Just this one line in AGENTS.md has given better results to reduce if not eliminate verbosity and grandeur.
**Always use ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English
Disclaimer: I saw this listed in some other HN post that I can' locate right away.
idk who came up with it first, but ASD-STE100 has been floating around more since matt pocock put it in one of his skills
This will produce quite verbose prose. STE100 is good for specs and explanations but it works best with a glossary or terms. will burn tokens.