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knuths-optimization-principle skillA

knuths-optimization-principle is agent-read markdown (skill) from the-artificer-of-ciphers-llc/skills-from-the-artificer: Apply Knuth's Optimization Principle when someone wants to optimize code before establishing it's a bottleneck, is using complex data structures for perceived performance, is making code harder to read "for speed", or is debating whether to optimize something that hasn't been profiled. Trigger on phrases like "I should make this faster", "let's pre-optimize this", "I used X instead of Y for performance", "this might be slow", or any discussion where performance is the motivation for added comple.

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A  17 of 17 checks passed. Deterministic, no model, 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 (4384 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

the-artificer-of-ciphers-llc/skills-from-the-artificer · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-13 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_yj3z7ebthzxrdo2c
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=the-artificer-of-ciphers-llc/skills-from-the-artificer/knuths-optimization-principle
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/196aff8f2dd4cc7cee6c8d0cec043ec8675aa5ea01b53a733bdbd277a7ab8fbb

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