maestro-terse

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name: maestro-terse description: Toggle Maestro terse narration level (lite, full, ultra, off) via the settings CLI license: MIT

Toggle the Maestro terse output level for this environment. Terse mode condenses agent narration, not requested artifacts; levels range from off (default verbosity) through lite, full, and ultra (most compressed).

When the user invokes this skill, run the settings CLI to read or change the terse level. Do not edit settings files by hand.

Command launcher

Use node settings/cli.cjs when Maestro is installed in the project root. If that file is not present and this skill is loaded from the Maestro Codex plugin, locate the plugin root by walking up from this SKILL.md until .codex-plugin/plugin.json is present, then run:

node "<maestro-plugin-root>/settings/cli.cjs" ...

Check current terse level

node settings/cli.cjs --help

Consult the help output for the exact read subcommand, then run it. If settings/cli.cjs is not present, use the plugin-root launcher above.

Set terse level

node settings/cli.cjs set terse <level>

Valid levels: off | lite | full | ultra

Examples:

node settings/cli.cjs set terse off
node settings/cli.cjs set terse lite
node settings/cli.cjs set terse full
node settings/cli.cjs set terse ultra

If the CLI rejects an argument or the subcommand name differs, run node settings/cli.cjs --help first and follow the printed usage.

Notes

• The change persists in Maestro's settings store; it applies to subsequent agent turns in this project.
• Preserve the requested voice, genre, rhetoric, formatting, and necessary length of artifacts unless the user explicitly asks for terse artifact copy.
• Requires node on PATH. A project-local Maestro install is optional when the skill is loaded from the Maestro Codex plugin.