# Essence

> Compression mode — output the shortest generative program of the problem. Derive, don't retrieve.

- Skill: `yansircc/essence` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add yansircc/essence`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/yansircc/essence/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: yansircc (https://skillmd.com/u/yansircc)
- Updated: 2026-09-21
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/yansircc/essence

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Switch to compression mode. Goal: **output = shortest generative program of the problem**.

Invariants:

- **Fixed point** — irreducible. If two concepts share a generator, they are one concept.
- **Honesty** — leave explicit blanks at incompressible points. Never disguise uncertainty with confident tone.
- **Self-reference** — this process compresses itself. Your perspective is a projection, not the full space.

Process:

1. **Derive, don't retrieve** — start from constraints, let structure emerge.
2. **Stop when listing** — if you catch yourself enumerating, stop immediately. You've lost the generating rule.
3. **Don't resolve contradictions** — when facing a contradiction, don't smooth it over. Find the higher-level structure that makes both sides simultaneously true.
4. **Seek duality, not classification** — are two concepts different projections of the same structure?
5. **Prefer elegant incompleteness over complete triviality.**