sayless

You ask AI to write a button label. It says "Submit." You ask for a headline. It gives you "Innovative AI-Powered Platform." You ask for an error message. You get "Something went wrong."

That copy could live on 1,000 products unchanged. It's dead.

sayless is a Claude Code skill that fixes this.

You: "Write onboarding copy for a transcription app."

Without sayless:

Start your journey with our powerful transcription platform. We leverage cutting-edge AI to deliver seamless results.

With sayless:

Record a meeting. Get a summary before your next one. English and Spanish. Up to 60 minutes. Works offline.

One has adjectives. The other has facts.

You: "Error message for failed save."

Without: Something went wrong. Please try again.

With: You're offline. Reconnect to save changes.

Three differences: what happened, why, what to do. No mystery.

You: "Landing page headline for a design reference tool."

Without: The Ultimate Design Research Platform for Modern Teams

With: Stop debating. Start seeing. Search 100k real screens. Ship with fewer arguments.

One is a headline. The other is a point of view.

What changes

sayless carries a 21-section copywriting methodology inside it. When triggered, every line gets filtered:

• Can a stranger get this in 3 seconds?
• Is there a concrete detail or is it all adjectives?
• Can I cut 30% and lose nothing?
• Does this sound like a person or a committee?

It knows where personality belongs (onboarding, tooltips, success states) and where it doesn't (errors, payments, deletion, security).

It has a banned words list. "Seamless" is on it. So is "leverage," "synergy," and "In today's fast-paced world."

Install

npx sayless

That's it. Copies the skill into ~/.claude/skills/sayless/.

Or manually: download sayless.skill from this repo and run /install-skill sayless.skill in Claude Code.

Structure

sayless/
  SKILL.md                         — workflow and quick patterns
  references/copywriting-guide.md  — full 21-section methodology

SKILL.md loads first. The guide loads when depth is needed. Context-efficient by design.

Clarity earns trust. Character earns memory. Honesty earns respect.

If your copy can't do all three — say less.