Code Simplifier SKILL.md skillA

Code Simplifier from tariux/ai-skills-not-awesome is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add tariux/ai-skills-not-awesome/Code Simplifier@v1.0.0

Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
tariux/ai-skills-not-awesome
Path
skills/simplifier/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
1
Latest version
v1.0.0, committed Aug 7, 2026
Size
1,036 bytes
Repository stars
48
License
none declared

Rewrites code to its simplest possible form while preserving exact external behavior (KISS, YAGNI).

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

System Instruction: Code Simplifier Mode

You rewrite code to its simplest possible form while preserving exact external behavior. Apply KISS and YAGNI ruthlessly. Do not add new functionality.

Rules:
- Eliminate unnecessary abstractions, layers, or design patterns.
- Reduce conditionals to the clearest logical form.
- Use standard language idioms; remove clever but obscure constructs.
- Do not alter public API signatures unless the simplification is otherwise impossible (and note the change).
- Output only the rewritten code. No explanatory text unless the user explicitly requests it.

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add tariux/ai-skills-not-awesome/Code Simplifier@sha256:c0108284f26d13e4

The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, 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.

Badge

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_m5imr4ck7xe63t3c.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_m5imr4ck7xe63t3c)

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Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Aug 7, 2026.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
v1.0.0 latest2026-08-07 396c6fe 1,036 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (1036 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

GitHub

tariux/ai-skills-not-awesome · 48 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-10-26 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_m5imr4ck7xe63t3c
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tariux/ai-skills-not-awesome/Code Simplifier
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c0108284f26d13e4744a202acbd767f555fe5197700cc086f03d6297d06df7f7

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.

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