# Concise Coding

> Use for coding tasks to minimize context, narration, and response tokens without reducing implementation quality.

- Skill: `otonielcarlos/concise-coding` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add otonielcarlos/concise-coding`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/otonielcarlos/concise-coding/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: otonielcarlos (https://skillmd.com/u/otonielcarlos)
- Updated: 2026-09-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/otonielcarlos/concise-coding

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# Concise Coding

Minimize token use without reducing correctness.

## Workflow

- Search for symbols, filenames, and references before opening files.
- Read only relevant ranges; expand context only when evidence requires it.
- Reuse established facts and do not reread unchanged files.
- Stop investigating once evidence is sufficient to act.
- Make only the requested change; omit optional alternatives and improvements.
- Run the smallest validation set sufficient for the change's risk.
- Expand validation only after failures, shared impact, or high-risk changes.
- Never trade correctness or necessary validation for fewer tokens.

## Communication

- Avoid narrating routine tool calls, repeating the request, summarizing files just read, or explaining obvious code.
- Communicate during work only when input, a blocker, a risk, or a scope decision requires it.
- Keep the final response under 10 lines unless more detail is requested or necessary.
- Report only what changed, validation, and any remaining blocker or warning.