AugmentClaude

Prose Trim

Remove outdated process notes while keeping contracts and current facts.

Installation

  1. Make sure Claude is on your device and in your terminal.

    Skills load from ~/.claude/skills/ when Claude Code starts up — so you need it on your machine first. If you don't have it yet, install it once with the command below, then run claude in any terminal to verify.

    One-time setup
    npm i -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

    Already have it? Skip ahead.

  2. Paste into Claude Code or into your terminal.

    This copies the whole skill folder into ~/.claude/skills/skill-prose-trim-naodeng/ — the SKILL.md plus any scripts, reference docs, or templates the skill ships with. Safe default: works for every skill.

    Faster alternative (instruction-only skills)

    Skips the clone and grabs only the SKILL.md file. Don't use this if the skill ships Python scripts, reference markdowns, or asset templates — they won't be downloaded and the skill will fail when it tries to load them.

    Quick install (SKILL.md only)
    Sign up to copy
  3. Restart Claude Code.

    Quit and reopen Claude Code (or any other agent that loads from ~/.claude/skills/). New skills are picked up on startup.

  4. Just ask Claude.

    Skills auto-activate when your request matches the skill's description — no slash command needed. Trigger phrases live in the skill's own frontmatter; you can read them in the “What this skill does” section above.

Prefer to read the source first? Open on GitHub.

When Claude uses it

Use this skill when auditing or trimming process residue from Skills, Prompts, comments, or docs; triggers include process prose cleanup, review residue, and current-state rewriting.

What this skill does

Process Prose Trimming

Use this Skill to remove text that cannot be understood from the repository's current state, while preserving contracts and durable facts.

Workflow

  1. Confirm file scope, language pairs, and edit permission.
  2. Classify each passage as current fact, contract, history, reasoning transcript, or review dialogue.
  3. Delete pure process residue and restate durable facts in present tense.
  4. Preserve negative guarantees, measured bounds, formal references, archives, and fixture fidelity.

Constraints

  • Never turn an assumption into a shipped capability.
  • Do not edit generated files, sealed archives, or recorded fixtures without explicit authorization.
  • Keep bilingual meaning aligned.

Read prompts/skill-prose-trim.md before producing output.

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