# A Claude Skill That Turns Long AI Answers Into Short Notes > Source: > Published: 2026-06-26 11:51:26+00:00 An AI gives a long answer. You read fast and skip most of it. Every time. 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. `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_id` makes 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 on`user_id` , so it is worth it. One warning: if`user_id` has 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: `toot` translates only the one hard word, on its own line below the note. Words you already know — like `cache` or `rollback` — 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. **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 ```