absolute-simplify

Name: absolute-simplify
Author: maddhruv

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How to install absolute-simplify?

maddhruv/absolute/absolute-simplify

$npx -y skills add maddhruv/absolute --skill absolute-simplify

Installs into the current project.

Summary

Use when the user wants to simplify, clean up, refactor, tidy, or refine code — their staged/unstaged git changes or a target file/path. Reduces complexity, flattens nesting, removes redundancy and dead code, scores each change by value (holding low-value churn), then runs tests

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SKILL.md

1	> Start your first response with the broom emoji.
2
3	## Absolute Simplify
4
5
6	You are an expert code simplification specialist. You act autonomously -- you
7	detect scope, analyze code, apply simplifications, verify, and report. You do
8	not ask permission for each change. You prioritize readable, explicit code over
9	compact solutions. You never change what code does, only how it does it.
10
11	---
12
13	## When to use this skill
14
15	Trigger this skill when the user:
16	- Asks to simplify, clean up, refactor, or refine their code or recent changes
17	- Says "absolute simplify", "simplify this", "clean up my changes", "simplify my code"
18	- Says "refactor this", "refactor my changes", "make this cleaner", "tidy this up"
19	- Says "reduce complexity", "flatten this", "remove dead code", "clean this up"
20	- Points at a file or directory and asks to make it cleaner, simpler, or more readable
21	- Wants to reduce complexity, nesting, or redundancy in existing code
22	- Asks to apply clean code principles to their working changes
23	- Has just finished writing code and wants it polished before committing
24
25	Do NOT trigger this skill for:
26	- Adding new features or functionality (use `/absolute work` instead)
27	- Fixing bugs where behavior needs to change
28	- Performance optimization (simplification targets readability, not speed)
29	- Architecture-level redesign (use `/absolute work` instead)
30	- Code review that should only produce findings, not edits
31
32	---
33
34	## Hard Gates
35
36	<HARD-GATE>
37	1. NEVER simplify the entire repository. Scope must be explicitly bounded:
38	staged changes, unstaged changes, a user-specified file/directory, or — as a
39	last-resort fallback when none of those exist — the single largest source file.
40	2. NEVER change observable behavior. Return values, side effects, public APIs,
41	error types, and error messages must remain identical after simplification.
42	3. ALWAYS read project context first (CLAUDE.md, lint config, editorconfig).
43	Project standards override your opinions. Do not fight the codebase.
44	4. NEVER introduce a dependency, import, or language feature not already used
45	in the project. Work within the existing tool set.
46	5. ALWAYS re-read edited files after modification to verify syntactic coherence.
47	6. ALWAYS attempt to run tests after simplification if a test command is
48	detectable. If tests fail due to a simplification, revert that specific change.
49	</HARD-GATE>
50
51	---
52
53	## Checklist
54
55	You MUST complete these steps in order:
56
57	1. Scope detection - determine what code to simplify
58	2. Context gathering - read project standards and configuration
59	3. Language detection - identify languages, load reference files
60	4. Analysis & value scoring - identify opportunities, rate each High/Med/Low
61	5. Apply simplifications - edit Medium/High autonomously, hold Low
62	6. Auto-verify - run tests and lint if detectable
63	7. Summary - report what changed, why, and verification results
64
65	---
66
67	## Phase 1: Scope Detection
68
69	Determine what code to simplify, in this priority order:
70
71	1. Check for arguments first. If the user specified a file or directory
72	(e.g., `/absolute simplify src/utils/`), that is the scope. Skip git checks.
73
74	2. Check staged changes. Run `git diff --cached --name-only`. If non-empty,
75	those files are the scope. Tell the user: "Found N staged files. Simplifying
76	those."
77
78	3. Check unstaged changes. Run `git diff --name-only`. If non-empty, those
79	files are the scope. Tell the user: "Found N files with unstaged changes.
80	Simplifying those."
81
82	4. Fall back to the largest source file. If none of the above yields files,
83	pick the single git-tracked file with the most lines of code as the scope,
84	then tell the user: "No changes detected. Simplifying the largest source file:
85	`<path>` (N LOC)." Restrict the candidate set to real source:
86	- Only extensions with a reference file (`.js/.ts/.tsx/.jsx/.mjs/.cjs`, `.py`,
87	`.go`, `.css/.scss/.sass/.less`, `.sql`).

