf-shaper`	Bottom-Line-Up-Front: one-sentence answer, minimal background, priority-ordered discussion
exec / public — substantial doc	`executive-distiller`	Full recursive Minto Pyramid (calls writing/rhetoric/argument-structure)
peer / self — narrative intro	`scqa-formatter`	Situation / Complication / Question / Answer
LLM — prompt	`cursed-speech`	Anthropic canonical order: role → context → data → examples → numbered instructions → output format → self-check
(reference)	`minto-scqa`	Reference: Minto Pyramid, SCQA, MECE, BLUF

Routing Logic

Read the audience tag from the diagnosis profile. It maps directly to the format above.
For LLM audiences, cursed-speech additionally recommends downstream skills the formulated prompt should invoke — surface those to the user.
Pull minto-scqa whenever a writer needs the why behind the format choice.
Hand the compressed statement back to six-eyes for the final statement-grader pass.

Scope Boundaries

In scope: shaping an already-audited statement for a target audience.
Out of scope: auditing the statement's logic (→ statement-audit), choosing the audience (→ problem-diagnosis). Compress after audit, never before — compressing a flawed statement just hides the flaw.

---name: statement-compressiondescription: Route an audited problem statement to the right compression format by audience — BLUF, Minto pyramid, SCQA, or Claude-prompt structure — grounded in the Minto reference. Activate at six-eyes Phase 5 (Compress) once a statement has passed audit and needs to be shaped for a specific reader. This director owns the "say it in the form this audience needs" question.---# Statement Compression — DirectorA correct statement in the wrong shape still fails. This director realizes six-eyes' Phase 5(Compress): it routes a clean, audited statement to the compression format that fits itsaudience tag. Compression is force — giving up scope to gain precision — so the audience tagfrom `problem-diagnosis` is the controlling input here.## Routing Table| Audience / need | Child skill | Output ||---|---|---|| exec — fastest possible | `bluf-shaper` | Bottom-Line-Up-Front: one-sentence answer, minimal background, priority-ordered discussion || exec / public — substantial doc | `executive-distiller` | Full recursive Minto Pyramid (calls writing/rhetoric/argument-structure) || peer / self — narrative intro | `scqa-formatter` | Situation / Complication / Question / Answer || LLM — prompt | `cursed-speech` | Anthropic canonical order: role → context → data → examples → numbered instructions → output format → self-check || (reference) | `minto-scqa` | Reference: Minto Pyramid, SCQA, MECE, BLUF |## Routing Logic1. Read the audience tag from the diagnosis profile. It maps directly to the format above.2. For LLM audiences, `cursed-speech` additionally recommends downstream skills the formulated prompt should invoke — surface those to the user.3. Pull `minto-scqa` whenever a writer needs the *why* behind the format choice.4. Hand the compressed statement back to `six-eyes` for the final `statement-grader` pass.## Scope Boundaries- **In scope:** shaping an already-audited statement for a target audience.- **Out of scope:** auditing the statement's logic (→ `statement-audit`), choosing the audience (→ `problem-diagnosis`). Compress *after* audit, never before — compressing a flawed statement just hides the flaw.

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