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This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed, one of 5 indexed copies. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.
coding-principles from shinpr/claude-code-workflows is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add shinpr/claude-code-workflows/coding-principles@git:20261019.e544b5cPins git:20261019.e544b5c in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- shinpr/claude-code-workflows
- Path
dev-skills/skills/coding-principles/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 7
- Latest version
- git:20261019.e544b5c, committed Oct 19, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 26, 2026
- Size
- 9,191 bytes
- Repository stars
- 707
- License
- MIT
Language-agnostic coding principles for maintainability, readability, and quality. Use when implementing features, refactoring code, or reviewing code quality.
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
# Language-Agnostic Coding Principles ## Core Philosophy 1. **Maintainability over Speed**: Prioritize long-term code health over initial development velocity 2. **Simplicity First**: Choose the simplest solution that meets requirements (YAGNI principle) 3. **Design Convergence**: Deliver the current required outcome with the least new design surface. Selecting persistent state, public or cross-boundary contracts, behavioral modes, reusable abstractions, or component splits carries enough surface to justify the full convergence process first. 4. **Explicit over Implicit**: Make intentions clear through code structure and naming 5. **Delete over Comment**: Remove unused code instead of commenting it out ## Code Quality ### Continuous Improvement - Refactor related code inside the accepted outcome and governing boundaries when it reduces the change's risk or maintenance cost - Improve code structure incrementally - Keep the codebase lean and focused - Delete code proven obsolete by the requested change after checking its callers; report uncertain or out-of-scope cleanup separately ### Readability - Use meaningful, descriptive names drawn from the problem domain …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add shinpr/claude-code-workflows/coding-principles@sha256:c9824dcf33452ad1The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261019.e544b5c, 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between Jul 26, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026, about one every 14 days.
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| git:20261019.e544b5c latest | 2026-10-19 | e544b5c | 9,191 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260922.7c4e3a7 | 2026-09-22 | 7c4e3a7 | 9,597 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260809.6130272 | 2026-08-09 | 6130272 | 9,177 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260806.d8a29d4 | 2026-08-06 | d8a29d4 | 9,242 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260731.d086ac8 | 2026-07-31 | d086ac8 | 9,242 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260728.e9e235b | 2026-07-28 | e9e235b | 9,206 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260726.b3981e0 | 2026-07-26 | b3981e0 | 11,203 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 (9191 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
shinpr/claude-code-workflows · 707 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-29 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_6shulc7edql7z5kg GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=shinpr/claude-code-workflows/coding-principles GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c9824dcf33452ad105123c8c341948fbd3fb76cd3e842fcc6aab7859058737e2
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