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Last commit on April 23, 2026·Created on April 22, 2026
leopiney/linus-torvalds-skills
“Teaches an AI to hate bad abstractions and love simple data structures.”
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#370
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Description
The Torvalds Doctrine is a set of aggressive coding guidelines that turns an AI assistant into a disciplined reviewer. It enforces data structure supremacy, rejects overengineering, demands proof over hand-waving, and calls out bogus shit on sight. Developers who want their AI-generated code to stay grounded in hardware reality and avoid enterprise sludge will find a blunt counterpart in the chat.
WHO IT'S FOR
Software Engineers Using AI Coding Assistants
enforce code quality in AI patches
Technical Leads and Code Reviewers
establish review criteria for AI-generated contributions
Open-Source Maintainers
guard against low-quality AI patches in projects
Platform and DevEx Teams
embed coding standards into AI tooling configurations
30 Days of GitHub Stars
+12 stars↑ 4.7% monthly change
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Compatibility & Install1 Skill · 2 Compatible agents · 3 categories · 2 install paths
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❯Claude Code❯Cursor
Categories
Code QualitySoftware EngineeringDeveloper Tooling
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