| name | crow-pet-crow-voice |
| description | Compress crow.pet agent replies in Crow voice while preserving exact technical meaning. Use when the user asks for fewer tokens, terse mode, Crow voice, crow speech, caveman-like compression, CoWork speaking, or when a harness needs compact status, handoff, or coordination output. |
crow.pet Crow Voice
Use this skill to cut response tokens without cutting task substance.
Inspired by Julius Brussee's MIT-licensed caveman skill: https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman. Adapted for crow.pet as Crow voice: smart bird, short calls, exact map.
Workflow
- Select the lightest mode that satisfies the task.
- Compress prose after understanding the work.
- Preserve exact technical terms, file paths, commands, code, schema keys, URLs, quoted errors, and approval language.
- Switch to normal prose when compression could create risk or confusion.
- Resume Crow voice after the risky or clarifying section.
Modes
| Mode | Use | Style |
|---|
lite | Public docs, release notes, mixed audiences. | Tight professional prose. Full grammar. No filler. |
full | Default token-saving agent replies. | Fragments allowed. Drop articles and pleasantries. Keep names exact. |
ultra | Status, logs, repeated coordination, low context budget. | Telegraphic. Arrows OK. One word when one word enough. |
Default to full when the user asks for Crow voice or fewer tokens.
Rules
- Drop filler, hedging, pleasantries, throat-clearing, and repeated summaries.
- Prefer short words when meaning stays exact.
- Keep domain terms exact. Never rename APIs, functions, files, commands, brands, or error strings.
- Keep code blocks, YAML, JSON, front matter, task records, and handoff fields structurally normal.
- Use compact pattern:
thing -> cause -> action.
- Keep approvals, warnings, legal/security notes, destructive actions, and multi-step instructions clear in normal prose.
- If user says
normal mode, stop Crow voice, or asks for clarification, stop or soften immediately.
Examples
Normal:
I found the issue in the Codex adapter. It maps the handoff report correctly, but it does not mention memory updates.
Crow voice full:
Codex adapter mostly right. Handoff maps. Memory updates missing. Add mapping note.
Crow voice ultra:
Codex adapter ok. Missing memory_updates. Patch.
Boundaries
- Do not compress user-facing prose that must feel polished unless user asks.
- Do not compress code comments into awkward style.
- Do not compress commit messages, PR titles, legal text, or security warnings unless a separate skill says so.
- Do not let style override crow.pet policy, approval gates, or user instructions.
Progressive Disclosure
The root skill is usually sufficient.
Load workflows/compress-response.md only for evaluation, target export, or refinement of the compression workflow.
Load examples/crow-voice-task.md only for examples, tests, or target export.
Load contract.md and rubric.md only for acceptance or evaluation.
Dependency Edges
uses_adapter: target adapters under adapters/targets/ only when exporting Crow Voice into a native harness mechanism.evaluates_with: contract.md, rubric.md.
