@rse/ase 0.9.65 → 0.9.67

package/plugin/skills/ase-docs-shorten/SKILL.md

@@ -0,0 +1,527 @@
+---
+name: ase-docs-shorten
+argument-hint: "[--help|-h] [--auto|-a] (--chars|-c <N> | --words|-w <N>) <docs-reference>"
+description: >
+    Shorten a document toward a target length, given as either `--chars <N>` or `--words <N>`: first
+    tighten the sentences, then drop low-value content, then compress the remaining content into
+    shorter expressions -- each stage entered only while the target is still not met. Use when the
+    user wants to "shorten", "cut down", or "reduce the length of" a document.
+user-invocable: true
+disable-model-invocation: false
+effort: high
+---
+
+@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-control.md
+@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-skill.md
+@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-dialog.md
+@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-getopt.md
+
+<purpose name="ase-docs-shorten">
+Shorten a Document to a Target Length
+</purpose>
+
+<expand name="getopt"
+    arg1="ase-docs-shorten"
+    arg2="--auto|-a --chars|-c=0 --words|-w=0">
+    $ARGUMENTS
+</expand>
+
+<objective>
+*Shorten* the document of `<getopt-arguments/>` until it reaches the
+requested *target length* by running three *stages* in order -- tighten
+the sentences, drop low-value content, compress the remaining content
+into shorter expressions -- and entering each stage *only* while the
+target is still not met.
+</objective>
+
+Ground Rule
+-----------
+
+This skill *removes* text, so unlike `ase-docs-refine` it *MAY* lose
+content. It still *MUST* *NOT* corrupt whatever survives: every fact,
+number, technical term, qualifier, and negation which *survives* into
+the shortened text stays *exactly* as it was, no content is invented,
+the order of the surviving argument is kept, and fenced code blocks,
+inline code spans, link targets, Markdown frontmatter, and the heading
+structure are never touched.
+
+The skill also *MUST* *NOT* shorten *beyond* the target: it stops at the
+first change which reaches the target, so a document is never cut more
+than the user asked for.
+
+<flow>
+
+1.  <step id="STEP 1: Resolve Target and Document">
+
+    1.  Determine the *target length* from the two mutually exclusive
+        options. Set <chars/> to <getopt-option-chars/> and <words/> to
+        <getopt-option-words/>, treating a *non-numeric* or *negative*
+        value as `0`. Then dispatch:
+
+        -   <if condition="<chars/> is `0` and <words/> is `0`">
+
+            Only output the following <template/> and then *IMMEDIATELY*
+            *STOP* all further skill processing:
+
+            <template>
+            ⧉ **ASE**: ✪ skill: **ase-docs-shorten**, ▶ ERROR: a target length is required -- pass either `--chars <N>` or `--words <N>`
+            </template>
+
+            </if>
+
+        -   <if condition="<chars/> is not `0` and <words/> is not `0`">
+
+            Only output the following <template/> and then *IMMEDIATELY*
+            *STOP* all further skill processing:
+
+            <template>
+            ⧉ **ASE**: ✪ skill: **ase-docs-shorten**, ▶ ERROR: `--chars` and `--words` are mutually exclusive -- pass only one of them
+            </template>
+
+            </if>
+
+        -   <if condition="<chars/> is not `0`">
+            Set <unit>chars</unit> and <target><chars/></target>.
+            </if>
+            <else>
+            Set <unit>words</unit> and <target><words/></target>.
+            </else>
+
+        Do not output anything else in this substep.
+
+    2.  *Silently* resolve `<getopt-arguments/>` to the list
+        <documents/> of individual document files, expanding any
+        directory or wildcard reference with the `Glob` tool. Then
+        dispatch:
+
+        -   <if condition="<documents/> is empty">
+
+            Only output the following <template/> and then *IMMEDIATELY*
+            *STOP* all further skill processing:
+
+            <template>
+            ⧉ **ASE**: ✪ skill: **ase-docs-shorten**, ▶ ERROR: no document to shorten
+            </template>
+
+            </if>
+
+        -   <if condition="<documents/> carries more than one document">
+
+            A target length applies to *one* document, so a reference
+            which expands to several documents is *ambiguous*: it is
+            unclear whether the target bounds each document or their
+            sum. Set <count/> to the number of documents, then only
