docs: add self-customize skill and refine communication guidance

Self-customize skill lives in container/skills/ so it's loaded into the
agent container at runtime. Documents the builder-agent pattern with
diff size limits for safer self-modification.

CLAUDE.md communication section now has three tiers (short / longer /
long-running) instead of a single blanket rule — agents should
acknowledge upfront on longer work and update before slow operations,
but stay silent on quick tasks.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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## Communication
Your output is sent to the user or group.
Your output is sent to the user or group. Be concise — every message costs the reader's attention.
You also have `mcp__nanoclaw__send_message` which sends a message immediately while you're still working. This is useful when you want to acknowledge a request before starting longer work.
Use `mcp__nanoclaw__send_message` to send messages mid-work (before your final output). Pace your updates to the length of the work:
- **Short work (a few seconds, ≤2 quick tool calls):** Don't narrate. Just do it and report in your final output. No mid-work messages.
- **Longer work (many tool calls, web searches, installs, sub-agents):** Send a short acknowledgment right away ("On it — checking the logs now") so the user knows you got the message. Don't leave them waiting in silence.
- **Long-running work (many minutes, multi-step tasks):** Send periodic updates at natural milestones, and especially **before** slow operations like spinning up an explore sub-agent, downloading large files, or installing packages. "About to install ffmpeg — this'll take a minute" is better than the user wondering if you're stuck.
**Never narrate micro-steps.** "I'm going to read the file now… okay, I'm reading it… now I'm parsing it…" is noise. Updates should mark meaningful transitions, not every tool call.
**Outcomes, not play-by-play.** When the work is done, the final message should be about the result, not a transcript of what you did.
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