DS Mode

For Claude Code · Cursor · Codex · Copilot

Answers in plain English.
With pretty pictures.

Big-brain reply on top. Plain-English nudge at the bottom. Pictures when things get long.

DS Mode /dɛs məʊd/ n. from German Dumm Sprecht: to speak simply.

Install · /ds-mode GitHub

For people who skim. Built by one of them.

See it in action.

A real long-winded question, a real long-winded answer, a recap you can actually use — and a one-page summary that pops open in your browser.

> my cat literally just knocked over my coffee mug. third one this week. she sits there. makes eye contact. then deliberately swats it off the table. why??? is she mad? bored? possessed? help.

Short version: she's not mad. She's running an experiment, getting paid for it, and bored.

Hunt instinct. Cats have inherited prey-detection wiring. Anything small that moves when batted reads as prey — mug, keys, pen, doesn't matter. The mug shattering is irrelevant to that wiring.

Attention payout. You react every time. Yelling, laughing, picking it up, putting it back — to her that's a jackpot. The behavior gets reinforced even when you think you're punishing it.

Bored cat, big stage. No prey to chase, no climbing, no puzzle — your counter is the only show. The fix isn't discipline. It's environment: vertical space, scheduled play, food puzzles.

DS Mode -----------TLDR [DS Mode]------------
  • Cats hunt, test gravity, and like your reaction.
  • Your yelling teaches them to do it again.
  • Bored indoor cats turn tables into a stage.

Opened a one-page summary in your browser. →

DS Mode · field guide CH 03

↑ this opens for real → view full one-pager

What it is

A free config for your AI coding agent. Adds a short, plain-English recap to the bottom of every long answer — and pops a one-page picture in your browser when the answer covers a lot. That's it.

Plays nice with

Caveman mode Plan mode Sub-agents Explanatory mode

Install

One line. Every tool.

# installs to every AI tool I detect on your machine
bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nathan-hekman/ds-mode/main/install-all.sh)

Or just one tool:

Claude Code

bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nathan-hekman/ds-mode/main/install-claude-code.sh)

User-global. Modes: /ds-mode lite · full · off. Theme: dark · light · auto. Mobile: /ds-mode mobile setup (private GitHub publish, opt-in).

Cursor

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nathan-hekman/ds-mode/main/adapters/cursor/.cursorrules -o .cursorrules

Per-project. Run from your repo root.

Codex CLI

mkdir -p ~/.codex && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nathan-hekman/ds-mode/main/adapters/codex/AGENTS.md -o ~/.codex/AGENTS.md

User-global.

Copilot Chat

mkdir -p .github && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nathan-hekman/ds-mode/main/adapters/copilot/copilot-instructions.md -o .github/copilot-instructions.md

Per-repo. TL;DR only — no auto-HTML in standard Copilot.

Want a port for Continue, aider, JetBrains, or something else? Open an issue.