complexity-recognition skillA
complexity-recognition is agent-read markdown (skill) from codybrom/clairvoyance: Diagnoses whether complexity exists and where it comes from, using the three-symptom, two-root-cause framework. Use when code feels harder to work with than it should but the specific problem is unclear. Not for scanning known design smells (use red-flags) or evaluating a module's depth (use deep-modules)..
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.
What the file says
# Complexity Recognition Review Lens
When invoked with $ARGUMENTS, focus the analysis on the specified file or module. Read the target code first, then apply the checks below.
> "Complexity is anything related to the structure of a software system that makes it hard to understand and modify the system." — John Ousterhout, _A Philosophy of Software Design_
Complexity is relative to the task: the same codebase can feel simple for one operation and painful for another. The writer of the code is often the worst judge of its complexity. If other collaborators (human or agent) find it complex, it is. Diagnose it using three symptoms, two root causes, and the fundamental formula.
## When to Apply
- When code feels harder to work with than it should be
- When small changes require edits in many places
- When developers frequently introduce bugs in unfamiliar code
- During "should we refactor this?" discussions
## Core Principles
### The Complexity Formula
$$C = \sum_{p}(c_p \times t_p)$$
Each part's complexity weighted by how often developers work with it.
- Complexity in frequently-touched code matters most
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How to install
mdr add codybrom/clairvoyance/complexity-recognition@git:20260722.fcfda01mdr add codybrom/clairvoyance/complexity-recognition@sha256:1f0529824d770d39Pin 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_vrnhv6irblkrvdjf)
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Versions
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260722.fcfda01 latest | 2026-07-22 | fcfda01 | 5,214 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260701.ba096c5 | 2026-07-01 | ba096c5 | 5,290 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260301.1854d20 | 2026-03-01 | 1854d20 | 5,198 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260227.455211b | 2026-02-27 | 455211b | 5,229 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260227.e9a9629 | 2026-02-27 | e9a9629 | 5,156 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 (5214 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
codybrom/clairvoyance · 12 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-20 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_vrnhv6irblkrvdjf GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=codybrom/clairvoyance/complexity-recognition GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/1f0529824d770d39e1639a2ba545be5851089c5eca5d498035f60f77715b2a2e
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