code-hygiene SKILL.md skillA
code-hygiene from jartan-llc/grimoire is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add jartan-llc/grimoire/code-hygiene@git:20261023.fc78225Pins git:20261023.fc78225 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- jartan-llc/grimoire
- Path
plugins/praxis/skills/code-hygiene/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261023.fc78225, committed Oct 23, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 31, 2026
- Size
- 6,595 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3
- License
- MIT
Language-agnostic code hygiene -- no dead/reinvented/duplicated code, truthful names, real implementations, and scoped (never blanket) diagnostic suppressions.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Code Hygiene Don't leave -- or write -- code that lies, hides, or that git (or an existing solution) already owns. Every line is a permanent liability someone must read, test, and carry forward, so each must earn its place. This skill is language-agnostic and guides both authors and reviewers. Use it with `code-structure` and `readable-code` for shaping the code that stays, `comment-hygiene` for comment truthfulness and `plain-writing` for documentation prose. ## Dead code & speculative generality Code no live path needs is dead -- delete it; don't add what isn't needed yet. ### Dead / commented-out code **Rule:** Delete dead, unreachable, and commented-out code. Git holds the history -- recover it with `git log -G` if ever needed. Never comment code out to keep it "for later"; version control *is* the "for later." **Test:** unreachable (after `return` / `throw` / `break`), unused (no live caller, import, or reference), or disabled/commented "just in case" -> delete. ### Orphaned abstractions / speculative generality …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add jartan-llc/grimoire/code-hygiene@sha256:bc95794f35961cfdThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261023.fc78225, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_3h3i2vcasfu6s47y)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026, about one every 21 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261023.fc78225 latest | 2026-10-23 | fc78225 | 6,595 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260817.05c470c | 2026-08-17 | 05c470c | 6,742 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260817.4228299 | 2026-08-17 | 4228299 | 18,785 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260807.010f635 | 2026-08-07 | 010f635 | 17,261 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260731.f6add68 | 2026-07-31 | f6add68 | 15,362 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 (6595 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
jartan-llc/grimoire · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-31 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_3h3i2vcasfu6s47y GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jartan-llc/grimoire/code-hygiene GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/bc95794f35961cfd04a7783024b183eed84dfedce4ba2f98deaa98f4aaa7c50c
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