Remove AI-generated code noise from the current diff while preserving behavior.

MITAuto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Deslop

skills CLI
$ npx skills add AnastasiyaW/codex-claude-code-config --skill deslop -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install AnastasiyaW/codex-claude-code-config deslop --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AnastasiyaW/codex-claude-code-config.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/development/deslop .claude/skills/deslop && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
deslop
GitHub stars
154
Token cost
~706 tokens
SKILL.md length
342 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
50
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Remove AI-generated code noise from the current diff while preserving behavior.

  • Works in 5 steps: Inspect the base, diff, local style,… → Classify each candidate as noise, a… → Remove only confirmed noise in a focused… → …
  • AI slop cleanup
  • SKILL.md covers Review Targets, Workflow, Gotchas and Troubleshooting, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Deslop is an agent skill from AnastasiyaW/codex-claude-code-config. Remove AI-generated code noise from the current diff while preserving behavior. Use for deslop, AI slop cleanup, unnecessary comments, defensive checks, any casts, or needless nesting after an agent-generated change. Do not use as permission for a broad rewrite or when a real bug has not been isolated.

Its SKILL.md is about 710 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Writing & Content, covering Humanizing AI text. The repository describes itself as: Claude Code, Codex, and multi-agent configuration system: principles, hooks, skills, and workflow patterns for AI-assisted development. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • AI slop cleanup
  • Unnecessary comments
  • Defensive checks
  • Needless nesting after an agent-generated change

Example prompts

  • “/deslop”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Inspect the base, diff, local style, tests, and ownership boundaries.
  2. Classify each candidate as noise, a clear bug, or an intentional contract.
  3. Remove only confirmed noise in a focused edit.
  4. Run the narrow relevant checks and inspect the final diff.
  5. If the structure needs a real redesign, stop deslop and use

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 67709af. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • github.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Deslop loads about 706 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 78 tokens; SKILL.md has 342 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~78
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~706

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from AnastasiyaW/codex-claude-code-config at commit 67709af, republished under its MIT licence (© AnastasiyaW). 342 words, ~706 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/deslop/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
deslop
description
Remove AI-generated code noise from the current diff while preserving behavior. Use for deslop, AI slop cleanup, unnecessary comments, defensive checks, any casts, or needless nesting after an agent-generated change. Do not use as permission for a broad rewrite or when a real bug has not been isolated.

Deslop

Review only the branch diff against its intended base and remove noise that does not belong in the local code style. Keep the behavior and public contract unchanged unless a clear, separately verified bug is fixed.

Review Targets

  • comments that narrate obvious code or contradict local conventions;
  • defensive checks or catch blocks abnormal for a trusted path;
  • any, unsafe casts, or optionality used only to silence a type checker;
  • deep nesting that can be made clearer with early returns or a named helper;
  • one-off wrappers, flags, and branches inconsistent with the surrounding module;
  • C++ ownership or error-handling scaffolding that is redundant with the established RAII/contract boundary.

Workflow

  1. Inspect the base, diff, local style, tests, and ownership boundaries.
  2. Classify each candidate as noise, a clear bug, or an intentional contract.
  3. Remove only confirmed noise in a focused edit.
  4. Run the narrow relevant checks and inspect the final diff.
  5. If the structure needs a real redesign, stop deslop and use refactoring-safely, architecture-quality, or thermo-nuclear-code-quality-review.

Do not delete comments that explain a non-obvious invariant, security boundary, ABI constraint, workaround with an owner, or externally required behavior.

Gotchas

  • Shorter code is not automatically clearer; preserve names and boundaries that carry domain meaning.
  • A broad formatter run can hide behavior changes and is not deslop proof.
  • Removing a defensive check without proving the trusted-path invariant can turn cleanup into a regression.
  • In C++, exception and ownership code may look repetitive while protecting an ABI or lifetime boundary; inspect callers before removing it.

Troubleshooting

SymptomLikely causeAction
Cleanup changes a test resultCandidate was behavior, not noiseRevert that candidate and isolate the real contract
Diff is too broadTool ran over the whole treeRestrict review to the branch diff and restore unrelated files
Comment seems redundant but explains a constraintContext is outside the fileRead the owning docs/tests before changing it
Code remains structurally tangledDeslop is the wrong scopeEscalate to a planned refactor with characterization tests

Source

Adapted from Cursor Team Kit's MIT-licensed deslop workflow: https://github.com/cursor/plugins/tree/main/cursor-team-kit/skills/deslop

© AnastasiyaW, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/development/deslop of AnastasiyaW/codex-claude-code-config.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 67709af

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Stop SlopXe/site7328 repos~423Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Deslop

What does Deslop do?

Remove AI-generated code noise from the current diff while preserving behavior. Deslop is an agent skill from AnastasiyaW/codex-claude-code-config. Remove AI-generated code noise from the current diff while preserving behavior.

When should I use Deslop?

Deslop fits situations like: AI slop cleanup; unnecessary comments; defensive checks; needless nesting after an agent-generated change.

How do I install Deslop in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add AnastasiyaW/codex-claude-code-config --skill deslop -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/development/deslop in AnastasiyaW/codex-claude-code-config) into .claude/skills/deslop in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Deslop in Codex?

Run `npx skills add AnastasiyaW/codex-claude-code-config --skill deslop -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/development/deslop in AnastasiyaW/codex-claude-code-config) into .agents/skills/deslop in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Deslop in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add AnastasiyaW/codex-claude-code-config --skill deslop -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/deslop, .gemini/skills/deslop, .github/skills/deslop and .opencode/skills/deslop in your project.

What does Deslop need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Deslop is instructions for the agent only.

Does Deslop access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Deslop safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Deslop use?

Deslop is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Deslop use?

About 706 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Deslop?

AnastasiyaW (a GitHub user) maintains it in AnastasiyaW/codex-claude-code-config, which has 154 GitHub stars. The repository holds 50 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: AnastasiyaW/codex-claude-code-config on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.