+            output the following <template/> and *IMMEDIATELY* *STOP*
+            all further skill processing:
+
+            <template>
+            ⧉ **ASE**: ✪ skill: **ase-docs-shorten**, ▶ ERROR: **<count/>** documents referenced -- a target length applies to exactly one document
+            </template>
+
+            </if>
+
+        Set <file/> to the single document of <documents/>.
+
+    3.  Do not output anything else in this STEP 1.
+
+    </step>
+
+2.  <step id="STEP 2: Investigation">
+
+    <if condition="<ase-project-boxing/> is equal `black`">
+
+    The project source artifacts are classified as a *black box*, so
+    the user does *not* want them inspected or their problems surfaced.
+    *Skip* the entire investigation and reporting: do *not* invoke any
+    `Agent` tool and do *not* read any document, only output the
+    following <template/> and then *SKIP* the remaining steps STEP 3,
+    STEP 4, and STEP 5:
+
+    <template>
+    <ase-tpl-bullet-normal/> **SHORTEN**: *suppressed* (`project.boxing` is `black`)
+    </template>
+
+    </if>
+
+    First, use the following <template/> to give a hint on this step:
+
+    <template>
+    <ase-tpl-bullet-secondary/> **SHORTENING INVESTIGATION**: `<file/>` → **<target/>** <unit/>
+    </template>
+
+    Dispatch the investigation to a *sub-agent* via the `Agent` tool so
+    that *no* investigation details leak into the user-visible
+    transcript. The sub-agent performs the silent reading, measuring,
+    and shortening; only its final structured return value is consumed
+    here. As a target length applies to exactly *one* document, exactly
+    *one* sub-agent is invoked, which keeps the length budget coherent:
+
+    ```text
+        Agent(
+            description:       "Shorten Investigation",
+            subagent_type:     "ase:ase-docs-shorten",
+            prompt:            "UNIT:   <unit/>\nTARGET: <target/>\nFILE:   <file/>",
+            run_in_background: false
+        )
+    ```
+
+    Parse the result message of the `Agent` tool invocation as a JSON
+    object. Set <length-before/> to its `length_before` field,
+    <length-projected/> to its `length_projected` field, and <blocks/>
+    to its `blocks` array, ordered by ascending `line`.
+
+    You *MUST* *NOT* output anything at all in this STEP 2 beyond the
+    above hint template and the `Agent` tool invocation.
+    </step>
+
+3.  <step id="STEP 3: Summary">
+
+    <if condition="<blocks/> is empty">
+
+    The document already meets the target, so nothing is shortened.
+    Only output the following <template/> and then *SKIP* the remaining
+    steps STEP 4 and STEP 5:
+
+    <template>
+    <ase-tpl-bullet-normal/> **ALREADY SHORT ENOUGH**: **<length-before/>** <unit/> ≤ **<target/>** <unit/>
+    </template>
+
+    </if>
+
+    Use the following <template/> to give a summary of the proposed
+    shortenings in <blocks/>:
+
+    <template>
+    <ase-tpl-bullet-secondary/> **SHORTENING SUMMARY**:
+
+    | *Shortening Stage* | *Shortening Result*      |
+    | ------------------ | ------------------------ |
+    | **TIGHTEN**:       | **<t/>** blocks proposed |
+    | **DROP**:          | **<d/>** blocks proposed |
+    | **COMPRESS**:      | **<c/>** blocks proposed |
+
+    </template>
+
+    Hints:
+
+    -   <t/> is the number of blocks with `stage` equal to `TIGHTEN`  in <blocks/>
+    -   <d/> is the number of blocks with `stage` equal to `DROP`     in <blocks/>
+    -   <c/> is the number of blocks with `stage` equal to `COMPRESS` in <blocks/>
+
+    </step>
+
+4.  <step id="STEP 4: Shortening">
+
+    1.  *Mark this skill as the active edit-capable skill* so that the
+        ASE `pre-tool-use` hook auto-approves the subsequent `Edit`
+        invocations on *any* invocation path (slash command *or* `Skill`
+        tool). Call the `ase_config_set(key: "agent.skill", val:
+        "ase-docs-shorten", scope: "session:<ase-session-id/>")` tool
+        from the `ase` MCP server. Do not output anything in this substep.
+
+        *Critical safety invariant*: the marker set here grants `Edit`
+        auto-approval and *MUST* be cleared again (substep 3 below)
+        *before* this skill yields control, *regardless* of how the
+        iteration in substep 2 ends - whether it completes normally,
+        is aborted early (e.g. an `Edit` failure, an unparseable value,
+        or any other unexpected condition), or is otherwise interrupted.
+        If you ever stop or bail out of substep 2 early, you *MUST*
