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principle-laziness-protocol

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Apply when refactoring, evaluating diff size, or tempted to add abstractions, layers, or signal threading. Bias toward deletion and the smallest change that solves the problem.

We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent

5 rules. 5 are common, 0 are distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.

  • 5

    Common

    Most of the 43 edited versions we read keep these.

  • 0

    Distinctive

    This author's own choices. Worth a look.

  • 0

    Very specific

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

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  1. Common:

    Prefer deletion: When asked to refactor or improve, look for removals before additions.

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  2. Common:

    Maintain a flat hierarchy: Avoid deep abstractions. If answering a question requires tracing through more than 3 files or layers, flatten …

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  3. Common:

    Consolidate decisions: Do not repeat the same choice in several places.

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  4. Common:

    Question the threading: If a task asks you to pass a new signal through types, schemas, pipelines, or similar layers, stop and look for a …

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  5. Common:

    Prime directive: If a human developer would find the code exhausting to maintain, it is a bad solution.

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“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 43 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.

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SKILL.md

Laziness Protocol

Writing code is cheap for you, which makes over-engineering easy. Counter it by borrowing a human maintainer's fatigue. Aim for the most result with the least code and complexity.

  • Prefer deletion. When asked to refactor or improve, look for removals before additions.
  • Maintain a flat hierarchy. Avoid deep abstractions. If answering a question requires tracing through more than 3 files or layers, flatten it.
  • Consolidate decisions. Do not repeat the same choice in several places. Put it behind one source of truth and pass the result as a simple flag.
  • Minimize the diff. Make the smallest change that solves the problem. Fewer lines beat "elegant" boilerplate.
  • Question the threading. If a task asks you to pass a new signal through types, schemas, pipelines, or similar layers, stop and look for a more direct path.

Prime directive: If a human developer would find the code exhausting to maintain, it is a bad solution. Be lazy. Stay simple.

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