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Agent skill

Simplify

by bholmesdev in bholmesdev/hubble.md

Use this skill automatically when you feel your code is ready for human review, and whenever writing or reviewing code comments.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Simplify

skills CLI
$ npx skills add bholmesdev/hubble.md --skill simplify -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install bholmesdev/hubble.md 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/bholmesdev/hubble.md.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/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
1.5k
Token cost
~886 tokens
SKILL.md length
497 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
13
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Use this skill automatically when you feel your code is ready for human review, and whenever writing or reviewing code comments.

  • Works in 3 steps: One word per concept, one concept per… → Cut words the context already carries. A… → A compound name is usually a hedge
  • Tasks that involve Technical documentation
  • SKILL.md covers Word choice in code and comments, Code structure and Overfitting
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Simplify is an agent skill from bholmesdev/hubble.md. Use this skill automatically when you feel your code is ready for human review, and whenever writing or reviewing code comments. Ready means the code works and achieves a stated goal, verified by your own tests and/or, if you deem it necessary, human testing.

Its SKILL.md is about 890 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, covering Technical documentation. The repository describes itself as: The best notepad for you and your agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Technical documentation

Example prompts

  • “/simplify”

Workflow steps

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

  1. One word per concept, one concept per word. Keep a vocabulary. If sync names "pulling remote changes," it cannot also name "flushing edits…
  2. Cut words the context already carries. A module named workspaceWatcher does not need startNativeWorkspaceWatcher; watchWorkspace says the…
  3. A compound name is usually a hedge

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 571a523. 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

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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 886 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 67 tokens; SKILL.md has 497 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~67
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~886

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 bholmesdev/hubble.md at commit 571a523, republished under its MIT licence (© bholmesdev). 497 words, ~886 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/simplify/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
simplify
description
Use this skill automatically when you feel your code is ready for human review, and whenever writing or reviewing code comments. Ready means the code works and achieves a stated goal, verified by your own tests and/or, if you deem it necessary, human testing.

Review changes in the current branch, or in the scope the user specifies. Apply these criteria without changing behavior. Only touch code in that scope, and run the relevant existing checks after changes.

Word choice in code and comments

Variable names, function names, and comments are all prose. Apply Orwell's rules ("Politics and the English Language") to each:

Never use a long word where a short one will do.

If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.

Never use the passive where you can use the active.

Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.

Latinate vocabulary (reconcile, coalesce, normalize, reconciliation) sounds technical and abstract; Anglo-Saxon words (prune, run, watch, stop, drop, walk) are short and physical. Prefer the Saxon word.

Names
  1. One word per concept, one concept per word. Keep a vocabulary. If sync names "pulling remote changes," it cannot also name "flushing edits to disk;" rename one of them.
  2. Cut words the context already carries. A module named workspaceWatcher does not need startNativeWorkspaceWatcher; watchWorkspace says the same thing.
  3. A compound name is usually a hedge:
  • ❌ lastObservedDiskContent is a specification to defend
  • ✅ baseline is a readable description
Comments

State, in plain English, the constraint the code cannot show: why the non-obvious exists.

  • ✅ If code is complex and the implementation is non-obvious, add a comment.
  • ✅ If a function contains complex behaviors or side effects, add a doc comment.
  • 🗑️ If a comment narrates change history from the conversation, delete it.
  • 🗑️ If a comment restates code whose behavior is self-evident, delete it.
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Code structure

  1. Inverted pyramid. Within a file, lead with the exported or significant functions and push helpers below them. Don't bury the lead.
  2. Related concepts over monoliths. Break a large file into modules that each own one concept.
  3. Combine overlapping concepts. If two types, functions, or constants overlap significantly, merge them. The fewer distinct concepts a reader must hold in their head, the better.
  4. Use shared code. Common utilities (ex. file path parsing) may exist in the codebase already. Check for library or utility functions before inlining.
  5. Derivability. If a value can be computed from values already in scope, don't pass or store it separately. Removing derivable state often simplifies signatures, types, and control flow in one move. Example: an isDirty parameter that is always editorContent !== baseline can be dropped.

Overfitting

Code must stand on its own. If a change only makes sense to someone who watched it happen (this conversation, this PR), it is overfitted. Write for the reader who arrives with no history.

  • If a name or comment needs the conversation to be understood, rewrite it against the codebase's own vocabulary.
  • No backwards compatibility with unshipped code. Supporting an old signature, alias, or data shape that only existed earlier in the same branch is compatibility with something that was never deployed. Delete the old path and update its callers.

© bholmesdev, 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 .agents/skills/simplify of bholmesdev/hubble.md.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 571a523

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders. This page covers the copy in bholmesdev/hubble.md, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Doc SyncJetBrains/ideavim10k2 repos~2.6kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Mailspring App ScreenshotsFoundry376/Mailspring18k—~1.4kAutomated safety check: PassGPL-3.0

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Categories

Questions about Simplify

What does Simplify do?

Use this skill automatically when you feel your code is ready for human review, and whenever writing or reviewing code comments. md. Use this skill automatically when you feel your code is ready for human review, and whenever writing or reviewing code comments.

When should I use Simplify?

Simplify fits situations like: tasks that involve Technical documentation.

How do I install Simplify in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add bholmesdev/hubble.md --skill simplify -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/simplify in bholmesdev/hubble.md) 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 bholmesdev/hubble.md --skill simplify -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/simplify in bholmesdev/hubble.md) 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 bholmesdev/hubble.md --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?

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

Does Simplify access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. 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 MIT 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 886 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.5k 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: Diagram Design (cathrynlavery/diagram-design, 44k stars), Simple English (moeru-ai/airi, 50k stars), Get API Docs with chub (andrewyng/context-hub, 14k stars) and Doc Sync (JetBrains/ideavim, 10k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Simplify?

bholmesdev (a GitHub user) maintains it in bholmesdev/hubble.md, which has 1,483 GitHub stars. The repository holds 13 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 1, 2026.

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