nowait-reasoning-optimizer
Implements the NOWAIT technique for efficient reasoning in R1-style LLMs. Use when optimizing inference of reasoning models (QwQ, DeepSeek-R1, Phi4-Reasoning, Qwen3, Kimi-VL, QvQ), reducing chain-of-thought token usage by 27-51% while preserving accuracy. Triggers on "optimize reasoning", "reduce thinking tokens", "efficient inference", "suppress reflection tokens", or when working with verbose CoT outputs.
npx skills add foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills --skill nowait-reasoning-optimizer --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# NOWAIT Reasoning Optimizer Implements the NOWAIT technique from the paper "Wait, We Don't Need to 'Wait'! Removing Thinking Tokens Improves Reasoning Efficiency" (Wang et al., 2025). ## Overview NOWAIT is a training-free inference-time intervention that suppresses self-reflection tokens (e.g., "Wait", "Hmm", "Alternatively") during generation, reducing chain-of-thought (CoT) trajectory length by
What does the nowait-reasoning-optimizer skill do?
Implements the NOWAIT technique for efficient reasoning in R1-style LLMs. Use when optimizing inference of reasoning models (QwQ, DeepSeek-R1, Phi4-Reasoning, Qwen3, Kimi-VL, QvQ), reducing chain-of-thought token usage by 27-51% while preserving accuracy. Triggers on "optimize reasoning", "reduce thinking tokens", "efficient inference", "suppress reflection tokens", or when working with verbose CoT outputs.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills --skill nowait-reasoning-optimizer --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills, a repository with 2,593 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.