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justify is agent-read markdown (skill) from athola/claude-night-market: Audits changes for additive bias and Iron Law compliance. Use when reviewing completed work before merging or after AI-assisted implementation..

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What the file says

> The simplest change that fixes the problem is the
> safest change to merge.
> Adding code is easy. Removing the need for code is
> engineering.

# Justify

## The Additive Bias Problem

AI models are trained to be helpful, which creates
a systematic bias toward *adding* code rather than
*fixing* root causes:

| AI Default Behavior | Correct Behavior |
|---------------------|------------------|
| Add a workaround | Fix the root cause |
| Modify test expectations | Fix the implementation |
| Create a new helper | Use an existing one |
| Add error handling | Prevent the error |
| Add a compatibility shim | Remove the old code |
| Wrap in try/catch | Fix the exception source |

This skill audits changes for these patterns and
requires explicit justification for each.

## When To Use

- After completing implementation work
- Before committing or creating PRs
- When reviewing your own changes for quality
- When scope-guard flags RED/YELLOW zone

## When NOT To Use

- Before writing the code, because this audits work already done (use
  `imbue:karpathy-principles`)
- Deciding whether a feature belongs in scope (use `imbue:scope-guard`)

## Audit Protocol

### Step 1: Gather the Delta
…

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How to install

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mdr add athola/claude-night-market/justify@git:20260713.f98719b
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git:20260508.c09f1472026-05-08 c09f147 12,087 BA view

Audit of the latest version

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 (13469 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

athola/claude-night-market · 338 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-22 · branch master

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_zf6lhqrfdpjmd4di
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=athola/claude-night-market/justify
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/9f5b2d8c530bee9b9910caba51d2e70ca3a0879868141bfa1c730d380fca5fd4

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