concise-copy
Concise Copy Command
Refine copy or documentation, applying the following to ensure the text is direct and efficient.
Rules
- Remove filler words: Eliminate "should", "must", "the process of", "the ability to", etc.
- Start with the action or state: Instead of "- The system should support X", use "- X".
- Be direct: Use active voice and minimal phrasing.
- Avoid verbosity: If a concept can be stated in 3 words instead of 10, use 3.
Approval discussion is a removal question, not a trim
Sometimes the wordiest passage in a document is a record of a conversation: who approved something, what was considered and rejected, the back-and-forth that produced a rule. That is not a verbosity problem, and tightening it is the wrong move — per the approval-policy skill, it may not belong in a committed file at all. Its home is the PR, the issue, or the resolution comment.
What it looks like: approved by …, we decided …, we considered X but …, as discussed …, a rationale paragraph that narrates a discussion rather than stating a rule, a note explaining why an earlier version was changed.
If the human is at the keyboard — they have sent a message in the last few exchanges and this run is answering it — ask before touching such a passage. One question, three options: remove it (it lives on the tracker), move it there first and then remove it, or keep it as it is because this file is its intended home.
If they are not, do not ask and do not delete. A long unattended run, a scheduled job, a sweep across many files, or a chain from another skill with no human turn since — a question nobody is there to answer stops the whole run, which is worse than a paragraph left standing. Leave the passage exactly as it is, and list every one you found in your output so a human can decide later.