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code-simplification

Skill14 starsChanged 15 days agoNo licenceView on GitHub

Use this skill when refactoring code for clarity without changing behavior. Use when code works but is harder to read, maintain, or extend than it should be. Use when reviewing code that has accumulated unnecessary complexity — deep nesting, long functions, unclear names, duplication, or over-engineering.

83 other projects use a version of this, 58 of them edited.

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Projects with it also use constraint-driven-development, incremental-implementation and 8 more.

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  • MrCipherSmithSkill

    constraint-driven-development

    Use when a project needs a persistent, measurable quality bar — starting a project without documented standards, 'set up constraints', or when coverage/perf/a11y thresholds get re-debated per-PR. Produces CONSTRAINTS.md with enforceable numbers, ratchets, and a guard against silent weakening. NOT for throwaway prototypes or a one-off CI setup.

    Also in 16 projects that use this

  • LLl0k0laDSkill

    incremental-implementation

    Use when implementing any feature or change that touches more than one file. Use when you're about to write a large amount of code at once, or when a task feels too big to land in one step.

    Also in 44 projects that use this

  • GSA-TTSSkill

    architecture-decision-records

    Load when a user wants architecture decision records (ADRs) drafted from requirements or a design discussion, asks which decisions need an ADR, or wants an ADR draft reviewed for one-sided trade-offs, weak alternatives or missing requirement links. Not for setting up a project's whole documentation system (project-documentation-system).

    Also in 4 projects that use this

  • JohnJBorenSkill

    ci-cd

    CI/CD pipeline design, GitHub Actions, testing automation, and deployment strategies

    Also in 3 projects that use this

  • OpenAISkill

    security-best-practices

    Perform language and framework specific security best-practice reviews and suggest improvements. Trigger only when the user explicitly requests security best practices guidance, a security review/report, or secure-by-default coding help. Trigger only for supported languages (python, javascript/typescript, go). Do not trigger for general code review, debugging, or non-security tasks.

    Also in 3 projects that use this

  • GitHubSkill

    conventional-commit

    Prompt and workflow for generating conventional commit messages using a structured XML format. Guides users to create standardized, descriptive commit messages in line with the Conventional Commits specification, including instructions, examples, and validation.

    Also in 3 projects that use this

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We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent

7 rules. 0 are common, 7 are distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.

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    Common

    Most of the 77 edited versions we read keep these.

  • 7

    Distinctive

    This author's own choices. Worth a look.

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    Very specific

    Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.

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