Sharpen Communication
Prompt
Clarifies audience, goal, and tone, then rewrites rough drafts using BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) and MECE structure.
By Vedang Manerikar · prompts/sharpen-communication.md · View source
What it does
Sharpen Communication is a two-step editing prompt for important messages, proposals, and design notes. Instead of guessing what you mean and immediately rewriting your text, it first checks whether the audience, goal, and desired tone are clear—and asks brief clarifying questions if anything is ambiguous.
Once the context is set, it restructures the draft with the main takeaway or ask in the opening sentence (BLUF), organizes supporting points into mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive (MECE) groups, and cuts throat-clearing filler.
When to reach for it
Invocation: Run /sharpen-communication followed by your rough notes or draft.
- Executive updates, RFCs, or status notes
- Lead with the decision or conclusion and group supporting points cleanly.
- Turning brain-dump notes into a clear message
- Let the agent ask 1–2 clarifying questions about the audience before tightening the prose.
What it adds
- /sharpen-communication prompt template enforcing clarify-first, BLUF, and MECE editing.
Commands: /sharpen-communication <draft-or-notes>
How it fits
- Tufte Visualization — Pairs well when preparing technical reports: Sharpen Communication tightens the prose while Tufte Visualization cleans up the charts.
Good to know
- Because it pauses to confirm audience and intent when they are missing, avoid chaining it inside unattended background loops.
Source and setup
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prompts/sharpen-communication.md- Attribution
- By Vedang Manerikar