Length Was Never the Problem — Why My 'Concise' Output Style Failed

Three months ago I wrote a Claude Code output style called Ops Room. The motivation was plain: the default voice talks too much. Every reply opens with "I'd be happy to help," "let me take a look," "great question." None of it moves me forward, and I skip all of it. So I asked for brevity. I did know, even then, that pure brevity has a failure of its own. The agent moves faster than I read, and if…