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Communication Style · tzachbon | DecimalAI

agent toolingby tzachbon

Communication Style

tzachbon/communication-style

Source tzachbon/smart-ralph ↗License MIT

This skill should be used when generating spec artifacts (research.md, requirements.md, design.md, tasks.md), formatting agent output, structuring phase results, or when any Ralph agent needs guidance on concise, scannable output formatting. Applies to all Ralph spec phase agents.

SkillScore86Maintained

Automatic

Writing & Editing pack

Last verified 8/20/2026

What it changes

Passed 19 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 5 of 22 without it.

Without skill23%

With skill86%

Checks it passed that the model alone missed

The initial overview section does not exceed three sentences.
The implementation sequence is the final section of the output.
The final section of the document is a numbered execution steps list.

and 16 more in the full report

15 fixed4 passed either way2 still failing1 broke

Pass-rate lift: +64 pp
Tokens: -54%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: -67%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/20/2026v119 of 22 cases passed with skill

Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.

Use this skill

Save it into your project's skills folder. Claude Code picks it up in its next session.

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/tzachbon-communication-style/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/tzachbon-communication-style/SKILL.md

Want it pinned and updatable? pip install "decimalai>=0.15", then decimalai skills add tzachbon-communication-style, and start Claude Code with claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents"

1 · One-time — install the CLI (docs ↗)

pip install "decimalai>=0.15"

2 · Get the skill — writes .agents/skills/tzachbon-communication-style/ and pins it in .decimal/skills.lock

decimalai skills add tzachbon-communication-style

No CLI? Get the same file — curl · raw file

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/tzachbon-communication-style/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/tzachbon-communication-style/SKILL.md

Raw file: /s/tzachbon-communication-style/SKILL.md ↗ · machine-readable summary at /s/tzachbon-communication-style.json ↗

Safety checks: 3 of 3 passed

Code scan CleanIntent PassedContent Clean

See it in action

One of 15 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.

1 of 15

Prompt

Draft an infrastructure plan for setting up PostgreSQL streaming read replicas to offload reporting queries. Outline architecture, lingering failover questions, and setup steps.

What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked	Without skill	With skill
The setup steps form a numbered list as the last section of the output.	Missed	Passed
The overview at the beginning is three sentences or fewer.	Passed	Passed

case-09 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/20/2026 · answers are capped and redacted

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md79 lines2 files

Communication Style

Be extremely concise. Sacrifice grammar for concision.

Rationale

Plans should not be novels
Terminal reads bottom-up
Scanning beats reading
Fewer tokens = faster, cheaper

Output Rules

1. Brevity First

Instead of	Write
"The user will be able to..."	"User can..."
"This component is responsible for..."	"Handles..."
"In order to achieve this, we need to..."	"Requires:"
"It should be noted that..."	(delete)

Use:

Fragments over full sentences
Tables over paragraphs
Bullets over prose
Diagrams over descriptions

2. Structure for Scanning

Every output follows this order:

1. Brief overview (2-3 sentences MAX)
2. Main content (tables, bullets, diagrams)
3. Unresolved questions (if any)
4. Numbered action steps (ALWAYS LAST)

3. End with Action Steps

Track record

Benchmark

19 / 22

test cases passed, vs 5 / 22 without

Adoption

Users: 0
Times used: 0

Safety and source details

SkillSafety

✓ 3 of 3 passed

Code scan15 of 15 checks clean

0 critical · 0 warning · 0 info — scanner v4 — 8/3/2026

View 15 scanner checks

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IntentSafe

LLM judge · does the skill do what it claims

ContentClean

LLM judge · policy & harmful-content review

Source

Imported

tzachbon / smart-ralph

plugins/ralph-specum/skills/communication-style/SKILL.md

View on GitHub ↗

License MITImported 8/3/2026Version v1Bundled 1 file

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What's inside

Communication Style

Rationale

Output Rules

1. Brevity First

2. Structure for Scanning

3. End with Action Steps

Track record

Benchmark

Adoption

SkillSafety

Source

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