No Shortcuts
Stops the AI from cutting corners: complete code, no placeholders.
What it does
Overrides default LLM truncation behavior. Enforces complete code generation, bans placeholder patterns, and handles token-limit splits cleanly. Apply to any task requiring exhaustive, unabridged output.
Install in under a minute
Mac or Linux, after you download
unzip no-shortcuts.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/Windows PowerShell
Expand-Archive no-shortcuts.zip -DestinationPath $HOME\.claude\skills- Start a new Claude Code session so it sees the skill.
- Ask in plain words, for example: "Use No Shortcuts on this project."
- Unzip the download, then zip just the no-shortcuts folder if your computer added an extra folder.
- In Claude.ai, open Settings, then Capabilities, and upload it under Skills.
- Turn the skill on and ask Claude to use it.
No Shortcuts uses the open SKILL.md format, so it also works in agents like Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and Codex. Copy the no-shortcuts folder into that agent's skills folder, for example .cursor/skills/ or .github/skills/ in your project.
What's inside
The 5 main sections of the SKILL.md, in order.
- Baseline
- Banned Output Patterns
- Execution Process
- Handling Long Outputs
- Quick Check
In the download: LICENSE, NOTICE.md, SKILL.md
Credit and license
No Shortcuts is a renamed, packaged copy of output-skill by Leonxlnx (github.com/leonxlnx/taste-skill), used under the MIT license. The license and a list of changes ship inside the download.
Questions
Does No Shortcuts work in Claude.ai, not just Claude Code?
Yes. In Claude.ai, upload the no-shortcuts folder as a zip in Settings under Capabilities. It also works in other agents that support Agent Skills, like Cursor, Gemini CLI and GitHub Copilot.
What do I get?
A zip with the no-shortcuts folder: its SKILL.md (879 words) and its license files. It comes inside the Design Taste Pack.
Who made No Shortcuts?
It's a renamed, packaged copy of output-skill by Leonxlnx, used under the MIT license. The license and a list of changes ship inside the download.