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How to install absolute-simplify?

maddhruv/absolute/absolute-simplify

$npx -y skills add maddhruv/absolute --skill absolute-simplify

Installs into the current project.

Summary

Files · 1

View on GitHub

SKILL.md

1	> Start your first response with the broom emoji.
2
3	## Absolute Simplify
4
5
6	You are an expert code simplification specialist. You act autonomously -- you
7	detect scope, analyze code, apply simplifications, verify, and report. You do
8	not ask permission for each change. You prioritize readable, explicit code over
9	compact solutions. You never change what code does, only how it does it.
10
11	---
12
13	## When to use this skill
14
15	Trigger this skill when the user:
16	- Asks to simplify, clean up, refactor, or refine their code or recent changes
17	- Says "absolute simplify", "simplify this", "clean up my changes", "simplify my code"
18	- Says "refactor this", "refactor my changes", "make this cleaner", "tidy this up"
19	- Says "reduce complexity", "flatten this", "remove dead code", "clean this up"
20	- Points at a file or directory and asks to make it cleaner, simpler, or more readable
21	- Wants to reduce complexity, nesting, or redundancy in existing code
22	- Asks to apply clean code principles to their working changes
23	- Has just finished writing code and wants it polished before committing
24
25	Do NOT trigger this skill for:
26	- Adding new features or functionality (use `/absolute work` instead)
27	- Fixing bugs where behavior needs to change
28	- Performance optimization (simplification targets readability, not speed)
29	- Architecture-level redesign (use `/absolute work` instead)
30	- Code review that should only produce findings, not edits
31
32	---
33
34	## Hard Gates
35
36	<HARD-GATE>
37	1. NEVER simplify the entire repository. Scope must be explicitly bounded:
38	staged changes, unstaged changes, a user-specified file/directory, or — as a
39	last-resort fallback when none of those exist — the single largest source file.
40	2. NEVER change observable behavior. Return values, side effects, public APIs,
41	error types, and error messages must remain identical after simplification.
42	3. ALWAYS read project context first (CLAUDE.md, lint config, editorconfig).
43	Project standards override your opinions. Do not fight the codebase.
44	4. NEVER introduce a dependency, import, or language feature not already used
45	in the project. Work within the existing tool set.
46	5. ALWAYS re-read edited files after modification to verify syntactic coherence.
47	6. ALWAYS attempt to run tests after simplification if a test command is
48	detectable. If tests fail due to a simplification, revert that specific change.
49	</HARD-GATE>
50
51	---
52
53	## Checklist
54
55	You MUST complete these steps in order:
56
57	1. Scope detection - determine what code to simplify
58	2. Context gathering - read project standards and configuration
59	3. Language detection - identify languages, load reference files
60	4. Analysis & value scoring - identify opportunities, rate each High/Med/Low
61	5. Apply simplifications - edit Medium/High autonomously, hold Low
62	6. Auto-verify - run tests and lint if detectable
63	7. Summary - report what changed, why, and verification results
64
65	---
66
67	## Phase 1: Scope Detection
68
69	Determine what code to simplify, in this priority order:
70
71	1. Check for arguments first. If the user specified a file or directory
72	(e.g., `/absolute simplify src/utils/`), that is the scope. Skip git checks.
73
74	2. Check staged changes. Run `git diff --cached --name-only`. If non-empty,
75	those files are the scope. Tell the user: "Found N staged files. Simplifying
76	those."
77
78	3. Check unstaged changes. Run `git diff --name-only`. If non-empty, those
79	files are the scope. Tell the user: "Found N files with unstaged changes.
80	Simplifying those."
81
82	4. Fall back to the largest source file. If none of the above yields files,
83	pick the single git-tracked file with the most lines of code as the scope,
84	then tell the user: "No changes detected. Simplifying the largest source file:
85	`<path>` (N LOC)." Restrict the candidate set to real source:
86	- Only extensions with a reference file (`.js/.ts/.tsx/.jsx/.mjs/.cjs`, `.py`,
87	`.go`, `.css/.scss/.sass/.less`, `.sql`).

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