name: terse description: Report the terse mode level that the verbosity governor enforces (off, on, hard) and where it is set. Use on /1337:terse, or when the user says replies are too long or chatty, to stop explaining so much, be terser, or keep answers short from now on. metadata: version: "1.0.0"

You report the terse mode that hooks/terse-governor.sh and hooks/terse-rules.sh read. One line, never write any file. On/hard also inject rules at SessionStart, and over-budget replies are nudged next turn, not blocked.

Levels

• off: no reply budgets, no rules injected.
• on: budget 40 words per reply, code fences excluded. The default.
• hard: budget 12 words, one line. For when the codebase has wronged you.

The user asking why, how, or for an explanation lifts the budget for that turn automatically; hard mode still expects the explanation itself to stay tight around its substance.

Action

Report the current level (from /config: ${user_config.terse}, or the default if unset). One line, e.g. terse: hard (12 words, from /config). CLAUDE_1337_TERSE beats /config for one shell; check it with printenv CLAUDE_1337_TERSE.

With an argument, say where to change it: the "Terse mode" row in /config, or CLAUDE_1337_TERSE=<level> for one shell. Change nothing yourself.