+        still perform substep 3 first. Never leave this marker active
+        for a later, unrelated `Edit`.
+
+    2.  Set <total/> to the number of blocks in <blocks/> and <index/>
+        to `0`. Then iterate over all blocks:
+
+        <for items="<blocks/>">
+
+        1.  Increment <index/> by one (the 1-based position of the
+            current <item/> within <blocks/>).
+            Set <stage/>         to the `stage` field of <item/>.
+            Set <line/>          to the `line` field of <item/>.
+            Set <description/>   to the `description` field of <item/>.
+            Set <old-text/>      to the `old_text` field of <item/>.
+            Set <new-text/>      to the `new_text` field of <item/>.
+            Set <block-before/>  to the `length_before` field of <item/>.
+            Set <block-after/>   to the `length_after` field of <item/>.
+
+            Then *verify the Ground Rule* for this <item/>: compare
+            <new-text/> against <old-text/> and *drop* the <item/>
+            entirely -- continuing with the next <item/> without any
+            output -- whenever a fact, number, technical term,
+            qualifier, or negation which *survives* into <new-text/> was
+            altered, whenever <new-text/> states something <old-text/>
+            did not, or whenever a fenced code block, an inline code
+            span, a link target, or a heading was touched.
+
+            Then set <block-delta/> to (<block-before/> -
+            <block-after/>) and <block-percent/> to that difference
+            expressed as a *rounded* percentage of <block-before/>, so
+            the reviewer sees what the block actually saves.
+
+            Then set <context-before/> and <context-after/> to empty and
+            *normalize* the change to its *minimal* form, so that the
+            proposed diff shows exactly the lines the later `Edit` will
+            actually change: while the *first* line of <old-text/> is
+            identical to the *first* line of <new-text/>, *move* that
+            line from both to the end of <context-before/> and increment
+            <line/> by one; likewise, while the *last* line of
+            <old-text/> is identical to the *last* line of <new-text/>,
+            *move* that line from both to the front of <context-after/>.
+            Finally, *trim* <context-before/> to its *last* two lines and
+            <context-after/> to its *first* two lines.
+
+            Then, unless <ase-project-boxing/> is equal `grey` (where
+            the full unified diff is suppressed and no context lines are
+            rendered at all), *silently* read the current content of
+            <file/> with the `Read` tool - reusing the content read
+            earlier in this iteration, unless an `Edit` was applied in
+            between - and set <file-lines/> to its lines, *stripped* of
+            the line-number prefixes the tool adds. Set <file-lines/> to
+            empty if the file cannot be read.
+
+            Whenever <file-lines/> is non-empty, *re-derive* both
+            context parts from it, so the rendered diff shows real
+            context: set <context-before/> to the *up to two* lines of
+            <file-lines/> directly *before* line <line/> (empty if
+            <line/> is `1`) and <context-after/> to the *up to two*
+            lines of <file-lines/> starting at line (<line/> + <n/>),
+            where <n/> is the number of lines in <old-text/> (empty if
+            that line is beyond the end of the document).
+
+        2.  Report the proposed block with the following <template/>:
+
+            <template>
+            <ase-tpl-bullet-signal/> [<index/>/<total/>]: **<stage/> BLOCK**: `<file/>`:<line/>:
+
+            <description/>
+            </template>
+
+        3.  <if condition="<getopt-option-auto/> is not equal `true` and <ase-project-boxing/> is equal `grey`">
+
+            The project source artifacts are classified as a *grey box*,
+            so the user does *not* want the full artifact internals
+            surfaced: *suppress* the full unified diff and instead show
+            only a *condensed* two-line hunk. Unlike a proofreading
+            correction or a refinement, a shortening block spans whole
+            paragraphs, so both sides *MUST* be *normalized* and
+            *elided* onto *one* line each -- an unelided side-by-side
+            collapse exceeds the terminal width and wraps into an
+            unreadable run.
+
+            Determine <old-snippet/> from <old-text/> by replacing every
