complexity-recognition SKILL.md skillA
complexity-recognition from codybrom/clairvoyance is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add codybrom/clairvoyance/complexity-recognition@git:20260722.fcfda01Pins git:20260722.fcfda01 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- codybrom/clairvoyance
- Path
skills/complexity-recognition/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260722.fcfda01, committed Jul 22, 2026
- First version recorded
- Feb 27, 2026
- Size
- 5,214 bytes
- Repository stars
- 15
- License
- MIT
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).
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
# 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
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add codybrom/clairvoyance/complexity-recognition@sha256:1f0529824d770d39The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260722.fcfda01, 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Feb 27, 2026 and Jul 22, 2026, about one every 36 days.
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| 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
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- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
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Source
codybrom/clairvoyance · 15 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-08 · 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
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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