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Agent skill

Communication Style

by tzachbon in tzachbon/smart-ralph

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…

MITAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Communication Style

skills CLI
$ npx skills add tzachbon/smart-ralph --skill communication-style -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install tzachbon/smart-ralph communication-style --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/tzachbon/smart-ralph.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ralph-specum/skills/communication-style .claude/skills/communication-style && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
communication-style
GitHub stars
559
Token cost
~551 tokens
SKILL.md length
169 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
26
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

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…

  • Works in 4 steps: Brevity First → Structure for Scanning → End with Action Steps → …
  • Tasks that involve Design tokens
  • SKILL.md covers Rationale, Output Rules, Anti-Patterns and References
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Communication Style is an agent skill from tzachbon/smart-ralph. 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.

Its SKILL.md is about 550 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/examples.md`).

It sits in Frontend & Design, covering Design tokens. The repository describes itself as: Spec-driven development with smart compaction. Claude Code plugin combining Ralph Wiggum loop with structured specification workflow. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Design tokens

Example prompts

  • “/communication-style”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Brevity First
  2. Structure for Scanning
  3. End with Action Steps
  4. Surface Questions Early

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ac7251a. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Communication Style loads about 551 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 75 tokens; SKILL.md has 169 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~75
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~551
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from tzachbon/smart-ralph at commit ac7251a, republished under its MIT licence (© tzachbon). 169 words, ~551 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/communication-style/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
communication-style
description
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.
version
0.2.0
user-invocable
false

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 ofWrite
"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

Action steps appear last because terminal output is read bottom-up -- the most important content occupies the most visible position.

markdown
## Next Steps

1. Create auth module at src/auth/
2. Add JWT dependency
3. Implement login endpoint
4. Add tests
4. Surface Questions Early

Before action steps, list unresolved questions:

markdown
## Unresolved Questions

- OAuth provider preference? (Google, GitHub, both)
- Session duration requirement?
- Rate limiting needed?

Catches ambiguities before they become bugs.

Anti-Patterns

Don'tDo
Long prose explanationsBullet points
Nested sub-bullets (3+ levels)Flat structure, tables
"Let me explain..."(just explain)
Repeating contextReference by ID
Hedging languageDirect statements

References

  • references/examples.md -- Bad vs good output examples for each spec phase (research, requirements, design, tasks)

© tzachbon, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in plugins/ralph-specum/skills/communication-style of tzachbon/smart-ralph.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/examples.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ac7251a

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MCP Developmentcoollabsio/coolify63k1 repos~949Automated safety check: PassMIT
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Design Dnazanwei/design-dna1.9k1 repos~2.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Categories

Questions about Communication Style

What does Communication Style do?

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…. Communication Style is an agent skill from tzachbon/smart-ralph.md), formatting agent output, structuring phase results, or when any Ralph agent needs guidance on concise, scannable output formatting.

When should I use Communication Style?

Communication Style fits situations like: tasks that involve Design tokens.

How do I install Communication Style in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add tzachbon/smart-ralph --skill communication-style -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/ralph-specum/skills/communication-style in tzachbon/smart-ralph) into .claude/skills/communication-style in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Communication Style in Codex?

Run `npx skills add tzachbon/smart-ralph --skill communication-style -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/ralph-specum/skills/communication-style in tzachbon/smart-ralph) into .agents/skills/communication-style in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Communication Style in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add tzachbon/smart-ralph --skill communication-style -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/communication-style, .gemini/skills/communication-style, .github/skills/communication-style and .opencode/skills/communication-style in your project.

What does Communication Style need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Communication Style is instructions for the agent only.

Does Communication Style access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Communication Style safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Communication Style use?

Communication Style is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Communication Style use?

About 551 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 495 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Communication Style?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Communication Style: Figma Design System Builder (warpdotdev/warp, 65k stars), Figma use_figma Plugin API Rules (warpdotdev/warp, 65k stars), MCP Development (coollabsio/coolify, 63k stars) and Design System (Ohh-889/skyroc, 795 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Communication Style?

tzachbon (a GitHub user) maintains it in tzachbon/smart-ralph, which has 559 GitHub stars. The repository holds 26 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 16, 2026.

Source: tzachbon/smart-ralph on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.