perf(bootstrap): compact JSON for agents; trim SKILL.md reference sections (TASK-2021)#873
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…tions Part A: `pad bootstrap --format json` now emits compact (no-indent) JSON via a new cli.PrintJSONCompact helper. Its canonical consumer is the /pad agent skill; pretty-print indentation was ~29% of the payload (49696 -> 35118 bytes on this workspace, saving 14578 bytes). Humans keep --format markdown. Part B (conservative): condense the Role Awareness section and the playbook-authoring guidance in skills/pad/SKILL.md to on-demand pointers, keeping the load-bearing core behavior + activation gotcha inline and ALL routing behavior intact. Saves 2764 bytes of fixed per-session overhead. No MCP tool-surface change; ToolSurfaceVersion unchanged. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_019knGmnHcx5rrgWXQ8V8DZS
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TASK-2021
Part A — compact bootstrap JSON (primary)
pad bootstrap --format jsonnow emits compact (no-indent) JSON via a newcli.PrintJSONCompacthelper. Its canonical consumer is the/padagent skill, and pretty-print indentation was ~29% of the payload.Measured on this workspace: 49696 → 35118 bytes = 14578 bytes saved (29.3%) per bootstrap call.
Humans keep the readable view via
pad bootstrap --format markdown. The globalcli.PrintJSON(indented) is untouched, so every other command's JSON output is unchanged.Part B — SKILL.md trim (conservative)
Condensed the Role Awareness section and the playbook-authoring guidance in
skills/pad/SKILL.mdto on-demand pointers. The load-bearing core behavior (ask-role-on-context-load, auto-filter, thestatus=activeactivation gotcha) and all routing behavior stay inline; only the elaborated per-verb examples / exact CLI flags move to on-demand (pad role --help,pad item create playbook --help, web UI). Saves 2764 bytes of fixed per-session overhead. Deliberately conservative to avoid degrading skill function.Notes
ToolSurfaceVersionunchanged.go test ./...,go build. Compact output verified as single-line valid JSON; markdown path verified.https://claude.ai/code/session_019knGmnHcx5rrgWXQ8V8DZS