housekeep-dead-code SKILL.md skillA
housekeep-dead-code from kensaurus/cursor-kenji is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add kensaurus/cursor-kenji/housekeep-dead-code@git:20261001.3fce9fbPins git:20261001.3fce9fb in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- kensaurus/cursor-kenji
- Path
skills/housekeep-dead-code/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20261001.3fce9fb, committed Oct 1, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 10, 2026
- Size
- 18,029 bytes
- Repository stars
- 9
- License
- MIT
Remove dead code by category — one commit each, typecheck and tests between, bisect on red — then add a Knip ratchet. Use when "delete the dead code" or "wire up Knip". Audit first → plan-dead-code. README/deps → workflow-housekeep.
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
# housekeep-dead-code — Delete by category, then ratchet
**Degree of freedom: MIXED.** Category order, the `--fix-type` sequence,
one-commit-per-category, and verification between commits `[LOW freedom —
run exactly]`; whether a specific flagged item is truly dead
`[HIGH freedom]`.
Apply-now. `plan-dead-code` produced the reviewed keep/kill list and the
baseline; this makes the repo match it and installs the gate that keeps it
matched. **Net dead code strictly ≤ before, and no behavior change.**
This is the execution arm of `plan-dead-code`, the same way
`housekeep-gates` executes `audit-gate-logic` and `housekeep-design`
executes `plan-uiux-unification`.
Deletion is the *approved execution* of a plan. The `plan-*` preservation
contract ("no removal without an approved proposal") is satisfied by that
approval — not bypassed by this skill.
## This skill vs neighbors
| Skill | Owns |
|---|---|
| **housekeep-dead-code** (this) | Delete per approved list, cascade, install the ratchet |
| `plan-dead-code` | Prove it is dead first — config, baseline, keep/kill list |
| `housekeep-gates` | The aggregator this skill's CI job plugs into |
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add kensaurus/cursor-kenji/housekeep-dead-code@sha256:c86f4968fd9be73eThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261001.3fce9fb, 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_s7be762y6fywuuhg)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Sep 10, 2026 and Oct 1, 2026, about one every 7 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261001.3fce9fb latest | 2026-10-01 | 3fce9fb | 18,029 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260923.68c095e | 2026-09-23 | 68c095e | 18,053 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260910.b1974fe | 2026-09-10 | b1974fe | 18,087 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260910.2cc3ce5 | 2026-09-10 | 2cc3ce5 | 16,368 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 (18029 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
kensaurus/cursor-kenji · 9 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_s7be762y6fywuuhg GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=kensaurus/cursor-kenji/housekeep-dead-code GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c86f4968fd9be73e6dd8c6f8565523bc9810483c610a2325b8b77df62b900782
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