simplify-stuff SKILL.md skillA
simplify-stuff from reidemeister94/development-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add reidemeister94/development-skills/simplify-stuff@git:20260919.a9f7da5Pins git:20260919.a9f7da5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- reidemeister94/development-skills
- Path
skills/simplify-stuff/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260919.a9f7da5, committed Sep 19, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 24, 2026
- Size
- 965 bytes
- Repository stars
- 12
- License
- MIT
Remove unnecessary content and simplify files while preserving useful behavior and project knowledge.
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 stuff Use the argument or request as the scope. Apply the [writing contract](../../shared/writing.md). Inspect the target, relevant references, and inbound callers before deleting or moving content. Delete what carries no useful behavior, fact, constraint, or decision. Merge repeated information into its owner, then simplify what remains. Keep project conventions and non-obvious operational knowledge. A shorter file that loses these facts is a regression. Check names, paths, commands, conventions, links, and relevant behavior after the change. Record material removals and their reasons in an existing decision record when useful. Do not create a new process or file merely to document a routine wording edit.
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add reidemeister94/development-skills/simplify-stuff@sha256:031b1c16c66754a1The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260919.a9f7da5, 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_jbzyggyfh5s3rf2m)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jul 24, 2026 and Sep 19, 2026, about one every 57 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260919.a9f7da5 latest | 2026-09-19 | a9f7da5 | 965 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260724.ba2c70f | 2026-07-24 | ba2c70f | 1,243 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 (965 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
reidemeister94/development-skills · 12 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-31 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_jbzyggyfh5s3rf2m GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=reidemeister94/development-skills/simplify-stuff GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/031b1c16c66754a1fe252973e426e02f9f9c02739a444e49509b1a87be8fbd7c
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.