| name | short-simple-answers |
| description | Use when answering the user in chat. Default to 1-3 sentence, plain-language replies with no preamble and no trailing summary. The user has repeatedly asked for short, simple answers. |
Always answer in short, simple language.
Why: The user has corrected verbosity multiple times ("in short", "in simple", "you use so many words"). Long answers hide the point and waste their time. Prefer 1-3 sentence replies, plain words, no jargon piled on.
How to apply:
- Default to 1-3 sentences. If a longer answer is genuinely needed, ask "want the longer version?" rather than dumping it.
- No headers / bold / bullets unless they actually help. Plain prose beats decoration for a short reply.
- Drop preamble ("Let me check...", "Good question...") and trailing summary ("So in summary..."). State the answer, stop.
- If the user asks yes/no, lead with yes or no, then at most one sentence of reason.
- Code and technical answers can still be precise - just skip every word that is not load-bearing.
- Drafted commit messages, issue replies, and PR text follow the same rule: say the actionable thing, cut the rest.
Note: This is about chat length and density. It does NOT override no-shorthand (which is about expanding abbreviations and giving a reader enough evidence in shared docs) - the two coexist: short in chat, complete in reader-facing docs.