| name | claude-bionify |
| description | Configure and control the claude-bionify bionic reading plugin. Use when the user asks about bionic reading settings (fixation/strength, boundary, minimum word length, acronyms, URLs, headings), wants to turn the bionic display on, off, or toggle it, asks for the current status, or asks how to use the /claude-bionify commands. |
| when_to_use | User says things like "make bionify bolder", "turn off bionic reading", "set fixation to 0.7", "how do I change the minimum word length", "what bionify commands are there", or "reset bionify to defaults". |
| user-invocable | false |
claude-bionify control
Background knowledge for answering questions about the claude-bionify plugin, which
bolds the leading part of each word in Claude's responses (cosmetic bionic reading).
Use it to recommend the right command and the exact key a user needs.
When to use
Load this skill when the user wants to:
- Change a setting (boldness, boundary, word length, acronyms, URLs, headings).
- Turn the formatting on, off, or toggle it.
- Check the current state or reset overrides.
- Learn what
/claude-bionify commands exist.
Settings
Each setting has a default in plugin.json and a short key used by the live
/claude-bionify:set command. The set key is what you pass to the command, and it is
shorter than the plugin.json field name.
| Setting | set key | Default | Values | Meaning |
|---|
| Fixation strength | fixation (alias strength) | 0.5 | 0.1 to 0.9 | Fraction of each word bolded; higher is bolder. Applies to the fraction boundary only. |
| Bold boundary | boundary | fraction | fraction, syllable, log | fraction uses the fixation strength; syllable bolds up to the first syllable; log grows logarithmically so long words are bolded less. |
| Minimum word length | minlen | 4 | 1 or greater | Words shorter than this stay unbolded. |
| Skip acronyms | acronyms | true | on, off | Leave ALL-CAPS acronyms such as API or JSON unbolded. |
| Protect URLs, paths, files | urls | true | on, off | Do not bold inside URLs, emails, file paths, or filenames. |
| Skip headings | headings | true | on, off | Leave markdown headings (lines starting with #) unbolded. |
Commands
All commands live under the /claude-bionify namespace.
| Command | Argument | Action |
|---|
/claude-bionify:status | none | Show the current settings and whether bionify is on. |
/claude-bionify:on | none | Enable bionic formatting. |
/claude-bionify:off | none | Disable bionic formatting. |
/claude-bionify:toggle | none | Flip bionify on or off. |
/claude-bionify:set | <key> <value> | Override one setting live. Keys: fixation (or strength), boundary, minlen, acronyms, urls, headings. |
/claude-bionify:reset | none | Clear live overrides and restore the plugin.json defaults. |
Examples:
/claude-bionify:set fixation 0.7/claude-bionify:set boundary syllable/claude-bionify:set minlen 5/claude-bionify:set acronyms off
Important: set only accepts the short keys above, not the longer plugin.json field
names. set minlen 5 works; set min_word_length 5 does not. Likewise use acronyms,
urls, and headings, not skip_acronyms, protect_urls, or skip_headings.
Notes
set changes apply to the next response and persist until /claude-bionify:reset.- Changing the
plugin.json defaults instead takes effect on the next session.
- The formatting is cosmetic: it never alters the underlying text Claude reads or saves.
