keep-instructions-direct
Installation
SKILL.md
Keep Instructions Direct (The Imperative Lead Protocol) (AI Skill)
Overview
Starting a prompt with polite conversational preambles ("Hey there! I was wondering if you might have time to possibly help me review...") burns initial prompt token weights on meaningless social pleasantries.
Because Large Language Models attend most heavily to the first tokens of a message, leading with an Imperative Action Verb immediately focuses the model's neural attention on the exact cognitive operation required.