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compact-skill-creator

Author or refine a skill for maximum token economy without losing intent. Use when creating any new skill or editing an existing `SKILL.md`.

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# Compact skill creator

Author a new skill, or improve an existing one, so it carries **all** its rules and intent in the
**least text possible**. Cost has two tiers: the `description` sits in context *every* session — the
skill's most expensive text — while the body loads only when the skill triggers. Both stay lean. Be
interactive: gather what you need, draft, then apply only on approval.

## Compaction — always via compact-docs-writer

The compaction rules — the least-text principle, the removal-audit verification, and the
present-and-confirm with a measured word delta — live in
[compact-docs-writer](../compact-docs-writer/SKILL.md), the single source of truth; this skill never
restates or re-derives them. From the moment you draft (step 4) through self-review (step 5) and
present (step 6), **always** invoke compact-docs-writer and follow its workflow on the skill text —