+            run of whitespace (line breaks included) with a *single*
+            space and trimming the result, then -- only if it is longer
+            than `100` characters -- keeping just its *first* `60` and
+            *last* `30` characters, joined by ` […] `. Determine
+            <new-snippet/> the same way from <new-text/>, or set it to
+            `∅` when <new-text/> is empty for a pure removal. Then
+            report the shortening with the following <template/>,
+            emitting both snippet lines verbatim (no wrapping, no extra
+            blank lines):
+
+            <template>
+
+            <ase-tpl-bullet-normal/> **<stage/> SHORTENING** (**<block-before/>** → **<block-after/>** <unit/>, **-<block-percent/>%**):
+
+            ```diff
+            - <old-snippet/>
+            + <new-snippet/>
+            ```
+
+            </template>
+
+            </if>
+            <elseif condition="<getopt-option-auto/> is not equal `true`">
+
+            Determine the hunk *body* as an ordered list of lines, each
+            carrying a one-character prefix (` ` for context, `-` for
+            old-side, `+` for new-side). Build it by concatenating, in
+            order and *skipping any part that is empty*:
+
+            - one ` `-prefixed line for *each* line of <context-before/>
+              (if non-empty),
+            - one `-`-prefixed line for *each* line of <old-text/>
+              (if non-empty; split <old-text/> on newlines),
+            - one `+`-prefixed line for *each* line of <new-text/>
+              (if non-empty; split <new-text/> on newlines),
+            - one ` `-prefixed line for *each* line of <context-after/>
+              (if non-empty).
+
+            Set <hunk-body/> to those prefixed lines joined by newlines.
+
+            Set <old-count/> to the number of old-side hunk lines, i.e.,
+            the combined line count of <context-before/>, <old-text/>, and
+            <context-after/> (each empty part counts as `0`).
+            Set <new-count/> to the number of new-side hunk lines, i.e.,
+            the combined line count of <context-before/>, <new-text/>, and
+            <context-after/> (each empty part counts as `0`).
+
+            Set <old-start/> to the 1-based line number of the *first*
+            old-side hunk line: if <context-before/> is non-empty, that is
+            the line of its *first* context line, i.e., <line/> minus the
+            number of lines in <context-before/>; otherwise it is <line/> itself
+            (the first line of <old-text/>).
+            Set <new-start/> to the same value as <old-start/>, but clamped
+            to a minimum of `1` whenever <new-count/> is greater than `0`
+            (the shortened side then has a real first line).
+
+            Render the proposed shortening as a *unified diff* with *up to
+            two* lines of context in a fenced block based on the following
+            <template/>, emitting <hunk-body/> verbatim (one already-prefixed
+            line per line, with no extra blank or space-only lines):
+
+            <template>
+
+            <ase-tpl-bullet-normal/> **<stage/> SHORTENING** (**<block-before/>** → **<block-after/>** <unit/>, **-<block-percent/>%**):
+
+            ```diff
+            --- <file/> (original)
+            +++ <file/> (shortened)
+            @@ -<old-start/>,<old-count/> +<new-start/>,<new-count/> @@
+            <hunk-body/>
+            ```
+
+            </template>
+
+            </elseif>
+
+        4.  <if condition="<getopt-option-auto/> is not equal `true`">
+
+            In the following, you *MUST* *NOT* use your built-in
+            <user-dialog-tool/> tool! Instead, you *MUST* just show a
+            custom dialog according to the expanded `custom-dialog`
+            definition. You *MUST* closely follow this definition:
+
+            <expand name="custom-dialog" arg1="--other">
+                SHORTENING: How would you like to proceed with this proposed shortening?
+                ACCEPT: Apply this proposed shortening.
+                REJECT: Skip this proposed shortening.
+            </expand>
+
+            </if>
+
+            <else>
+
+            Set <result>ACCEPT</result>.
+
+            </else>
+
+        5.  Check <result/> and dispatch accordingly:
+
+            -   <if condition="<result/> is 'ACCEPT'">
+
+                Invoke the `Edit` tool to apply the change by replacing
+                <old-text/> with <new-text/> at <file/>:<line/>. The operation
