Reading CRUX documents

Skill bodies are served as CRUX Compress documents — a compact semantic notation (spec: compress.md) that typically cuts token cost by 60–85% while preserving every actionable instruction. Your agent reads them in place; there is nothing to decompress.

Document shape

---
generated: 2026-07-05 10:43
sourceChecksum: "3928440484"
cruxLevel: 35
beforeTokens: 2675
afterTokens: 427
reducedBy: 84%
---
# skill-name
```crux
⟦CRUX:skill-name/SKILL.md
Ρ{purpose}
Γ.flow{step1»step2»step3}
R{hard requirements}
Ω{output contract}
⟧
```

The legend

Marker	Meaning
`Ρ{}` · `Κ{}`	purpose/context · concepts/definitions
`R{}` · `P{}`	requirements · policies/constraints (treat as hard rules)
`Λ{}` · `Γ{}`	commands/actions · workflows (this is the procedure to follow)
`Π{}` · `Φ{}` · `M{}` · `Ω{}`	architecture · config · state · quality gates / output contract
`→` `←` `»`	maps to · derives from · then (sequence)
`\|` `&` `¬` `∀` `∃` `∋`	or · and · not · for all · exists · contains
`⊤` `⊥` `@` `=`	true · false · at path · defined as
`?` `!` `⊛` `≻`	optional · required · critical · preferred over

Rules of thumb

Treat Γ blocks as the workflow, R/P as hard constraints, Ω as the output contract.
Paths, commands, and tool names are always verbatim — use them exactly as written.
One CRUX document carries the whole skill bundle (instructions plus any bundled reference material) — nothing else needs fetching.

When you need the original

skill_get(name, raw=true) returns the uncompressed markdown — useful when quoting the original text. Occasionally a skill serves raw markdown by design (format: "raw"): compression is skipped when it wouldn't pay for itself. Proceed normally.