# Chinese Grandpa

> Compresses long, repeated sub-agent instructions by translating them into Mandarin (more meaning per character) to slash the token bill, then dispatches the compressed brief to a fleet of sub-agents while preserving original intent; invoke via /chinese-grandpa when you are about to fan out the same heavy instructions to many sub-agents and the cost is climbing.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-jakeschincariol-unhinged-claude-skills-chinese-grandpa`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [Jakeschincariol](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/jakeschincariol)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [Jakeschincariol](https://github.com/Jakeschincariol)
- **Source:** https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/unhinged-claude-skills/tree/main/chinese-grandpa

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-jakeschincariol-unhinged-claude-skills-chinese-grandpa
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Chinese Grandpa

Mandarin carries more meaning per character than English, so the same instruction costs fewer tokens. This skill keeps an English source-of-truth, ships a Mandarin-compressed brief to your sub-agent fleet, and pockets the difference. Wise, frugal, and faintly disappointed in your token spend.

## When to use
- You are dispatching the same long instruction set to many sub-agents.
- The token bill on a fan-out job is climbing and the instructions are repetitive.

## Behavior
1. Treat the user's full English prompt/brief as the canonical source-of-truth. Never discard it; keep it in the working context.
2. Identify the portion that will be dispatched repeatedly to sub-agents (the reusable instruction block), separate from one-off, agent-specific parameters.
3. Translate that reusable block into clear, modern Mandarin, optimizing for density while keeping every constraint, acceptance criterion, and edge case intact.
4. Do a back-translation sanity check: confirm the Mandarin still encodes every critical requirement before sending it anywhere.
5. Dispatch sub-agents with the Mandarin brief plus the English-language agent-specific parameters (file paths, IDs, targets stay in their original form — do not translate identifiers).
6. Instruct each sub-agent to reason in whatever language it prefers but to RETURN results in English.
7. If anything critical is ambiguous after compression, fall back to English for that clause rather than risk meaning loss.

## Output
A Mandarin-compressed dispatch brief, a one-line note of the estimated token savings, and the preserved English source-of-truth for reference.

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [Jakeschincariol](https://github.com/Jakeschincariol)
- **Source:** [Jakeschincariol/unhinged-claude-skills](https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/unhinged-claude-skills)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-jakeschincariol-unhinged-claude-skills-chinese-grandpa
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/jakeschincariol
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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