Diagram Design
cathrynlavery/diagram-design
Creates branded diagrams, from architecture, flowchart and sequence to charts and maps, as self-contained HTML with inline SVG, with import from draw.io, Mermaid and Excalidraw.
Strip redundancy from prose — docs, READMEs, code comments, docstrings — keeping behaviour identical.
Install Squid Clean Docs
$ npx skills add iusztinpaul/squid --skill squid-clean-docs -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install iusztinpaul/squid squid-clean-docs --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/iusztinpaul/squid.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/squid-clean-docs .claude/skills/squid-clean-docs && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "squid-clean-docs" agent skill from https://github.com/iusztinpaul/squid/tree/main/skills/squid-clean-docs into .claude/skills/squid-clean-docs/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "squid-clean-docs", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/iusztinpaul/squid/tree/main/skills/squid-clean-docsType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add iusztinpaul/squid --skill squid-clean-docs -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install iusztinpaul/squid squid-clean-docs --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/iusztinpaul/squid.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/squid-clean-docs .agents/skills/squid-clean-docs && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "squid-clean-docs" agent skill from https://github.com/iusztinpaul/squid/tree/main/skills/squid-clean-docs into .agents/skills/squid-clean-docs/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "squid-clean-docs", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add iusztinpaul/squid --skill squid-clean-docs -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install iusztinpaul/squid squid-clean-docs --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/iusztinpaul/squid.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/squid-clean-docs .cursor/skills/squid-clean-docs && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "squid-clean-docs" agent skill from https://github.com/iusztinpaul/squid/tree/main/skills/squid-clean-docs into .cursor/skills/squid-clean-docs/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "squid-clean-docs", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/iusztinpaul/squid.git --path skills/squid-clean-docs--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add iusztinpaul/squid --skill squid-clean-docs -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install iusztinpaul/squid squid-clean-docs --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/iusztinpaul/squid.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/squid-clean-docs .gemini/skills/squid-clean-docs && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "squid-clean-docs" agent skill from https://github.com/iusztinpaul/squid/tree/main/skills/squid-clean-docs into .gemini/skills/squid-clean-docs/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "squid-clean-docs", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install iusztinpaul/squid squid-clean-docsInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add iusztinpaul/squid --skill squid-clean-docs -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/iusztinpaul/squid.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/squid-clean-docs .github/skills/squid-clean-docs && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "squid-clean-docs" agent skill from https://github.com/iusztinpaul/squid/tree/main/skills/squid-clean-docs into .github/skills/squid-clean-docs/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "squid-clean-docs", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add iusztinpaul/squid --skill squid-clean-docs -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install iusztinpaul/squid squid-clean-docs --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/iusztinpaul/squid.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/squid-clean-docs .opencode/skills/squid-clean-docs && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "squid-clean-docs" agent skill from https://github.com/iusztinpaul/squid/tree/main/skills/squid-clean-docs into .opencode/skills/squid-clean-docs/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "squid-clean-docs", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
squid-clean-docs- GitHub stars
- 203
- Token cost
- ~1.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 554 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 13
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
At a glance
Strip redundancy from prose — docs, READMEs, code comments, docstrings — keeping behaviour identical.
- Works in 6 steps: Confirm scope → Apply the keep/delete test → Plan of attack (the output artifact) → …
- Tasks that involve Technical documentation
- SKILL.md covers When NOT to use — never touch…, Step 1 — Confirm scope, Step 2 — Apply the keep/delete… and Step 3 — Plan of attack (the…, plus 4 more sections
- Calls make and git
What it does
Squid Clean Docs is an agent skill from iusztinpaul/squid. Strip redundancy from prose — docs, READMEs, code comments, docstrings — keeping behaviour identical.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k 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 licence is Apache-2.0.
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Technical documentation
Example prompts
- “/squid-clean-docs”
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f5bf6b3. 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:
makegit
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
Squid Clean Docs loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 30 tokens; SKILL.md has 554 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 iusztinpaul/squid at commit f5bf6b3, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© iusztinpaul). 554 words, ~1,384 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/squid-clean-docs/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- squid-clean-docs
- description
- Strip redundancy from prose — docs, READMEs, code comments, docstrings — keeping behaviour identical.
- disable-model-invocation
- true
- argument-hint
- [scope-path] (default: whole repo)
Clean docs — remove words, keep behaviour
You are the cleaner. You delete redundant prose — markdown docs, code comments, docstrings; you do not touch executable code. Zero behaviour diff is the contract — if a deletion could alter runtime, it is out of scope.
$ARGUMENTS is an optional scope path (docs/, src/ingest/). Empty means the whole repo.
When NOT to use — never touch these without explicit opt-in
| Excluded | Why |
|---|---|
docs/adr/, docs/notes/ | ADRs are immutable historical records; notes are the user's. |
CHANGELOG*, LICENSE* | Append-only / legally load-bearing. |
.github/ | Issue/PR templates and workflow files are functional surface, not reader prose. |
Generated + vendored trees (node_modules/, .venv/, dist/, vendor/, *_pb2.py) | Not authored; regenerated on build. |
Linter/type directives (# noqa, # type: ignore, # pragma: no cover) | These are code, not comments. |
Doctest examples (>>> blocks in docstrings) | Executable tests, not prose. |
Step 1 — Confirm scope
State the default exclusion list above, then ask (one round, AskUserQuestion): what else is off-limits?
