re: — the reply's form
Six directives steer the reply's form. Two are Level 1 (voice, show) — the core every conforming agent honors; the other four are Level 2.
Silent verb: “make your reply …”
Browse re: →Directive Shorthand 3.1 · Command Explorer · Documentation
Command Explorer
Every directive in Directive Shorthand 3.1, one page each: what it does, how you fire it, what the agent actually does, and what happens when a host can't. Start from a domain — or jump straight to a token.
scale: — the reply's measure
Four directives — the four cells of one 2×2: effort in × words out. Two are Level 1 (brief, deep); the crossover pair (executive, wordy) is Level 2.
Silent verb: “set how much reply …”
Browse scale: →style: — the reply's voice
Thirteen directives — every one a mode. One is Level 1 (plain); the other twelve are Level 2.
Silent verb: “speak in the voice of …”
Browse style: →mem: — the state the agent holds
Five directives over the state the agent holds of you across answers: save it, pin it, fix it, recall it, forget it.
Silent verb: “alter the memory … — and, for the read, answer from the memory …”
Browse mem: →learn: — what the agent knows
Two directives over the agent's subject knowledge: a skim study and a full study. Both are Level 2.
Silent verb: “take in and make part of what you know …”
Browse learn: →sch: — when things happen
Eight directives for timing: one per fundamental type of scheduling — one-shot, recurring, reminder, event-triggered, deadline — plus the lifecycle operations over all of them.
Silent verb: “set when it happens …”
Browse sch: →How to read these pages
The explorer is a hierarchy, like API docs. The domain pages (re:, scale:, style:, mem:, sch:) are the overview level: what the domain governs, its silent verb, and its rules — stacking, modes, guards. Each directive page is the detail level: the token and its shortest form, what it does, fired examples — typed, reply-targeted, and spoken — what the agent actually does under the hood, the honest fallback when a host lacks the capability, and the conformance test (“done when”) the directive must pass.
Nothing here adds or changes a meaning. Every page is assembled from the canonical sources in the spec repository — the specification, the machine-readable registry.json, the usage guide, and the per-directive implementation guides — and each directive page links back to all of them. If this explorer and the specification ever disagree, the specification governs.
re: — format · 6 directives
| Token | Shortest | Level | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| re:voice | vo | 1 | Reply with a voice note (spoken audio). |
| re:show | sh | 1 | Answer visually instead of in prose. |
| re:recap | rec | 2 | Catch me up: state, decisions, what's open. |
| re:steps | st | 2 | A numbered procedure, one action per step. |
| re:list | li | 2 | li |
| re:cite | ci | 2 | Show this reply's sources, inline with its claims. |
The re: domain page — what it governs, and its rules →
scale: — measure · 4 directives
| Token | Shortest | Level | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| scale:brief | br | 1 | The short version: verdict first, essentials only. |
| scale:deep | de | 1 | The full version: thorough treatment, evidence in view. |
| scale:executive | ex | 2 | ex |
| scale:wordy | wo | 2 | wo |
The scale: domain page — what it governs, and its rules →
style: — voice · 13 directives
| Token | Shortest | Level | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| style:slang | sl | 2 | sl |
| style:plain | pl | 1 | Plain language: short, jargon-free, layman's terms. |
| style:shop | sh | 2 | sh |
| style:doctorate | do | 2 | do |
| style:candid | can | 2 | can |
| style:diplomatic | di | 2 | di |
| style:warm | wa | 2 | wa |
| style:dry | dr | 2 | dr |
| style:clinical | cl | 2 | cl |
| style:legal | le | 2 | le |
| style:poetic | po | 2 | po |
| style:kid | ki | 2 | ki |
| style:casual | cas | 2 | cas |
The style: domain page — what it governs, and its rules →
mem: — state · 5 directives
| Token | Shortest | Level | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| mem: | — (bare) | 2 | Save what this message designates, durably. |
| mem:pin | pi | 2 | Save it at special priority — pinned, load-bearing. |
| mem:fix | fi | 2 | Correct an existing memory: replace old with new. |
| mem:recall | re | 2 | Answer from memory first, provenance shown. |
| mem:forget | fo | 2 | Remove the designated memory — guarded, confirmed. |
The mem: domain page — what it governs, and its rules →
learn: — knowledge · 2 directives
| Token | Shortest | Level | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| learn:quick | qu | 2 | Skim study: headlines distilled into the knowledge base. |
| learn:deep | de | 2 | Full study: complete ingest, structured distillation, study report. |
The learn: domain page — what it governs, and its rules →
sch: — time · 8 directives
| Token | Shortest | Level | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| sch:once | onc | 2 | One action, once, at the stated time. |
| sch:again | ag | 2 | The action, repeated on the stated pattern. |
| sch:remind | re | 2 | At the time, you are nudged — the agent does no work. |
| sch:watch | wa | 2 | When the event occurs, the action runs — no clock. |
| sch:due | du | 2 | A deadline: a boundary, not a firing. |
| sch:snooze | sn | 2 | Defer an item to a later time, unchanged otherwise. |
| sch:pause | pa | 2 | Suspend an item until resumed — never deleted. |
| sch:stop | st | 2 | Cancel an item outright: it will not fire again. |