principle-minimize-reader-load

Apply when reviewing or shaping code that's hard to trace. Count layers between question and answer, and hidden state in the reader's head; collapse one-caller wrappers and shrink mutable scope.

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Trace one value and reduce reader load

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Use principle-minimize-reader-load to review the code I provide around one value. Explain where that value comes from and what can change it. Identify the layers a reader must trace and the mutable state they must remember, then recommend the smallest simplification that reduces that burden. Do not change files.

Required inputs

A value or behavior to trace.
The relevant code, including its callers and state mutations.

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