Free Skill from EZJ Online

Make Claude answer first and stop talking

A Claude Code skill that cuts every reply down to the answer, then stops.

Works inClaude CodeMacWindows
Scroll to get the prompt

The answer is in there somewhere

Before

  • "Great question." Then three sentences restating what you asked.
  • The tradeoffs Laid out even when you asked a yes or no question.
  • The recap A summary of what it just said, in case you missed it.
  • The sign off "Let me know if you have any other questions!"

After

  • Yes or no first When you ask a yes or no question.
  • One to five sentences For most answers.
  • Long only when it matters When the short answer would cost you.
  • Then it stops. No recap, no filler.

Copy. Paste. Done.

Paste this into Claude Code. It installs the skill and checks it worked.

install-get-to-the-point.txt
Install the get-to-the-point skill from https://github.com/ezjonline/ezj-automations/tree/main/skills/get-to-the-point into my Claude Code skills directory. Clone https://github.com/ezjonline/ezj-automations, copy the skills/get-to-the-point folder to ~/.claude/skills/get-to-the-point, then confirm the skill is available.

It also works as a rewrite pass

example-prompt.txt
/get-to-the-point Tighten this:

[paste the long draft here]

It sends back the tight version and the word count before and after.

  • 1 line to the answer
  • 0 "great question"
  • 0 closing recap

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P.S. Based on Learn AI With Mariah's guide to making AI get to the point, built on Simplified Technical English and Zinsser.

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