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simplify-code

Skill1 starsChanged 41 days agoMITView on GitHub

Reduce complexity while preserving behavior. Use when code works but is hard to read, when cleaning a diff, or when the user asks to simplify.

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The file

We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent

4 rules. 0 are common, 4 are distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.

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    Most of the 28 edited versions we read keep these.

  • 4

    Distinctive

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  1. Distinctive:

    Prefer deleting code to adding abstractions.

    line 11
  2. Distinctive:

    Remove dead branches, unused params, and speculative extension points.

    line 14
  3. Distinctive:

    Do not mix feature work into a simplify pass.

    line 15
  4. Distinctive:

    Stop when further changes are taste-only.

    line 22

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SKILL.md

Simplify Code

Rules

  • Preserve exact behavior; simplify is not a rewrite.
  • Prefer deleting code to adding abstractions.
  • Flatten nesting; extract only when it clarifies call sites.
  • Rename for intention; keep project naming conventions.
  • Remove dead branches, unused params, and speculative extension points.
  • Do not mix feature work into a simplify pass.

Process

  1. Identify the complex region and its tests/callers.
  2. Establish baseline tests or characterization coverage.
  3. Apply small clarity edits; verify after each chunk.
  4. Stop when further changes are taste-only.

Prefer

  • Straight-line logic over clever indirection
  • Explicit parameters over hidden ambient state
  • Stdlib/existing helpers over new utility layers

Exit

  • Behavior unchanged
  • Diff is smaller in concept count, not just line count
  • Tests pass

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