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These guidelines provide a framework for interacting with LLMs during the writing, reviewing, and refactoring of code. By prioritizing explicit assumptions over silent interpretations, the skill helps developers avoid speculative features and unnecessary abstractions.
The approach biases toward caution and simplicity, requiring the model to surface tradeoffs and define verifiable success criteria before implementation begins.
Compatible AgentsThe repository documents support for these agents. The skills may also work with other agents that can load SKILL.md files, but they may need some setup or small changes.
Installs: Appends the guidelines to a per-project CLAUDE.md file in an existing project. · Claude Code
Before you start
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Run from: Existing project directory
In a terminal opened in the existing project directory, run the complete two-command block to add a blank line and append the author's guidelines to CLAUDE.md.
Use the karpathy-guidelines skill to fix [bug description] in [repository path]. Before editing, state any assumptions or ambiguities. Write a test that reproduces the bug, make the smallest change needed to pass it, match the existing style, avoid unrelated edits, and verify the relevant tests afterward.
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