karpathy-guidelines SKILL.md skillA
karpathy-guidelines from rudycity/superagent is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add rudycity/superagent/karpathy-guidelines@git:20260702.4f76578Pins git:20260702.4f76578 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- rudycity/superagent
- Path
.agents/skills/karpathy-guidelines/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20260702.4f76578, committed Jul 2, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 11, 2026
- Size
- 2,206 bytes
- Repository stars
- 52
- License
- MIT
Behavioral rules to minimize common LLM coding pitfalls. Applies to all code creation, modification, review, and validation tasks.
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
# ROLE & PRINCIPLE
- **Goal**: Minimize LLM coding mistakes, bias toward caution and surgical precision.
- **Rule**: Never assume or guess. Keep changes isolated.
# EXECUTION ROUTING
if task_type == "plan_design" OR task_type == "new_feature":
CALL apply_thinking_rules()
CALL apply_simplicity_rules()
elif task_type == "bug_fix" OR task_type == "edit_existing":
CALL apply_thinking_rules()
CALL apply_surgical_rules()
elif task_type == "validation" OR task_type == "testing":
CALL apply_verification_rules()
# 1. THINKING RULES
Before editing or writing code:
- State assumptions explicitly. if unsure: CALL ask_question()
- if multiple_implementations: Present trade-offs to user. Do NOT make silent choices.
- if task_unclear: Identify confusing point. CALL ask_question(). Do NOT guess.
- if simpler_approach_exists: Suggest it immediately. Push back on over-engineering.
# 2. SIMPLICITY RULES
- Write minimum code to solve requirements.
- No speculative abstractions or single-caller helper layers.
- No unrequested configurability or parameter flexibility.
- No error-handling paths for impossible/unreachable scenarios.
- if line_count > necessary: Rewrite to condense.
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add rudycity/superagent/karpathy-guidelines@sha256:c661430ff159c3d5The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260702.4f76578, 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 4 versions of this file, between Jun 11, 2026 and Jul 2, 2026, about one every 7 days.
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| git:20260702.4f76578 latest | 2026-07-02 | 4f76578 | 2,206 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260623.12275dd | 2026-06-23 | 12275dd | 2,517 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260623.c6692d9 | 2026-06-23 | c6692d9 | 2,323 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260611.23f0065 | 2026-06-11 | 23f0065 | 2,304 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 (2206 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
rudycity/superagent · 52 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_7eepfg33ptfw7gy4 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=rudycity/superagent/karpathy-guidelines GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c661430ff159c3d53ed8f36d8ab992d1af058692d8658d8616c0ffd170e16fbe
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