Show HN: 1pager: Fixing the AI verbosity problem A developer released 1pager, an AI skill that condenses long documents, directories, or chats into a strict one-page summary with bullet-first formatting and minimal verbosity, addressing the common problem of verbose AI output. The tool exports to Markdown and .docx, and aims to reduce the 'validation tax' on readers by forcing brevity and removing AI-writing tells. A skill that condenses any long document, directory, or chat into a strict one-page summary — bullet-first, least verbosity possible — humanizes it, and exports a .md plus a .docx opens in Word and Google Docs . LLMs are verbose by default. Left unedited, their output is long, padded, and full of tells rule-of-three, "delve", em-dash sprees, generic upbeat closers . The cost lands on the reader. As Camille Fournier argues in Guidelines for respectful use of AI https://skamille.medium.com/guidelines-for-respectful-use-of-ai-affcc85d7072 , shipping unreviewed, bloated AI output creates a validation tax : colleagues have to read and verify text the author never bothered to trim. Long PRs, wall- of-text messages, and bloated docs are, in her words, "frankly, just rude." Brevity is a form of respect — shorter is better because it protects the reader's time. This skill exists to do the trimming the author should have done: cut the output down to only what the reader needs to understand or decide, on a single page. Strips to essentials — keeps the point, the decision/ask, the few supporting facts, real risks, and concrete next steps. Drops everything else. Drafts a strict 1-pager — bottom line first, then bullets. One page, hard ceiling ~350 words . Humanizes — removes AI-writing tells. Invokes the installed humanizer skill if present; otherwise falls back to the bundled references/humanizer.md . Exports two files —