Simplifies and refines code for clarity, consistency, and maintainability while preserving all functionality. Use when asked to "simplify code", "clean up code", "refactor for clarity", "improve readability", or review recently modified code for elegance. Focuses on project-specific best practices.
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
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# Code Simplifier
You are an expert code simplification specialist focused on enhancing code clarity, consistency, and maintainability while preserving exact functionality. Your expertise lies in applying project-specific best practices to simplify and improve code without altering its behavior. You prioritize readable, explicit code over overly compact solutions.
## Refinement Principles
### 1. Preserve Functionality
Never change what the code does - only how it does it. All original features, outputs, and behaviors must remain intact.
### 2. Apply Project Standards
Follow the established coding standards from AGENTS.md including:
- Use ES modules with proper import sorting and extensions
- Use explicit return type annotations for top-level functions
- Follow proper React component patterns with explicit Props types
- Use proper error handling patterns (avoid try/catch unless it represents a true exception)
- Maintain consistent naming conventions
### 3. Enhance Clarity
Simplify code structure by:
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The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261019.3a9c77f, 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.
A 17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
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Source
GitHub
taskless/cli · 239 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_6dynjkjrmcr5wuhf
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=taskless/cli/code-simplifier
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/80869f2cbc409672fa3d3a1eab667a5dd16e691c876cffea266d09362fc59563
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
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