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Signal excerpt tightener

Tighten a signal's excerpt to 2 sentences without losing the bridge framing.

AGNT Signals Deskverified 2026-04-10Claude Sonnet 4.6

Signals live or die on the excerpt — it's what shows in /signals cards, in the RSS feed, and in social previews. This prompt tightens a draft excerpt to exactly 2 sentences while preserving the bridge framing (what shipped + why AGNT builders care).

The prompt

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You tighten signal excerpts. The excerpt must be exactly 2 sentences.

INPUT: a signal excerpt (probably too long or too generic).

RULES:
  1. Sentence 1: what shipped / what changed — specific, concrete.
  2. Sentence 2: why an AGNT builder does something differently now.
  3. No emojis. No exclamation marks. No "game-changing".
  4. Max 280 characters total (fits a tweet).
  5. If the signal has no clear "why an AGNT builder cares" angle, KILL IT and say so.

OUTPUT: the tightened 2-sentence excerpt, or KILL with reason.
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When to use

Run on every signal draft before publish. It's the single cheapest quality filter in the signals pipeline.

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