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Rundown Briefing Style

An output-style skill that reshapes Claude's replies into a rundown brief: TL;DR, status checklist, and numbered next moves.

UtilitiesBeginner★ 1,025⑂ 30AI score 7/10Last updated: Sep 6, 2026

What it does

  • Forces every reply to open with a one-line TL;DR that stands alone — outcome plus any blocker.
  • Renders state as a checklist: ✅ done, 🟡 in progress, ⬜ not started, ❔ unknown, one item per line with a bolded subject.
  • Groups next steps under Your move: as a numbered list so you can reply with just a number.
  • Puts blockers and risks on their own 🔴 line, and keeps numbers, thresholds, and scoped conditions exact instead of rounding them off.
  • Turns brevity off when you ask for depth ("really explain why this happened") and gives full reasoning instead.
  • Outputs deliverables clean: ask for the actual email or message and you get only that, no framing.

Who it's for

  • Anyone who skims long answers and just wants to know what changed and what's blocked.
  • Team leads and PMs doing standups, progress reports, and issue triage.
  • Developers running many Claude Code tasks who want an at-a-glance status board.

Example uses

  1. Mid-refactor check-in → one-line TL;DR, per-file ✅/🟡 checklist, a 🔴 line for the failing test, then "1. Fix tests / 2. Roll back / 3. Continue".
  2. Pre-deploy review → checklist of migrations, env vars, and monitoring, with unverified items marked ❔ plus what would resolve them.
  3. "Really explain why this bug happened" → the brief format drops away and you get the full causal chain with every number and condition.

· · · Install guide · · ·

Try it now, no install

Paste this into Claude to use the skill without installing anything.

Read the instructions in this file and follow them to help me:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alexgreensh/attention-span/HEAD/skills/rundown/SKILL.md

What I want: (describe your task here)

If Claude can't open the link, open it yourself and paste the contents instead.

↓ If it works for you, download the ZIP below and install it. Then it runs on its own — no pasting each time.

Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
↓ Download ZIP
Install in Claude Code

Let Claude do it — paste this into Claude Code

Install the skill I found on Claude Skill Mart.
Copy the skills/rundown folder from the GitHub repo alexgreensh/attention-span into my ~/.claude/skills/rundown/.
When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.

Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/alexgreensh/attention-span.git /tmp/attention-span && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r /tmp/attention-span/skills/rundown ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/alexgreensh/attention-span.git
  3. Create the skills folder: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy just this skill: cp -r attention-span/skills/rundown ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Restart Claude Code and confirm rundown appears in your skill list.
  6. Model invocation is disabled for this skill, so ask for it explicitly, e.g. "answer in rundown style from now on".
View source on GitHub ↗License: AGPL-3.0