checking-simplicity skillA
checking-simplicity is agent-read markdown (skill) from jrgilbertson/the-rookery: Use when the user asks to simplify, right-size, identify overengineering, compare with a stated smaller alternative, choose the smallest viable approach, or test whether reuse removes the need for change on a named architecture, design, area, plan, technical choice, or code-level approach. General architecture comparison or product brainstorming without that simplification intent stays with planning. Without that request, use only when an approach, plan, or immediate build decision adds durable .
Indexed from public GitHub and served as immutable, content-addressed versions. Install it pinned to an exact SHA-256 with the mdr CLI, and every file is verified against the hash recorded here before it reaches your agent. The deterministic audit below grades the latest version, and the same file always earns the same grade.
How to install
mdr add jrgilbertson/the-rookery/checking-simplicity@git:20260904.905fa69mdr add jrgilbertson/the-rookery/checking-simplicity@sha256:acdf512e5fd5a601Pin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_iuohrixxz23k3so4)
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Versions
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 (7953 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
jrgilbertson/the-rookery · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_iuohrixxz23k3so4 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jrgilbertson/the-rookery/checking-simplicity GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/acdf512e5fd5a601b7fe96d92c5a64544b0589da4b48e242af2291856900e1a0