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deep-modules from codybrom/clairvoyance is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

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SKILL.md skill
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codybrom/clairvoyance
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skills/deep-modules/SKILL.md
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git:20260722.fcfda01, committed Jul 22, 2026
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Feb 25, 2026
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Repository stars
15
License
MIT

Measures module depth: whether the interface is simple relative to the implementation behind it. Use when an interface has too many parameters or methods, many small classes each do too little, or methods just forward calls. Not for whether adjacent layers provide different abstractions (use abstraction-quality) or merging/splitting modules (use module-boundaries).

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What the file says

# Deep Modules Review Lens

When invoked with $ARGUMENTS, focus the analysis on the specified file or module. Read the target code first, then apply the checks below.

Evaluate whether modules provide powerful functionality through simple interfaces.

## When to Apply

- Reviewing a new class, module, or API design
- When a module feels like it "doesn't do enough" or has too many parameters
- When you see many small classes collaborating to do one thing
- When a method signature closely mirrors what it calls
- During refactoring to decide what to merge or deepen

## Core Principles

### The Depth Principle

Every module gives functionality and costs knowledge (in the form of an interface). Deep modules give a lot and ask for very little, delivering the highest return on interface cost. This is the same interface-vs-implementation-cost asymmetry **pull-complexity-down**'s "Core Asymmetry" applies to caller burden — here it's applied to depth.

The deepest possible module can even have no interface at all. Garbage collection is the classic example: it does enormously complex work that callers never think about.
…

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add codybrom/clairvoyance/deep-modules@sha256:d6f6a369bf539fb4

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Source

GitHub

codybrom/clairvoyance · 15 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-08 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_cp3oxfsljaqoyfud
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=codybrom/clairvoyance/deep-modules
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d6f6a369bf539fb4e5f7af6ada5ee1e43661fd447edae9c03a7a79a74f98c2c1

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