karpathy-guidelines - Behavioral guidelines to reduce LLM coding mistakes and improve code quality
Provides guidelines for writing, reviewing, or refactoring code to avoid common pitfalls in LLM-generated code
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Updated: 2026-02-14Capabilities
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What this skill does
- apply coding guidelines
- review code structure
- avoid overcomplication
- make surgical changes
- surface assumptions
- define success criteria
Inputs
- Code to review
- Programming task
- Refactoring requirements
- Existing codebase
Outputs
- Guidelines-compliant code
- Code review feedback
- Success criteria documentation
- Simplified code implementation
Requirements
- Programming task context
- Code editing permissions
- LLM with code understanding