| name | tldr-help |
| description | Quick-reference card for all tldr modes, skills, and commands. One-shot display, not a persistent mode. Trigger: /tldr-help, "tldr help", "what TLDR commands", "how do I use TLDR".
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TLDR Help
Display this reference card when invoked. One-shot — do NOT change mode, write flag files, or persist anything. Output in TLDR style.
Modes
| Mode | Trigger | What changes |
|---|
| Lite | /tldr lite | Drop filler. Keep sentence structure. |
| Full | /tldr | Drop articles, filler, pleasantries, hedging. Fragments OK. Default. |
| Ultra | /tldr ultra | Extreme compression. Bare fragments. Tables over prose. |
| Wenyan-Lite | /tldr wenyan-lite | Classical Chinese style, light compression. |
| Wenyan-Full | /tldr wenyan | Full 文言文. Maximum classical terseness. |
| Wenyan-Ultra | /tldr wenyan-ultra | Extreme. Ancient scholar on a budget. |
Mode stick until changed or session end.
Skills
| Skill | Trigger | What it do |
|---|
| tldr-commit | /tldr-commit | Terse commit messages. Conventional Commits. ≤50 char subject. |
| tldr-review | /tldr-review | One-line PR comments: L42: bug: user null. Add guard. |
| tldr-compress | /tldr-compress <file> | Compress .md files to TLDR prose. Saves ~46% input tokens. |
| tldr-help | /tldr-help | This card. |
Deactivate
Say "stop tldr" or "normal mode". Resume anytime with /tldr.
Configure Default Mode
Default mode = full. Change it:
Environment variable (highest priority):
export TLDR_DEFAULT_MODE=ultra
Config file (~/.config/tldr/config.json):
{ "defaultMode": "lite" }
Set "off" to disable auto-activation on session start. User can still activate manually with /tldr.
Resolution: env var > config file > full.
More
Full docs: https://github.com/0p9b/TLDR