Do not scan until answered.
Step 2 — Apply the keep/delete test
Read every candidate file whole — never delete on a filename or a skim; a comment can only be judged next to the line it sits on.
A comment or docstring survives only if it states something the code cannot. A constraint, a non-obvious why, a limit, a workaround and its issue link. If it narrates what the next line does, it is noise — delete it.
| Delete | Keep |
|---|---|
# increment the counter above i += 1 | # Chunk at 200 tokens — the embedding model truncates above 256. |
A docstring restating the signature: """Takes a user_id and returns a User.""" | """Returns None for soft-deleted users; callers must handle it (see #412).""" |
# TODO: refactor this someday (no owner, no issue) | # TODO(#88): drop once the v1 endpoint is retired. |
# Fixed the bug where... — history belongs in git | # Retry 3×: the upstream API 502s under ~5% of cold starts. |
Docs: a section dies when it duplicates a section that lives elsewhere. Keep exactly one home for
each idea; replace the copy with a one-line cross-reference. A README that repeats CONTRIBUTING.md's
install steps loses them and links instead.
Tasks/templates: collapse repeated task files into one template plus the deltas; keep the template.
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Step 3 — Plan of attack (the output artifact)
Print one table in chat. Do not write it to disk unless the user asks.
| File | What goes | Rule (Step 2) | ~Lines |
|---|---|---|---|
src/ingest/chunk.py | 4 narrating comments, 1 signature docstring | restates code | −12 |
README.md | install section duplicating CONTRIBUTING.md | one home per idea | −18 |
Stop and wait for explicit approval. Do not edit before it.
Step 4 — Execute
Apply the approved plan. Commit one category at a time (comments, docs) so any revert is surgical.
Step 5 — Verify
Behaviour must be provably unchanged before hand-off:
- Test + lint suite green (
make pre-commit && make unit-tests, or the project's equivalent) — docstring deletions can break doctests and doc builds. git diff --stattouches only prose and docstrings — no logic lines.- No broken internal links: every path, heading, or anchor you deleted or moved has no remaining referrers.
Anything red: revert that commit, do not "fix forward".
Step 6 — Hand-off
Report lines removed per category and the verify result. If the README was reorganised, say what moved where.
Notes on shape
- Removing beats rewriting. Prefer deleting a paragraph to shortening it.
- If the caveman plugin is installed, run this first and
/caveman-compressafter — this decides what exists, that compresses wording.
© iusztinpaul, Apache-2.0. 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 skills/squid-clean-docs of iusztinpaul/squid.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit f5bf6b3
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squid Clean Docs this skilliusztinpaul/squid | 203 | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Diagram Designcathrynlavery/diagram-design | 45k | 1 repos | ~7.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Simple Englishmoeru-ai/airi | 50k | 2 repos | ~4.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Get API Docs with chubandrewyng/context-hub | 14k | 2 repos | ~775 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Doc SyncJetBrains/ideavim | 10k | 2 repos | ~2.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Mailspring App ScreenshotsFoundry376/Mailspring | 18k | — | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | GPL-3.0 |
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What does Squid Clean Docs do?
Strip redundancy from prose — docs, READMEs, code comments, docstrings — keeping behaviour identical. Squid Clean Docs is an agent skill from iusztinpaul/squid. Strip redundancy from prose — docs, READMEs, code comments, docstrings — keeping behaviour identical.
When should I use Squid Clean Docs?
Squid Clean Docs fits situations like: tasks that involve Technical documentation.
How do I install Squid Clean Docs in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add iusztinpaul/squid --skill squid-clean-docs -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/squid-clean-docs in iusztinpaul/squid) into .claude/skills/squid-clean-docs in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Squid Clean Docs in Codex?
Run `npx skills add iusztinpaul/squid --skill squid-clean-docs -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/squid-clean-docs in iusztinpaul/squid) into .agents/skills/squid-clean-docs in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Squid Clean Docs 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 iusztinpaul/squid --skill squid-clean-docs -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/squid-clean-docs, .gemini/skills/squid-clean-docs, .github/skills/squid-clean-docs and .opencode/skills/squid-clean-docs in your project.
What does Squid Clean Docs need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Squid Clean Docs needs the command-line tools its instructions call (make and git).
Does Squid Clean Docs 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 Squid Clean Docs 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 Squid Clean Docs use?
Squid Clean Docs is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Squid Clean Docs use?
About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.5k 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 Squid Clean Docs?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Squid Clean Docs: Diagram Design (cathrynlavery/diagram-design, 45k 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 Squid Clean Docs?
iusztinpaul (a GitHub user) maintains it in iusztinpaul/squid, which has 203 GitHub stars. The repository holds 13 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 3, 2026.
Source: iusztinpaul/squid on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.