+                will be auto-approved by the ASE `pre-tool-use` hook (which
+                tracks the active skill), so *no* interactive permission
+                prompt will appear. Then continue with the next <item/>.
+
+                </if>
+
+            -   <if condition="<result/> starts with 'OTHER'">
+
+                Generate a *new* proposal for the *same* <item/>,
+                incorporating the user's free-text hint from <result/>
+                after the "OTHER:" prefix. *Reassign* <description/>,
+                <old-text/>, <new-text/>, <block-before/>, and
+                <block-after/> to reflect this refined proposal
+                (<old-text/> stays anchored to the existing text at
+                <file/>:<line/>; <new-text/> and <description/> carry the
+                new shortening) so the subsequent rendering and any `Edit`
+                use the new proposal rather than the original. Then
+                *re-apply* the minimal-form normalization and the context
+                re-derivation of substep 1 to the refined <old-text/> and
+                <new-text/> (so the re-rendered diff again shows exactly
+                the changed lines) and *go
+                back* to substep 2 of this `for`-iteration. There is *no*
+                cap on refinement rounds - keep refining until the user
+                picks `ACCEPT` or `REJECT`.
+
+                </if>
+
+            -   <if condition="
+                    <result/> is 'REJECT' or
+                    <result/> is 'CANCEL' or
+                    <result/> starts with 'ERROR'
+                ">
+
+                Skip this <item/> without any `Edit` call and continue
+                with the next <item/>.
+
+                </if>
+
+        </for>
+
+    3.  *Clear the active edit-capable skill marker* now that all `Edit`
+        invocations are done, so a later unrelated `Edit` is *not*
+        auto-approved. Call the `ase_config_delete(key: "agent.skill",
+        scope: "session:<ase-session-id/>")` tool from the `ase` MCP
+        server. Do not output anything in this substep.
+
+    </step>
+
+5.  <step id="STEP 5: Length Report">
+
+    1.  *Silently* call the `ase_text_metric(file: "<file/>")` tool of
+        the `ase` MCP server and set <length-after/> to the <unit/>
+        field of its result, so the report states the *measured,
+        achieved* length rather than the projected one -- rejected
+        blocks otherwise falsify the numbers. Then set
+        <reduction/> to (<length-before/> - <length-after/>) and
+        <percent/> to that reduction expressed as a *rounded*
+        percentage of <length-before/>. Do not output anything in this
+        substep.
+
+    2.  Report the achieved length with the following <template/>:
+
+        <template>
+        <ase-tpl-bullet-secondary/> **LENGTH REPORT**: `<file/>`
+
+        | *Length Metric* | *Length Value*                             |
+        | --------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
+        | **BEFORE**:     | **<length-before/>** <unit/>               |
+        | **AFTER**:      | **<length-after/>** <unit/>                |
+        | **TARGET**:     | **<target/>** <unit/>                      |
+        | **REDUCTION**:  | **<reduction/>** <unit/> (**<percent/>%**) |
+
+        </template>
+
+    3.  <if condition="<length-after/> is less than or equal to <target/>">
+
+        <template>
+        <ase-tpl-bullet-normal/> **TARGET MET**
+        </template>
+
+        </if>
+        <else>
+
+        Set <missed/> to (<length-after/> - <target/>).
+
+        <template>
+        <ase-tpl-bullet-signal/> **TARGET MISSED** by **<missed/>** <unit/> (rejected shortenings)
+        </template>
+
+        </else>
+
+    4.  You *MUST* *NOT* output any further additional explanations or
+        summaries at the end of this skill processing, except for the
+        following final <template/>:
+
+        <template>
+        <ase-tpl-bullet-secondary/> **SHORTEN FINISHED**
+        </template>
+
+    5.  Finally, give the closing hint by expanding the following
+        (which, depending on the configured <ase-guidance-level/>, may
+        expand into nothing and hence emit no output at all):
+
+        <if condition="<getopt-option-auto/> is not equal `true`">
+        <ase-tpl-hint level="verbose">
+        Use `/ase-docs-shorten --auto` to apply all shortenings unattended.
+        </ase-tpl-hint>
+        </if>
+
+    </step>
+
+</flow>
+

