1-3-1 Communication Rule

by NousResearch

1-3-1 Communication Rule is a Writing skill for Claude Code, published by NousResearch in hermes-agent.

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Install 1-3-1 Communication Rule

Copy 1-3-1 Communication Rule into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/tree/main/optional-skills/communication/one-three-one-rule ~/.claude/skills/one-three-one-rule

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: optional-skills/communication/one-three-one-rule/SKILL.md in NousResearch/hermes-agent
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/one-three-one-rule
Collection: One of 24 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Writing — 1012 skills

What 1-3-1 Communication Rule does

1-3-1 Communication Rule produces structured decision briefs that present one problem, three options with trade-offs, and one recommendation. Use it when a task has multiple viable approaches and the user needs a clear proposal.

1-3-1 Communication Rule is cataloged under Writing on DirSkills. 1-3-1 Communication Rule comes from a repository tagged ai, ai-agent, ai-agents, anthropic and chatgpt.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

1-3-1 Communication Rule

Structured decision-making format for when a task has multiple viable approaches and the user needs a clear recommendation. Produces a concise problem framing, three options with trade-offs, and an actionable plan for the recommended path.

When to Use

The user explicitly asks for a "1-3-1" response.
The user says "give me options" or "what are my choices" for a technical decision.
A task has multiple viable approaches with meaningful trade-offs (architecture, tooling, migration strategy).
The user needs a proposal they can forward to a team or stakeholder.

Do NOT use for simple questions with one obvious answer, debugging sessions, or tasks where the user has already decided on an approach.

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about 1-3-1 Communication Rule

What else does NousResearch publish alongside 1-3-1 Communication Rule?
1-3-1 Communication Rule is one of 24 skills that DirSkills catalogs from NousResearch/hermes-agent, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Antigravity CLI, Article Illustrator and AudioCraft Audio Generation. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way 1-3-1 Communication Rule does, and is maintained by NousResearch in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the NousResearch/hermes-agent page.
How does 1-3-1 Communication Rule compare to other Writing skills?
1-3-1 Communication Rule ranks #3 by stars among the 1012 Writing skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Article Writing, Social Media Content Calendar and Knowledge Comic Creator. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of 1-3-1 Communication Rule against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.