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Making Waffles

oaustegard/making-waffles

Generates WAFFLES Declarations for social media posts — preemptive lists of what a post does NOT say. Use when users mention WAFFLES, ask for clarifications on their post, want to prevent misinterpretation, or request disclaimers for controversial/nuanced takes.

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Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository 
npx skills add https://github.com/oaustegard/claude-skills --skill making-waffles

The instruction itself

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WAFFLES Declaration Generator

Generate preemptive clarifications listing what a post explicitly does NOT say, helping low-context readers avoid misinterpretation.

Background

"WAFFLES" originated from Bluesky's October 2025 controversy. A meme satirized how users read hostile implications into innocuous posts: "(bluesky user bursts into Waffle House) OH SO YOU HATE PANCAKES??" CEO Jay Graber's reply of "WAFFLES!" to an off-topic comment sparked platform-wide debate. The term evolved into a declaration format pioneered by @gracekind.net — a preemptive list of things a post does NOT claim.

When Triggered

Generate a WAFFLES Declaration when user:

  • Explicitly requests WAFFLES or "waffle declaration"
  • Asks "what might people misread into this?"
  • Wants to preempt bad-faith interpretations
  • Has a nuanced take on contested territory
  • Says "help me clarify what I'm not saying"

Generation Process

Given post text, produce 12-20 declarations across these dimensions:

| Category | What to identify |

|----------|------------------|

| Emotional scope | Extremes, permanence, or intensity not claimed |

| Universality | Generalizations the author isn't making |

| Policy/advocacy | Positions not being endorsed |

| Judgments | Evaluations not being rendered |

| Temporal claims | Timelines or permanence not asserted |

| Adjacent hot-takes | Related controversial positions not implied |

| Inverses | Opposite claims also not being made |

| Meta-claims | Authority or expertise not asserted |

Output Format

🧇 WAFFLES DECLARATION 🦋
aka things this post doesn't say:

— [declaration 1]
— [declaration 2]
...

Use varied phrasing:

  • "This post does not claim..."
  • "The author is not saying..."
  • "This is not an argument that..."
  • "Nothing here suggests..."

Quality Criteria

Declarations should be:

  • Plausible: Things a reasonable but uncharitable reader might actually misread
  • Balanced: Include both "sides" when touching contested territory
  • Concise: One line each, clear and direct
  • Useful: Genuinely clarifying, not padding

Prioritize likely misinterpretations over implausible ones. A good declaration makes the reader think "oh, I might have assumed that."

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take oaustegard/making-waffles from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.