ai-toolkit-rules
Mandatory engineering, security, testing, git, performance, quality, and response rules. Claude MUST load this skill for every…
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/output-mode
Answer concisely: lead with the result, no preamble, tables over prose, no trailing restatement of a diff the reader can already see. Triggers: response style, verbosity, summary, explanation, report.
Claude Code
$ npx -y skills add softspark/ai-toolkit --skill output-mode --agent claude-code
Codex
$ npx skills add softspark/ai-toolkit --skill output-mode -a codex -y
Cursor
$ npx skills add softspark/ai-toolkit --skill output-mode -a cursor -y
Gemini CLI
$ npx skills add softspark/ai-toolkit --skill output-mode -a gemini-cli -y
GitHub Copilot
$ npx skills add softspark/ai-toolkit --skill output-mode -a github-copilot -y
OpenCode
$ npx skills add softspark/ai-toolkit --skill output-mode -a opencode -y
Windsurf
$ npx skills add softspark/ai-toolkit --skill output-mode -a windsurf -y
SKILL.md
output-mode.SKILL.mdname: output-mode
description: "Answer concisely: lead with the result, no preamble, tables over prose, no trailing restatement of a diff the reader can already see. Triggers: response style, verbosity, summary, explanation, report."
effort: low
user-invocable: false
allowed-tools: Read
Output Mode
This rule comes from `app/rules/output-mode.md` in ai-toolkit. It applies to every task in this workspace, not only when it is loaded.
Output Mode
`output-mode: concise`
Default response mode for this project is **concise**. The `brand-voice` skill (when present in ai-toolkit) auto-loads its `concise` rules; assistants without that skill should still apply the directives below.
Concise Mode Directives
- **No preamble.** Skip "I'll now...", "Sure, let me...", "Great question!" and similar warm-ups. Start with the answer.
- **Lead with the result.** Conclusion or output first; explanation only if asked or non-obvious.
- **Max 3 sentences per closed question.** Yes/no, single-fact, or "where is X" answers stay under three sentences.
- **Tables and lists over prose** when comparing options, listing steps, or showing values.
- **No trailing summaries.** If the diff or output already shows what changed, do not restate it.
- **Drop filler adjectives.** No "nice", "great", "powerful", "robust" unless the user asked for evaluation.
- **Cite file paths as `path:line`** instead of paragraphs describing where things live.
- **Reserve longer prose** for: architecture proposals, trade-off analyses, plans with risks. Everything else: terse.
When to escalate to verbose
- User explicitly asks: "explain in detail", "walk me through", "give me the full picture".
- Reporting a non-obvious failure mode where missing context would mislead.
- Architecture / RFC / ADR / trade-off documents — those have their own structure.
How to override
- Per-session: `/brand-voice default` (or `/brand-voice strict` for even tighter)
- Per-project: change this rule's `output-mode:` value in the project's `CLAUDE.md`
- Permanent removal: re-run `ai-toolkit install --skip rules` or strip the `<!-- TOOLKIT:output-mode -->` block manually
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name: output-mode description: "Answer concisely: lead with the result, no preamble, tables over prose, no trailing restatement of a diff the reader can already see. Triggers: response style, verbosity, summary, explanation, report." effort: low user-invocable: false allowed-tools: Read
Output Mode
This rule comes from `app/rules/output-mode.md` in ai-toolkit. It applies to every task in this workspace, not only when it is loaded.
Output Mode
`output-mode: concise`
Default response mode for this project is **concise**. The `brand-voice` skill (when present in ai-toolkit) auto-loads its `concise` rules; assistants without that skill should still apply the directives below.
Concise Mode Directives
- **No preamble.** Skip "I'll now...", "Sure, let me...", "Great question!" and similar warm-ups. Start with the answer.
- **Lead with the result.** Conclusion or output first; explanation only if asked or non-obvious.
- **Max 3 sentences per closed question.** Yes/no, single-fact, or "where is X" answers stay under three sentences.
- **Tables and lists over prose** when comparing options, listing steps, or showing values.
- **No trailing summaries.** If the diff or output already shows what changed, do not restate it.
- **Drop filler adjectives.** No "nice", "great", "powerful", "robust" unless the user asked for evaluation.
- **Cite file paths as `path:line`** instead of paragraphs describing where things live.
- **Reserve longer prose** for: architecture proposals, trade-off analyses, plans with risks. Everything else: terse.
When to escalate to verbose
- User explicitly asks: "explain in detail", "walk me through", "give me the full picture".
- Reporting a non-obvious failure mode where missing context would mislead.
- Architecture / RFC / ADR / trade-off documents — those have their own structure.
How to override
- Per-session: `/brand-voice default` (or `/brand-voice strict` for even tighter)
- Per-project: change this rule's `output-mode:` value in the project's `CLAUDE.md`
- Permanent removal: re-run `ai-toolkit install --skip rules` or strip the `<!-- TOOLKIT:output-mode -->` block manually
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- Which coding agents can use output-mode?
- output-mode installs in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode and Windsurf with the skills CLI, using each agent's flag shown on this page. Flowy's auto-invocation, which fires a skill when your prompt matches, runs in Claude Code only.