simplify SKILL.md skillA
simplify from vanducng/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add vanducng/skills/simplify@v0.2.0Pins v0.2.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- vanducng/skills
- Path
skills/simplify/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- v0.2.0, committed Oct 7, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 14, 2026
- Size
- 5,795 bytes
- Repository stars
- 8
- License
- MIT
Reduce the complexity of existing code without changing behavior - deep nesting, long functions, dead code, unclear names, the wrong abstraction. Use after a feature works but reads heavier than it should, or to clean up code written under time pressure. Pass `--aggressive` to reshape a working feature into the form it should have had from day one (delete proven-dead compatibility paths). `--scan` lists aggressive candidates only. Triggers: 'simplify this', 'clean up this code', 'reduce…
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 > Reduce-time discipline: make existing code easier to read without changing what it does. The goal is **not fewer lines** - it's code a new teammate understands faster. Every change must pass one test: would someone reading this for the first time grasp it quicker than the original? If not, it's churn, not simplification. Not for hot paths where the simpler form is measurably slower, or a module about to be rewritten wholesale. Prefer simplify when the code is correct but cluttered. If the user invokes /simplify by name, run it even while the change is still being designed or still misbehaving. A bug-only task with no simplify request stays vd:fix. Judging someone's diff is `vd:code-review` (report-only). | Mode | When | Behavior | |---|---|---| | **default** | Reads heavy, shape is right | Behavior frozen; readability only | | `--aggressive` | Shape is historical (compat flags, dead aliases) | Follow [`references/aggressive.md`](references/aggressive.md) | | `--scan` | Want the candidate list first | Same as aggressive, no edits | ## Hard rules …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add vanducng/skills/simplify@sha256:74879319a037c90fThe line at the top of this page pins the label v0.2.0, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_mobpicwujjnsqjkr)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 6 versions of this file, between Jun 14, 2026 and Oct 7, 2026, about one every 23 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.2.0 latest | 2026-10-07 | 2ab1959 | 5,795 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.2.0 | 2026-09-11 | 9e58ef3 | 5,694 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.2.0 | 2026-08-23 | 87cd06b | 7,387 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.1.0 | 2026-07-24 | 51405ee | 6,603 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.1.0 | 2026-07-10 | 6f1e7cf | 6,641 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.1.0 | 2026-06-14 | 560f72b | 6,620 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 (5795 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
vanducng/skills · 8 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_mobpicwujjnsqjkr GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=vanducng/skills/simplify GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/74879319a037c90f96d0d38d931e14288b71ffb2b13bce63955e5f3d0cbd5119
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.
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