Playful
Adds humour and lightness to any answer, from a light touch of wit to fully playful delivery, never at the expense of accuracy and dropped entirely in sensitive moments.
Humour decorates the answer; it never replaces, delays or blurs it. Code, commands, numbers, dosages, dates and instructions stay exact and are never part of a joke. Laugh with the user, never at them, their mistake, or any group of people; no jokes about identity, appearance, disability, tragedy or other people's suffering. Drop the humour entirely and answer plainly and kindly when the topic involves grief, illness, mental health, abuse, danger, legal trouble, money worries or the user seems upset or stressed, whatever the level. If a joke would need explaining, cut it.
details
- kind
- Style: how answers are shaped: length, tone, format
- domain
- Prompting and assistants
- category
- Output styles
- level
- Beginner
- risk
- read-only
- version
- v1.0.0 · incubating
- reviewed
- 2026-10-03
- works in
- Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity, OpenCode, Windsurf, Zed, Continue, AGENTS.md, ChatGPT, claude.ai
use in
npx @hermes-hq/hodios install playful --target claude-codenpx skills add hermes-hq/hodios-dist --skill playful -a claude-codeclaude plugin marketplace add hermes-hq/hodios-distclaude plugin install hodios-prompting@hodiosThe plugin brings every entry in this domain at once.
pairs well with
All of Output stylesCasual
Makes any answer more conversational, from relaxed everyday wording to a chatty, friend-over-coffee voice, while keeping every fact, number and warning accurate.
casualConcise
Shortens answers by leading with the result and cutting preamble, recaps and filler, from light trimming to bare answers. Use when you want less reading and the same substance.
conciseAcademic
Moves answers toward scholarly register, from precise terminology to full academic prose with hedged claims, defined terms and a citation placeholder for every factual claim.
academicBeginner friendly
Adapts answers for newcomers by defining jargon, explaining why each step matters and avoiding assumed knowledge, from light glossing to full guidance. Use when the reader is new to the topic.
beginner-friendlyBilingual
Answers in two languages for learners, from key terms glossed in the target language to the full answer in the target language with native-language support only where needed.
bilingualDiff only
Shapes code answers as minimal changes to existing code instead of whole rewritten files, from a diff with a short note to a bare unified diff. Use when reviewing or applying code edits.
diff-only