andrej-karpathy-skills

v1.0.0

A Codex-native packaging of Andrej Karpathy-inspired coding-agent guidelines: think first, keep it simple, change surgically, and verify the goal.

Codex1 skill

by DuolaMIT195updated 2 months ago

Source

$ git clone https://github.com/duolahypercho/andrej-karpathy-skills

Clone the source, then follow the repository's marketplace instructions for your runtime. The repository root is the plugin root.

Layout

andrej-karpathy-skills/

├── .codex-plugin/plugin.json
└── skills/andrej-karpathy-skill/SKILL.md

Skills1

andrej-karpathy-skillskills/andrej-karpathy-skill/SKILL.md

Apply Andrej Karpathy-inspired coding-agent guidelines in Codex. Use when writing, reviewing, debugging, or refactoring code to surface assumptions, avoid overengineering, keep edits surgical, and define verifiable success criteria.

Manifests1

.codex-plugin/plugin.json

{
  "name": "andrej-karpathy-skills",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "A Codex-native packaging of Andrej Karpathy-inspired coding-agent guidelines: think first, keep it simple, change surgically, and verify the goal.",
  "author": {
    "name": "Duola",
    "url": "https://github.com/duolahypercho"
  },
  "homepage": "https://github.com/duolahypercho/andrej-karpathy-skills",
  "repository": "https://github.com/duolahypercho/andrej-karpathy-skills",
  "license": "MIT",
  "keywords": [
    "codex",
    "skill",
    "coding",
    "agent-behavior",
    "code-review",
    "refactoring"
  ],
  "skills": "./skills/",
  "interface": {
    "displayName": "Andrej Karpathy Skill",
    "shortDescription": "Apply Karpathy-inspired coding-agent discipline inside Codex.",
    "longDescription": "A Codex skill inspired by Andrej Karpathy's observations on coding agents. It teaches Codex to surface assumptions, avoid overengineering, keep diffs surgical, and define verifiable success criteria.",
    "developerName": "Duola",
    "category": "Productivity",
    "capabilities": [
      "Interactive",
      "Write"
    ],
    "websiteURL": "https://github.com/duolahypercho/andrej-karpathy-skills",
    "privacyPolicyURL": "https://github.com/duolahypercho/andrej-karpathy-skills/blob/main/LICENSE",
    "termsOfServiceURL": "https://github.com/duolahypercho/andrej-karpathy-skills/blob/main/LICENSE",
    "defaultPrompt": [
      "Apply the Andrej Karpathy coding guidelines to this task.",
      "Think before coding and surface assumptions.",
      "Simplify this implementation without widening scope.",
      "Review this patch for unrelated edits and weak verification."
    ],
    "brandColor": "#0F766E"
  }
}