package/plugin/skills/ase-docs-shorten/help.md

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+
+##  NAME
+
+`ase-docs-shorten` - Shorten a Document to a Target Length
+
+##  SYNOPSIS
+
+`ase-docs-shorten`
+    [`--help`|`-h`]
+    [`--auto`|`-a`]
+    (`--chars`|`-c` *N* | `--words`|`-w` *N*)
+    *docs-reference*
+
+##  DESCRIPTION
+
+The `ase-docs-shorten` skill reduces the length of a *single* document
+until it reaches a requested *target length*. The investigation is
+dispatched to a sub-agent (`ase:ase-docs-shorten`) so that scanning
+details do not leak into the user-visible transcript.
+
+The target length is stated either as `--chars` *N* or as `--words` *N*.
+The two options are *mutually exclusive*, exactly *one* of them is
+*mandatory*, and neither carries a default, because the target length is
+the very quantity the shortening optimizes for. A document reference
+which expands to *more than one* document is rejected, as it would leave
+open whether the target bounds each document or their sum.
+
+The shortening runs as a *three-stage cascade*, and a stage is entered
+*only* while the target is still not met:
+
+1.  *Tighten*: shorten individual sentences without losing any content -
+    filler words struck, nominal constructions turned into verbs,
+    redundant restatements within a sentence cut.
+
+2.  *Drop*: remove low-value content - redundant restatements,
+    illustrative examples, asides, parentheticals, and the whole
+    sentences or list items which carry the least value for the reader.
+    Content is genuinely lost in this stage.
+
+3.  *Compress*: merge and rewrite the remaining content into shorter
+    expressions and sentences - related sentences fused, prose
+    enumerations turned into compact lists, multi-sentence passages
+    re-expressed as single sentences.
+
+The skill never shortens *beyond* the target: it stops at the first
+change which reaches it. What *survives* the shortening stays exact -
+every surviving fact, number, technical term, qualifier, and negation is
+preserved verbatim, nothing is invented, the order of the surviving
+argument is kept, and fenced code blocks, inline code spans, link
+targets, Markdown frontmatter, and the heading structure are never
+touched.
+
+Each proposed change is cut as a *whole block* - a paragraph, a list
+item, a blockquote, or a heading with its following paragraph - because
+a shortening is only judgeable in the context of the whole block it
+rewrites. It is rendered as a *unified diff* with up to two lines of
+context, annotated with the length it saves, exactly as in
+[`ase-docs-refine`](../ase-docs-refine/help.md) and
+[`ase-docs-proofread`](../ase-docs-proofread/help.md). The user
+either accepts or rejects each block interactively (or refines it via a
+free-text hint, which re-proposes the block without limit) or - with
+`--auto` - applies all of them automatically. A closing *LENGTH REPORT*
+states the achieved length against the target, so rejected blocks stay
+visible in the outcome.
+
+`ase-docs-shorten` is the length-reducing member of the document triple.
+The recommended order over one document is `ase-docs-shorten` first (cut
+the bulk), then [`ase-docs-refine`](../ase-docs-refine/help.md) (polish
+what survives), then
+[`ase-docs-proofread`](../ase-docs-proofread/help.md) (final correctness
+pass), so no polishing effort is spent on text which is later dropped.
+
+##  OPTIONS
+
+-   `--chars`|`-c` *N*:
+    Shorten the document to at most *N* characters, counted over the
+    entire document content including whitespace and newlines.
+    Mutually exclusive with `--words`.
+
+-   `--words`|`-w` *N*:
+    Shorten the document to at most *N* whitespace-separated words,
+    counted over the entire document content.
+    Mutually exclusive with `--chars`.
+
+-   `--auto`|`-a`:
+    Automatically apply every proposed shortening without asking the
+    user via the interactive dialog.
+
+##  ARGUMENTS
+
+-   *docs-reference*:
+    A reference to the *single* document to shorten. A reference
+    expanding to more than one document is rejected.
+
+##  SCENARIOS
+
+-   You want a README section cut down to a hard character budget
+-   You want an abstract brought under a word limit for a submission
+-   You want the least valuable examples and asides dropped first
+-   You want to see what a shortening costs before accepting it
+-   You want a whole document shortened unattended in one pass
+-   You want the achieved length reported against the target
+
+##  EXAMPLES
+
+Shorten a document to at most 4000 characters interactively:
+
+```text
+❯ /ase-docs-shorten --chars 4000 README.md
+```
+
+Shorten a document to at most 250 words unattended:
+
+```text
+❯ /ase-docs-shorten --auto --words 250 docs/abstract.md
+```
+
+##  SEE ALSO
+
+[`ase-docs-refine`](../ase-docs-refine/help.md), [`ase-docs-proofread`](../ase-docs-proofread/help.md), [`ase-docs-distill`](../ase-docs-distill/help.md).

