ce-simplify-code SKILL.md skillA
ce-simplify-code from everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin/ce-simplify-code@git:20261107.19a9664Pins git:20261107.19a9664 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin
- Path
skills/ce-simplify-code/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 9
- Latest version
- git:20261107.19a9664, committed Nov 7, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 18, 2026
- Size
- 7,808 bytes
- Repository stars
- 25,969
- License
- MIT
Simplify code for clarity, reuse, quality, and efficiency while preserving behavior, and prune tests and comments that carry no value. Use after implementation and before review, or to audit tests or comments in any part of a repo; use ce-debug for bugs.
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
Simplify code for clarity, reuse, quality, and efficiency, and prune tests and comments that carry no value, while preserving exact behavior. Prioritize readable, explicit code over compact code — fewer lines is not the goal. ## Mode Strip a `mode:pipeline` token, a `size-cutoff:<N>` token, and every `proof-test:<path>` token from the input before reading the rest as the scope. The proof-test path is context for Step 3, never scope; a caller may pass several. - **Pipeline** when `mode:pipeline` is present, or when no one asked for this run in their own current message: a step of another skill, or a run the agent starts itself, such as at a completion boundary. Work only on the current work, apply fixes without asking or waiting, and return the Step 5 summary to the caller. That summary is for the caller's record; never paste it into a commit, PR body, or other artifact. - **Standalone** when the user's own current message asked for this run. Their request sets the scope and focus. Report findings before editing anything, unless the request says to just fix them. Read `references/standalone-report.md` now, and again before applying any reported finding. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin/ce-simplify-code@sha256:391b434b9dd42c10The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261107.19a9664, 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_6n2ot3yc2xzv5w7k)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 9 versions of this file, between Aug 18, 2026 and Nov 7, 2026, about one every 10 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261107.19a9664 latest | 2026-11-07 | 19a9664 | 7,808 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261105.09b0857 | 2026-11-05 | 09b0857 | 7,693 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261021.167688e | 2026-10-21 | 167688e | 7,852 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261015.bdc53d0 | 2026-10-15 | bdc53d0 | 7,484 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260911.1a9f16c | 2026-09-11 | 1a9f16c | 6,694 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260909.b3efbd6 | 2026-09-09 | b3efbd6 | 6,653 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260824.180fcd2 | 2026-08-24 | 180fcd2 | 6,299 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260821.66ccf57 | 2026-08-21 | 66ccf57 | 6,248 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260818.459c9eb | 2026-08-18 | 459c9eb | 7,655 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 (7808 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
everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin · 25,969 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_6n2ot3yc2xzv5w7k GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin/ce-simplify-code GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/391b434b9dd42c10e2ff7d56828bd40b9fff4f412237ecab7ebccd41af49a7ca
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