karpathy-coder

v2.9.0

Active coding discipline enforcer based on Karpathy's 4 principles: surface assumptions, keep it simple, make surgical changes, define verifiable goals. Ships 4 Python tools (complexity_checker, diff_surgeon, assumption_linter, goal_verifier), a review agent, /karpathy-check slash command, and a pre-commit hook. All tools stdlib-only.

Claude Code1 skill

by Alireza RezvaniMIT24.2kupdated 10 hours ago

Source

$ git clone https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills

Clone the source, then follow the repository's marketplace instructions for your runtime. The plugin root is engineering/karpathy-coder/ inside the repository.

Layout

engineering/karpathy-coder/

├── .claude-plugin/plugin.json
└── skills/karpathy-coder/SKILL.md

Skills1

karpathy-coderskills/karpathy-coder/SKILL.md

Use when writing, reviewing, or committing code to enforce Karpathy's 4 coding principles — surface assumptions before coding, keep it simple, make surgical changes, define verifiable goals. Triggers on "review my diff", "check complexity", "am I overcomplicating this", "karpathy check", "before I commit", or any code quality concern where the LLM might be overcoding.

Manifests1

engineering/karpathy-coder/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

{
  "name": "karpathy-coder",
  "description": "Active coding discipline enforcer based on Karpathy's 4 principles: surface assumptions, keep it simple, make surgical changes, define verifiable goals. Ships 4 Python tools (complexity_checker, diff_surgeon, assumption_linter, goal_verifier), a review agent, /karpathy-check slash command, and a pre-commit hook. All tools stdlib-only.",
  "version": "2.9.0",
  "author": {
    "name": "Alireza Rezvani",
    "url": "https://alirezarezvani.com"
  },
  "homepage": "https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/main/engineering/karpathy-coder",
  "repository": "https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills",
  "license": "MIT",
  "skills": [
    "./skills"
  ]
}