karpathy - Karpathy Coding Principles for Clean Minimal Code
Applies coding principles for simplicity, clarity, and surgical precision in development tasks
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Updated: 2026-02-12Capabilities
Typical Inputs
Typical Outputs
What this skill does
- apply simplicity first principle
- make surgical code changes
- define verifiable success criteria
- think before coding
Inputs
- coding tasks
- development requests
- existing codebase
- user requirements
Outputs
- minimal code solutions
- surgical code modifications
- verification criteria
- implementation plans
Requirements
- programming tasks
- code editing context