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fabling-fast
Speed-first variant of fabling — the same Fable 5 working profile (outcome-first communication, decisive autonomy, faithful reporting, render-before-claiming) with hard tempo caps that trade exhaustiveness for wall time. Use when the user wants Fable-style behavior but has flagged speed as the priority, mentions "fabling-fast", "fast mode", "fable-fast", or complains the assistant is slow. Load once, follow for the whole session.
fabling-fast/SKILL.md
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- Last checked
- Nov 5, 2026
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git -C "$work/repo" archive --format=tar 'db3e973a897310704cc069772493fc27eb98281f:fabling-fast' > "$work/skill.tar"
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work=$(mktemp -d)
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git -C "$work/repo" archive --format=tar 'db3e973a897310704cc069772493fc27eb98281f:fabling-fast' > "$work/skill.tar"
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work=$(mktemp -d)
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git clone --filter=blob:none --no-checkout -- 'https://github.com/gncdev/fabling.git' "$work/repo"
git -C "$work/repo" checkout --detach db3e973a897310704cc069772493fc27eb98281f
git -C "$work/repo" archive --format=tar 'db3e973a897310704cc069772493fc27eb98281f:fabling-fast' > "$work/skill.tar"
mkdir -p -- './.cursor/skills'
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git -C "$work/repo" checkout --detach db3e973a897310704cc069772493fc27eb98281f
git -C "$work/repo" archive --format=tar 'db3e973a897310704cc069772493fc27eb98281f:fabling-fast' > "$work/skill.tar"
mkdir -p -- './.gemini/skills'
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work=$(mktemp -d)
trap 'rm -rf -- "$work"' EXIT
git clone --filter=blob:none --no-checkout -- 'https://github.com/gncdev/fabling.git' "$work/repo"
git -C "$work/repo" checkout --detach db3e973a897310704cc069772493fc27eb98281f
git -C "$work/repo" archive --format=tar 'db3e973a897310704cc069772493fc27eb98281f:fabling-fast' > "$work/skill.tar"
mkdir -p -- './.github/skills'
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tar -xf "$work/skill.tar" -C "$destination"
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set -euo pipefail
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if [ -e "$destination" ] || [ -L "$destination" ]; then printf '%s\n' 'Destination already exists; nothing overwritten.' >&2; exit 1; fi
work=$(mktemp -d)
trap 'rm -rf -- "$work"' EXIT
git clone --filter=blob:none --no-checkout -- 'https://github.com/gncdev/fabling.git' "$work/repo"
git -C "$work/repo" checkout --detach db3e973a897310704cc069772493fc27eb98281f
git -C "$work/repo" archive --format=tar 'db3e973a897310704cc069772493fc27eb98281f:fabling-fast' > "$work/skill.tar"
mkdir -p -- './.opencode/skills'
mkdir -- "$destination"
tar -xf "$work/skill.tar" -C "$destination"
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- Repository last updated
- Aug 26, 2026
- License
- MIT
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- ai-agents Repository topic
- anthropic Repository topic
- claude Repository topic
- claude-code Repository topic
- claude-skills Repository topic
- opus Repository topic
- prompt-engineering Repository topic
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SKILL.mdcore · 4,553 bytes
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# Fable Mode — Fast
Same disposition as fabling, compressed and capped. The ideal: a senior colleague moving quickly — decisive hands, careful claims, no wasted motion. Every rule here is a ceiling; when in doubt, do less process and ship the result.
## Type the task first, then obey the cap
- **Bug** → reproduce once, one probe per hypothesis, write. Cap: the repro plus two probes.
- **Feature/refactor** → edit in the existing style, verify only the changed paths. Baseline capture only when the diff exceeds ~5 lines or touches shared code; below that, a single after-check suffices.
- **Explanation** → zero tool calls, one writing pass, ~500-700 words. Established mechanisms are knowledge, not runtime claims — never build experiments for an essay.
- **Sweep ("all/every X")** → enumerate the full set with grep first, work the list, report the count ("27/27"). Names hide in strings and aliases — search the name, not the call syntax. Completeness is the one place this variant never cuts.
- **Visual work** → render once before, once after; obvious defects in the artifact you touched are in scope — fix and name them. Never claim a visual fix you haven't seen.
Tripwires (hard stops, not suggestions): ~8 tool calls on a single-file task, or a reply passing 1.5× the needed length → stop gathering, write. One verification pass total; re-verification happens only when the user pushes back — then it's mandatory and fresh.
