terse
v0.5.1Chat-message brevity as a shape contract, not a word filter: prose-line budgets per turn kind, a fixed work-done skeleton (verdict → artifacts → max 5 findings → blocker → next), and a named cut list. Levels lite/full/ultra plus wenyan (classical-Chinese novelty) variants, hook-reinforced each turn. Out of scope: code, files written, subagent prompts, and how much work a turn does. Ships /terse:commit, /terse:compress, /terse:check, three compressed-return agents, and an opt-in MCP catalog shrinker.
By Ivan-WG1 GitHub starsUpdated 2 weeks ago
Directory evidence
- Runtimes
- Claude Code
- Parsed components
- 3 skill or MCP entries
- Source updated
- Sep 5, 2026
- Manifest status
- Canonical path parsed
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Install terse for Claude Code
claude plugin marketplace add IchenDEV/agent-plugin-mkt
claude plugin marketplace update agent-plugin-marketplace
claude plugin install terse@agent-plugin-marketplacePaste and run these commands in a terminal with Claude Code. They add and refresh the PluginsMP catalog, then install this plugin.
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Get the source manually
git clone https://github.com/galaykos/cc-marketplaceClone the source repository, then follow its setup instructions to add the plugin to a compatible client. The plugin root is plugins/terse/.
Plugin files
├── .claude-plugin/plugin.json├── skills/terse-commit/SKILL.md├── skills/terse-compress/SKILL.md└── skills/terse-crew/SKILL.md
Included Skills3
Use when writing a commit message — "write a commit", "commit this", "commit message", staging changes for a commit, or /terse:commit. Conventional Commits, imperative subject under 50 characters, body only when the why is not obvious from the diff. Full sentences, never compressed prose — the message is a repo artifact, not a chat reply.
Use when explicitly asked to compress a prose memory file — "compress CLAUDE.md", "shrink my memory file", "make this doc denser to save tokens", or /terse:compress <path>. Rewrites one named markdown file in place, backing up the original first, preserving code, URLs, paths, numbers and headings exactly. Never runs on its own and never touches source code or config.
Use when deciding whether to delegate to a compressed-output subagent — "spawn an investigator", "use the crew", "save context", "delegate this lookup", or when a long session is running out of context and each delegation's return is the thing eating it. Routes between terse-investigator, terse-builder, terse-reviewer and this marketplace's deeper agents.
Plugin manifests1
{
"name": "terse",
"version": "0.5.1",
"description": "Chat-message brevity as a shape contract, not a word filter: prose-line budgets per turn kind, a fixed work-done skeleton (verdict → artifacts → max 5 findings → blocker → next), and a named cut list. Levels lite/full/ultra plus wenyan (classical-Chinese novelty) variants, hook-reinforced each turn. Out of scope: code, files written, subagent prompts, and how much work a turn does. Ships /terse:commit, /terse:compress, /terse:check, three compressed-return agents, and an opt-in MCP catalog shrinker.",
"author": {
"name": "Ivan-WG",
"email": "[email protected]"
},
"keywords": [
"generic",
"quality",
"hooks"
]
}For maintainers
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