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Agent skill

Simplify

by asgeirtj in asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks

Review the changed code for reuse, simplification, efficiency, and altitude cleanups, then apply the fixes.

CC0-1.0Auto-check passedDevelopment

Install Simplify

skills CLI
$ npx skills add asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks --skill simplify -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks simplify --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/asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/Anthropic/claude-code/skills/simplify .claude/skills/simplify && 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
simplify
GitHub stars
69k
Token cost
~759 tokens
SKILL.md length
451 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
121
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
CC0-1.0

At a glance

Review the changed code for reuse, simplification, efficiency, and altitude cleanups, then apply the fixes.

  • Works in 3 steps: Gather the diff → Review (4 cleanup agents in parallel) → Apply the fixes
  • Development work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers Phase 0 — Gather the diff, Phase 1 — Review (4 cleanup… and Phase 2 — Apply the fixes
  • Calls git

What it does

Simplify is an agent skill from asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks. Review the changed code for reuse, simplification, efficiency, and altitude cleanups, then apply the fixes. Quality only — it does not hunt for bugs; use /code-review for that.

Its SKILL.md is about 760 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 Development. It works with Git. The repository describes itself as: Documented system prompts from Anthropic - Claude Fable 5.1, Opus 5.5, Claude Design, Claude Code. OpenAI - ChatGPT GPT-6-Astra, Codex. Google - Gemini 3.8 Flash, 3.1 Pro… The licence is CC0-1.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Development work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/simplify”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Gather the diff
  2. Review (4 cleanup agents in parallel)
  3. Apply the fixes

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit dd45aa5. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • git

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Simplify loads about 759 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 46 tokens; SKILL.md has 451 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~46
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~759

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 asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks at commit dd45aa5, republished under its CC0-1.0 licence (© asgeirtj). 451 words, ~759 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/simplify/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
simplify
description
Review the changed code for reuse, simplification, efficiency, and altitude cleanups, then apply the fixes. Quality only — it does not hunt for bugs; use /code-review for that.

/simplify → 4 cleanup agents in parallel → apply the fixes

You are improving the quality of the changed code, not hunting for bugs. Review it for reuse, simplification, efficiency, and altitude issues, then fix what you find. Do not look for correctness bugs — that is what /code-review is for.

Phase 0 — Gather the diff

Run git diff @{upstream}...HEAD (or git diff main...HEAD / git diff HEAD~1 if there's no upstream) to get the unified diff under review. If there are uncommitted changes, or the range diff is empty, also run git diff HEAD and include the working-tree changes in scope — the review often runs before the commit. If a PR number, branch name, or file path was passed as an argument, review that target instead. Treat this diff as the review scope.

Phase 1 — Review (4 cleanup agents in parallel)

Launch 4 independent review agents via the Agent tool, all in a single message so they run concurrently. Pass each agent the diff and one of the four angles below. Each returns its findings with file, line, a one-line summary, and the concrete cost (what is duplicated, wasted, or harder to maintain).

Reuse

Flag new code that re-implements something the codebase already has — Grep shared/utility modules and files adjacent to the change, and name the existing helper to call instead.

Simplification

Flag unnecessary complexity the diff adds: redundant or derivable state, copy-paste with slight variation, deep nesting, dead code left behind. Name the simpler form that does the same job.

Show full SKILL.md (203 more words)Show less
Efficiency

Flag wasted work the diff introduces: redundant computation or repeated I/O, independent operations run sequentially, blocking work added to startup or hot paths. Also flag long-lived objects built from closures or captured environments — they keep the entire enclosing scope alive for the object's lifetime (a memory leak when that scope holds large values); prefer a class/struct that copies only the fields it needs. Name the cheaper alternative.

Altitude

Check that each change fixes the root cause at the right depth rather than patching a symptom with a fragile bandaid. Special cases layered on shared infrastructure are a sign the fix isn't deep enough — prefer the simpler, more general change to the underlying mechanism over adding special cases, and name that change.

Phase 2 — Apply the fixes

Wait for all four agents to complete, dedup findings that point at the same line or mechanism, and fix each remaining one directly. Skip any finding whose fix would change intended behavior, require changes well outside the reviewed diff, or that you judge to be a false positive — note the skip rather than arguing with it. Finish with a brief summary of what was fixed and what was skipped (or confirm the code was already clean).

© asgeirtj, CC0-1.0. 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 Anthropic/claude-code/skills/simplify of asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit dd45aa5

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Questions about Simplify

What does Simplify do?

Review the changed code for reuse, simplification, efficiency, and altitude cleanups, then apply the fixes. Simplify is an agent skill from asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks. Review the changed code for reuse, simplification, efficiency, and altitude cleanups, then apply the fixes.

When should I use Simplify?

Simplify fits situations like: development work in your project.

How do I install Simplify in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks --skill simplify -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Anthropic/claude-code/skills/simplify in asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks) into .claude/skills/simplify in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Simplify in Codex?

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

Can I use Simplify 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 asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks --skill simplify -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/simplify, .gemini/skills/simplify, .github/skills/simplify and .opencode/skills/simplify in your project.

What does Simplify need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Simplify needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git).

Does Simplify access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Simplify 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 Simplify use?

Simplify is published under the CC0-1.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Simplify use?

About 759 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Simplify?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Simplify: Finishing a Development Branch (obra/superpowers, 296k stars), Code Review Checklist (shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code, 78k stars), Codebase Knowledge Graph Q&A (Egonex-AI/Understand-Anything, 86k stars) and Code Design Rationale Investigator (cursor/plugins, 10k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Simplify?

asgeirtj (a GitHub user) maintains it in asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks, which has 69,095 GitHub stars. The repository holds 121 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.