About silence-is-golden
silence-is-golden is a development skill that applies the Unix rule of silence: programs should produce no output on success. It reserves output for errors, warnings, or explicitly requested information to keep logs and pipelines uncluttered.
Key features
- 01Promotes silent output on success
- 02Limits output to noteworthy events
- 03Applies the Unix rule of silence
Use cases
- 01Reducing noise in program logs
- 02Keeping successful command pipelines uncluttered
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
$
npx skills add https:/ / github.com/ gkwa/ volcanicviper --skill silence-is-goldenAfter installing, type/silence-is-goldenin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Bundled filestile.json
Details
From the project READMEThe app should not output anything for the happy path, in the spirit of the Unix rule of silence.
Reference: https://www.linfo.org/rule_of_silence.html
Only produce output when something noteworthy happens — errors, warnings, or explicitly requested information. A program that is silent on success composes well with other tools and does not clutter logs or pipelines.
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