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@@ -446,6 +446,60 @@ Caveman output mode is **opt-in** — set it via the combo config:
 }
 ```
 
+### Output Styles (catalog)
+
+Caveman output mode above is the **legacy single-style path**. Phase 4 generalized it
+into a catalog of composable output styles: `OUTPUT_STYLE_CATALOG` in
+`open-sse/services/compression/outputStyles/catalog.ts`. Each style is a system-prompt
+instruction that makes the model itself produce cheaper output; styles can be enabled
+together and are injected in catalog order.
+
+| Style | `id` | What it does | Instruction languages |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| Terse prose | `terse-prose` | Drop filler/articles/hedging; keep technical substance exact. Same text as the legacy caveman output mode (referenced, not re-typed). | en, pt-BR, ja, id |
+| Less code | `less-code` | YAGNI ladder: smallest working change, no unrequested abstractions. | en only (backlog: [#10426](https://github.com/diegosouzapw/OmniRoute/issues/10426)) |
+| Ponytail (lazy senior dev) | `ponytail` | "The best code is the code never written": reuse > rewrite, root cause > symptom, shortest working diff. | en, pt-BR, vi, ja, id |
+| I have ADHD (action-first) | `i-have-adhd` | Action first (command/path/snippet before prose), numbered bounded steps, ONE concrete next step, no preamble/recap/closers. Adapted from [ayghri/i-have-adhd](https://github.com/ayghri/i-have-adhd) (MIT). | en, pt-BR, vi, ja, id |
+| Terse CJK (文言) | `terse-cjk` | Classical-Chinese ultra-terse style. | zh (locale-gated: only offered when the detected language is `zh`) |
+
+Every style ships three intensity levels — `lite`, `full`, `ultra` — and every level
+ends with the shared boundaries clause, which keeps code blocks, file paths, commands,
+error strings, URLs and identifiers verbatim.
+
+#### How injection works
+
+`applyOutputStyles()` (`open-sse/services/compression/outputStyles/apply.ts`) resolves
+the selection against the catalog (unknown ids and locale-mismatched styles are
+dropped, never an error), concatenates the selected instructions in catalog order,
+appends the boundaries clause **once**, and front-loads the result into the system
+prompt behind a single idempotency marker (`[OmniRoute Output Styles]`) — re-applying
+is a no-op. When the detected request language has a translation, the localized
+instruction is injected instead of English.
+
+#### How to enable
+
+In the dashboard: **Context → Settings → Compression** — one row per style with an
+on/off toggle and a level selector. Programmatically, the compression config persists
+the selection as:
+
+```json
+{
+  "outputStyles": [
+    { "id": "i-have-adhd", "level": "full" },
+    { "id": "less-code", "level": "lite" }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+Back-compat: the legacy `outputMode: "caveman"` combo setting still works and maps to
+`terse-prose`, byte-identical to the old injection in all four legacy languages.
+
+The style × language matrix is pinned by
+`tests/unit/compression/output-styles-i18n-matrix.test.ts`: a new style cannot ship
+without at least a pt-BR translation (or an explicit tracked exception), and an
+existing style cannot silently lose a locale. To add a style, see
+[EXTENDING_COMPRESSION.md](./EXTENDING_COMPRESSION.md#adding-an-output-style).
+
 ### Tool Result Compression
 
 The `toolResultCompressor.ts` module provides **5 specialized compression strategies**
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@@ -568,6 +568,40 @@ gate (`check:compression-budget`).
 
 ---
 
+## Adding an Output Style
+
+Output styles (see the [guide's catalog table](./COMPRESSION_GUIDE.md#output-styles-catalog))
+are the response-side counterpart of the input engines: instead of compressing what you
+send, they instruct the model to produce cheaper output. The registry is
+`OUTPUT_STYLE_CATALOG` in `open-sse/services/compression/outputStyles/catalog.ts`, and
+**one catalog entry is the entire feature**: the injector, the dashboard settings panel,
+persistence and telemetry all enumerate the catalog — there is no other list to update.
+
+1. **Add one entry to `OUTPUT_STYLE_CATALOG`** with `id`, `label`, `description` and the
+   three English `levels` (`lite`, `full`, `ultra`). Every level must end with
+   `${SHARED_BOUNDARIES}` so code, paths, commands, errors and URLs stay verbatim.
+   The instruction text must be **static and deterministic** per
+   `(id, level, language)` — `${SHARED_BOUNDARIES}` is the only interpolation allowed.
+2. **Translate it.** Ship at least a `pt-BR` block under `i18n`; `ponytail` and
+   `i-have-adhd` (en, pt-BR, vi, ja, id) are the reference shape. A deliberately
+   single-language style sets `locale` instead (like `terse-cjk` → `zh`) and is then
+   only offered under that locale.
+3. **Update the matrix guard** — add the style's languages to `BASELINE_LANGUAGES` in
+   `tests/unit/compression/output-styles-i18n-matrix.test.ts`. The gate fails any new
+   non-locale-gated style without the required translations unless it carries an
+   explicit `KNOWN_ENGLISH_ONLY` entry with a tracking issue.
+4. **Add a per-style test** modeled on
+   `tests/unit/compression/i-have-adhd-catalog.test.ts`: catalog shape, boundaries
+   clause per level, and an anchor asserting each translation is written in its own
+   language rather than copied English.
+5. **Attribution**: if the style is adapted from an upstream project, credit it in a
+   source comment on the entry (e.g. `i-have-adhd` → ayghri/i-have-adhd, MIT) — same
+   rule as "Proposing an upstream-inspired improvement" above.
+
+No UI, schema or telemetry change is needed — those surfaces render from the catalog.
+
+---
+
 ## Best Practices
 
 ### Engine Development