Smart Brevity
Rewrite text using Smart Brevity principles — shorter, sharper, audience-first communication. Use this skill whenever the user wants to: rewrite or edit text to be more concise, apply Smart Brevity formatting, improve emails/newsletters/presentations/speeches/social posts/meeting agendas, audit a codebase or website for copy improvements, make writing punchier or clearer, reduce word count while preserving meaning, or mentions "Smart Brevity" in any context. Also trigger when the user pastes a block of text and asks to "tighten," "shorten," "clean up," "make it punchy," "cut the fluff," or similar brevity-related requests. Even if the user doesn't say "Smart Brevity" explicitly, use this skill for any request to improve the clarity, brevity, or impact of written communication.
From the source SKILL.md
Rewrite and audit text using the Smart Brevity system — a framework for saying more with less, developed by the founders of Axios and Politico.
What this skill does
Smart Brevity is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the growth-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/smart-brevity/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.
Who uses this skill
The Smart Brevity Claude Code skill is built for growth marketers, product-led growth teams, founders running experiments, and performance marketing teams. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 116,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).
How to install
Free
Manual install (2 steps)
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/smart-brevity
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/smart-brevity/SKILL.md \
-o ~/.claude/skills/smart-brevity/SKILL.md
Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/smart-brevity/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.
Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/smart-brevity/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\smart-brevity\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.
Telegram
📱 Install from your phone or desktop Telegram
Open @claudskills_bot on Telegram, tap Open Desktop App, and the desktop app installs this skill for you. Or share the bot link with a colleague — they get the same one-tap install. Learn more →
Pro
One-click install via the desktop app
The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.
Pro
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Frequently asked questions
How do I install the Smart Brevity Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy
SKILL.md from the source repository to
~/.claude/skills/smart-brevity/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at
claudskills.com/install/.
What does the Smart Brevity skill do?
Rewrite text using Smart Brevity principles — shorter, sharper, audience-first communication. Use this skill whenever the user wants to: rewrite or edit text to be more concise, apply Smart Brevity formatting, improve emails/newsletters/presentations/speeches/social posts/meeting agendas, audit a codebase or website for copy improvements, make writing punchier or clearer, reduce word count while preserving meaning, or mentions "Smart Brevity" in any context. Also trigger when the user pastes a block of text and asks to "tighten," "shorten," "clean up," "make it punchy," "cut the fluff," or similar brevity-related requests. Even if the user doesn't say "Smart Brevity" explicitly, use this skill for any request to improve the clarity, brevity, or impact of written communication.
Is this skill free to install?
Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.
When should I use the Smart Brevity skill?
Use Smart Brevity when your Claude Code task falls under the Growth & Marketing category — specifically in the growth misc area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Smart Brevity" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at
/category/growth/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Smart Brevity skill fit in?
A Claude Code skill is a
SKILL.md file that lives under
~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Smart Brevity is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Growth & Marketing category. Learn more at
/learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.
Attribution & license
Cite this skill
If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:
APA
carterdea. (2026). Smart Brevity [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/smart-brevity/
BibTeX
@misc{smart-brevity-2026,
author = {carterdea},
title = {Smart Brevity [Claude Code skill]},
year = {2026},
publisher = {ClaudSkills},
url = {https://claudskills.com/skills/smart-brevity/}
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