Agent skill
skill-simplify
SKILL.md simplification with functional integrity verification. Analyze redundancy, optimize content, check no functionality lost. Triggers on "simplify skill", "optimize skill", "skill-simplify".
Install this agent skill to your Project
npx add-skill https://github.com/catlog22/Claude-Code-Workflow/tree/main/.claude/skills/skill-simplify
SKILL.md
Skill Simplify
Three-phase pipeline: analyze functional inventory, apply optimization rules, verify integrity.
Phase Reference Documents (read on-demand):
| Phase | Document | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | phases/01-analysis.md | Extract functional inventory, identify redundancy, validate pseudo-code format |
| 2 | phases/02-optimize.md | Apply simplification rules, fix format issues |
| 3 | phases/03-check.md | Verify functional integrity, validate format |
Input Processing
const targetPath = input.trim()
const targetFile = targetPath.endsWith('.md') ? targetPath : `${targetPath}/SKILL.md`
const originalContent = Read(targetFile)
const originalLineCount = originalContent.split('\n').length
TodoWrite Pattern
TodoWrite({ todos: [
{ content: `Phase 1: Analyzing ${targetFile}`, status: "in_progress", activeForm: "Extracting functional inventory" },
{ content: "Phase 2: Optimize", status: "pending" },
{ content: "Phase 3: Integrity Check", status: "pending" }
]})
Core Rules
- Preserve ALL functional elements: Code blocks with logic, agent calls, data structures, routing, error handling, input/output specs
- Only reduce descriptive content: Flowcharts, verbose comments, duplicate sections, examples that repeat logic
- Never summarize algorithm logic: If-else branches, function bodies, schemas must remain verbatim
- Classify code blocks: Distinguish
functional(logic, routing, schemas) fromdescriptive(ASCII art, examples, display templates) — only descriptive blocks may be deleted - Merge equivalent variants: Single/multi-perspective templates differing only by a parameter → one template with variant comment
- Fix format issues: Nested backtick template literals in code fences → convert to prose; hardcoded option lists → flag for dynamic generation; workflow handoff references → ensure execution steps present
- Validate pseudo-code: Check bracket matching, variable consistency, structural completeness
- Quantitative verification: Phase 3 counts must match Phase 1 counts for functional categories; descriptive block decreases are expected
Error Handling
| Error | Resolution |
|---|---|
| Target file not found | Report error, stop |
| Check FAIL (missing functional elements) | Show delta, revert to original, report which elements lost |
| Check WARN (descriptive decrease or merge) | Show delta with justification |
| Format issues found | Report in check, fix in Phase 2 |
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