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Human-Friendly Style v1.1.0
Shared output style for ktg-plugin-marketplace. Single deliverable: output-styles/human-friendly.md.
v1.1.0 added an irreversible-action carve-out: the hide-by-default noise reduction has one exception — destructive or unrecoverable operations (prod deploy, delete, force-push, git-history rewrite, DB migration, bulk file edits) are shown verbatim (command + target) before and after, even unprompted, so the user can approve and audit. Style stays nine directives, still zero commands/agents/hooks; the carve-out is best-effort model guidance, not an enforced guard (a hook would be a separate plugin).
Purpose
Give every plugin in the marketplace a consistent, plain-language tone. Users install this once, activate via /config, and get the same conversational style regardless of which plugin they invoke.
Components
| Component | Location | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Output style | output-styles/human-friendly.md |
The style file. Auto-discovered by Claude Code from the plugin's output-styles/ directory. |
| Manifest | .claude-plugin/plugin.json |
Plugin metadata. No commands, agents, hooks, or skills — this is a style-only plugin. |
How activation works
- User installs the plugin via
/plugin install human-friendly-style@ktg-plugin-marketplace - Claude Code auto-discovers the
.mdfile underoutput-styles/ - User runs
/config→ selects Output style → Human-Friendly - The selection is persisted in user or project settings (
outputStylefield) - The style takes effect from the next session — system prompt is stable within a conversation for cache efficiency
Frontmatter contract
The style file declares three fields:
| Field | Value | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
name |
Human-Friendly |
Display name in /config picker |
description |
One-line summary | Shown next to the name in the picker |
keep-coding-instructions |
true |
Preserves Claude Code's default coding instructions; the style only changes communication tone |
If keep-coding-instructions is removed or set to false, Claude Code will strip its built-in software-engineering guidance — testing discipline, secure-coding rules, edit verification. We deliberately keep them on because this style ships alongside development plugins.
Maintenance notes
- This plugin has no version coupling to other plugins. Bump independently when the style file changes.
- Style changes are user-visible behavior. Update the
descriptionfield in the frontmatter and the README in lockstep. - Doc-trippel rule applies (per marketplace CLAUDE.md): any feature change must update plugin README, plugin CLAUDE.md, and the root README in the same commit.
- The style file is intentionally English-language so it works equally well for Norwegian and English users — the content of the style instructs Claude to match the user's language.
Out of scope
- Per-plugin variants (code-focused, deep-technical, etc.) — would belong in a future v1.x if there's real demand
- Forcing the style on other plugins — it remains opt-in. Other plugins may reference it in their READMEs.
- Translation of the style file itself into Norwegian — defeats the purpose of language-agnostic instruction