naming-obviousness skillA
naming-obviousness is agent-read markdown (skill) from codybrom/clairvoyance: Reviews naming quality and code obviousness via the isolation test, scope-length principle, and consistency audit. Use when names feel vague, something is hard to name (a design signal, not a vocabulary problem), or behavior isn't obvious on first read. Not for comment quality or documentation (use comments-docs)..
Indexed from public GitHub and served as immutable, content-addressed versions. Install it pinned to an exact SHA-256 with the mdr CLI, and every file is verified against the hash recorded here before it reaches your agent. The deterministic audit below grades the latest version, and the same file always earns the same grade.
What the file says
# Naming & Obviousness Review Lens When invoked with $ARGUMENTS, focus the analysis on the specified file or module. Read the target code first, then apply the checks below. Names are arguably the most important form of abstraction because a name claims what matters most about an entity. Because names appear at extreme frequency, mediocre names produce systemic complexity that no single example would suggest. ## When to Apply - Reviewing any code for readability and clarity - When a variable, method, or class name feels wrong - When code requires reading the implementation to understand the interface ## Core Principles ### The Isolation Test Read a name without surrounding context. Does it convey what the entity is? - **Pass:** `byteCount`, `retryDelayMs`, `userAuthToken` - **Fail:** `data`, `x`, `process`, `handle`, `item` - **Context-dependent:** `result` is acceptable for a method's return value but problematic at wider scope ### Precision: The Most Common Failure Generic names create false mental models because the reader's first assumption goes wrong and the name protects that wrong assumption from being questioned. …
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How to install
mdr add codybrom/clairvoyance/naming-obviousness@git:20260722.fcfda01mdr add codybrom/clairvoyance/naming-obviousness@sha256:8c9bb53d07221730Pin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_2nsw75jqc7em24ob)
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Versions
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260722.fcfda01 latest | 2026-07-22 | fcfda01 | 6,100 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260701.ba096c5 | 2026-07-01 | ba096c5 | 6,177 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260227.455211b | 2026-02-27 | 455211b | 6,094 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260225.e46f12c | 2026-02-25 | e46f12c | 5,616 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (6100 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
codybrom/clairvoyance · 12 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-20 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_2nsw75jqc7em24ob GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=codybrom/clairvoyance/naming-obviousness GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8c9bb53d072217309b180164f41ff7cbf34e9ef6a12c31ecbd76735bf5d4b636
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