An AI gives a long answer. You read fast and skip most of it. Every time.
🤔 Why
Your eyes don't read the whole reply. They look for one thing: the line that says do this, not that. The other 400 words are extra. So I wanted a way to turn any answer into short notes — the kind you write in the margin of a book.
✂️ What
toot turns a long answer into short notes. A few words per line. Symbols do most of the work.
The name is Persian: toot (توت) means mulberry — the small berry you eat in one bite. That is the idea: take something big and make it small enough to take in at once.
Here is a real answer about adding a database index:
Adding an index on
user_idmakes these lookups faster, but it is not free. Every index must be updated on each INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE, so tables with many writes pay a cost. Your table has many reads and always filters onuser_id, so it is worth it. One warning: ifuser_idhas very few different values, the planner may skip the index. Also, a composite index on(user_id, created_at)would cover both the filter and the sort.
The same answer, after toot:
index on user_id → faster reads ✓
every write updates it → write cost ↑
many reads + filters user_id → worth it ✓
⚠ few different values → planner skips it → useless
composite (user_id, created_at) ≡ covers filter + sort
About 110 words become 5 lines. Nothing important is lost — the cost, the warning, and the advice are all still there. Two rules keep it safe:
Code is never changed. Commands and code stay exactly the same, in their own block. A changed command is a broken command.
Only one word is translated. If you set a language,toottranslates only the one hard word, on its own line below the note. Words you already know — likecacheorrollback— stay in English.
The skill is just one SKILL.md file with rules written in plain English. There is no script. Claude does the work; the file tells it how.
🚀 How
1. Install — go to your skills folder, then clone the gist:
cd ~/.claude/skills
git clone https://gist.github.com/dalirnet/26bc7f57a13f13a030afb78ed17f7d71.git toot
Claude finds it in your next session. To update later: cd ~/.claude/skills/toot && git pull.
2. Use it — say toot (or /toot) after any answer. To always translate into one language, add this line to your project's CLAUDE.md:
toot default language: Persian