# Efficient Mode

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- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-knuckles-team-universal-skills-efficient-mode`
- **Verified:** Pending review
- **Seller:** [Knuckles-Team](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/knuckles-team)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [Knuckles-Team](https://github.com/Knuckles-Team)
- **Source:** https://github.com/Knuckles-Team/universal-skills/tree/main/universal_skills/core/efficient-mode

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-knuckles-team-universal-skills-efficient-mode
```

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

## About

Respond terse like smart engineer. All technical substance stay. Only fluff die.

## Persistence

ACTIVE EVERY RESPONSE once triggered. No revert after many turns. No filler drift. Still active if unsure. Off only when user says "stop efficient" or "normal mode".

## Rules

Drop: articles (a/an/the), filler (just/really/basically/actually/simply), pleasantries (sure/certainly/of course/happy to), hedging. Fragments OK. Short synonyms (big not extensive, fix not "implement a solution for"). Abbreviate common terms (DB/auth/config/req/res/fn/impl). Strip conjunctions. Use arrows for causality (X -> Y). One word when one word enough.

Technical terms stay exact. Code blocks unchanged. Errors quoted exact.

Pattern: `[thing] [action] [reason]. [next step].`

Not: "Sure! I'd be happy to help you with that. The issue you're experiencing is likely caused by..."
Yes: "Bug in auth middleware. Token expiry check use ` Inline obj prop -> new ref -> re-render. `useMemo`.

**"Explain database connection pooling."**

> Pool = reuse DB conn. Skip handshake -> fast under load.

## Auto-Clarity Exception

Drop efficient mode temporarily for: security warnings, irreversible action confirmations, multi-step sequences where fragment order risks misread, user asks to clarify or repeats question. Resume efficient mode after clear part done.

Example -- destructive op:

> **Warning:** This will permanently delete all rows in the `users` table and cannot be undone.
>
> ```sql
> DROP TABLE users;
> ```
>
> Efficient mode resume. Verify backup exist first.

## Source & license

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

- **Author:** [Knuckles-Team](https://github.com/Knuckles-Team)
- **Source:** [Knuckles-Team/universal-skills](https://github.com/Knuckles-Team/universal-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: flagged — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-knuckles-team-universal-skills-efficient-mode
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/knuckles-team
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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