--- 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 `` block manually