package/plugin/skills/ase-help-intent/help.md

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ entirely through the intent argument and the interactive dialog.
 
 ##  ARGUMENTS
 
-*intent*:
+-   *intent*:
     The free-text intent to be realized. It describes *what* the user
     wants to achieve; the skill determines *which* ASE skills and *which*
     options and arguments realize it.

package/plugin/skills/ase-help-skill/catalog.md

@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@
 ○   `ase-sync-export`:     Export Artifact Set to Side-by-Side Files
 
 ⎈   **DOCUMENTATION**
-○   `ase-docs-distill`:    Distill Document Key Points
+○   `ase-docs-shorten`:    Shorten a Document to a Target Length
+○   `ase-docs-refine`:     Refine Document Wording
 ○   `ase-docs-proofread`:  Proofread Documents
+○   `ase-docs-distill`:    Distill Document Key Points
 
 ⎈   **VERSION CONTROL**
 ○   `ase-meta-changelog`:  Update ChangeLog Entries
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@
 
 ⎈   **OTHER SKILLS**
 ○   `ase-meta-workflow`:   Generate a Workflow Skill
+○   `ase-meta-mint`:       Mint an Identifier or Name
 ○   `ase-meta-config`:     Configuration Management
 ○   `ase-meta-compat`:     Self-Test ASE Compatibility
 

package/plugin/skills/ase-help-skill/help.md

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ The skill exposes *no* option flags beyond `--help`/`-h`.
 
 ##  ARGUMENTS
 
-*skill-name*:
+-   *skill-name*:
     The full name of the ASE skill, any abbreviation of it, or a
     description of its purpose. If omitted, the entire skill catalog is
     listed.