Guidelines
akash-network/node
Behavioral guidelines to reduce common LLM coding mistakes. An agent skill from akash-network/node.
Clean-room reimplementation of a repository, library, API, protocol, or other software artifact.
Install Sc Clean Room
$ npx skills add kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude --skill sc-clean-room -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude sc-clean-room --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/kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/sc-extras/skills/sc-clean-room .claude/skills/sc-clean-room && 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 "sc-clean-room" agent skill from https://github.com/kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude/tree/main/plugins/sc-extras/skills/sc-clean-room into .claude/skills/sc-clean-room/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sc-clean-room", 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/kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude/tree/main/plugins/sc-extras/skills/sc-clean-roomType 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 kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude --skill sc-clean-room -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude sc-clean-room --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/sc-extras/skills/sc-clean-room .agents/skills/sc-clean-room && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "sc-clean-room" agent skill from https://github.com/kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude/tree/main/plugins/sc-extras/skills/sc-clean-room into .agents/skills/sc-clean-room/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sc-clean-room", 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 kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude --skill sc-clean-room -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude sc-clean-room --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/sc-extras/skills/sc-clean-room .cursor/skills/sc-clean-room && 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 "sc-clean-room" agent skill from https://github.com/kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude/tree/main/plugins/sc-extras/skills/sc-clean-room into .cursor/skills/sc-clean-room/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sc-clean-room", 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/kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude.git --path plugins/sc-extras/skills/sc-clean-room--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 kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude --skill sc-clean-room -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude sc-clean-room --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/sc-extras/skills/sc-clean-room .gemini/skills/sc-clean-room && 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 "sc-clean-room" agent skill from https://github.com/kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude/tree/main/plugins/sc-extras/skills/sc-clean-room into .gemini/skills/sc-clean-room/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sc-clean-room", 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 kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude sc-clean-roomInstalls 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 kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude --skill sc-clean-room -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/sc-extras/skills/sc-clean-room .github/skills/sc-clean-room && 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 "sc-clean-room" agent skill from https://github.com/kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude/tree/main/plugins/sc-extras/skills/sc-clean-room into .github/skills/sc-clean-room/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sc-clean-room", 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 kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude --skill sc-clean-room -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude sc-clean-room --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/sc-extras/skills/sc-clean-room .opencode/skills/sc-clean-room && 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 "sc-clean-room" agent skill from https://github.com/kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude/tree/main/plugins/sc-extras/skills/sc-clean-room into .opencode/skills/sc-clean-room/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sc-clean-room", 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
sc-clean-room- GitHub stars
- 114
- Token cost
- ~3.7k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,113 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 12
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
Clean-room reimplementation of a repository, library, API, protocol, or other software artifact.
- Works in 7 steps: Resolve Target and Scope → Discovery (The Dirty Room) → Specify (The Wall) → …
- Wants to create a functionally equivalent implementation of an existing artifact without copying its internal design
- SKILL.md covers EXECUTION MODEL, Phase 0: Resolve Target and…, Phase 1: Discovery (The Dirty… and Phase 2: Specify (The Wall), plus 4 more sections
- Calls git
What it does
Sc Clean Room is an agent skill from kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude. Clean-room reimplementation of a repository, library, API, protocol, or other software artifact. This skill SHOULD be used when the user wants to create a functionally equivalent implementation of an existing artifact without copying its internal design or expression. NOT for refactoring existing code.
Its SKILL.md is about 3.7k 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 Refactoring. The repository describes itself as: Practical minimalism for AI assisted programming with Claude Code.
When your agent uses it
- Wants to create a functionally equivalent implementation of an existing artifact without copying its internal design
- Tasks that involve Refactoring
Example prompts
- “/sc-clean-room”
Requirements
- Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Task, Read, Bash, Grep, Glob, AskUserQuestion, TodoWrite, WebSearch, WebFetch, Write, Edit
Workflow steps
7 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Resolve Target and Scope
- Discovery (The Dirty Room)
- Specify (The Wall)
- Implement (The Clean Room)
- Verify (Functional Equivalence)
- Present Results
- User Choice
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit abb293b. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:
TaskReadBashGrepGlobAskUserQuestionTodoWriteWebSearchWebFetchWrite
…and 1 more on the same allowed-tools line.
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
Sc Clean Room loads about 3.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 79 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,113 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: notes
The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.
- NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
allowed-tools: Task, Read, Bash, Grep, Glob, AskUserQuestion, TodoWrite, WebSearch, WebFetch, Write, Edit
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
Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,113 words (~3,747 tokens).
“A structured approach to reimplementing a software artifact without copying its internals. A discovery agent examines the original and writes a behavioral specification with fixtures. Then a separate implementation agent builds from that specification alone. Fixtures captured during discovery verify…”
- name
- sc-clean-room
- allowed-tools
- Task, Read, Bash, Grep, Glob, AskUserQuestion, TodoWrite, WebSearch, WebFetch, Write, Edit
- argument-hint
- [target: repo URL, local path, or artifact name] [optional: scope or focus]
Files
Just SKILL.md in plugins/sc-extras/skills/sc-clean-room of kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit abb293b
Compare with similar skills
Sc Clean Room next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sc Clean Room this skillkylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude | 114 | — | ~3.7k | Automated safety check: Notes | None | |
| Guidelinesakash-network/node | 1.1k | 20 repos | ~577 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Migrate Core Code to Submodulestinyhumansai/openhuman | 42k | — | ~2.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | GPL-3.0 | |
| Component Refactoringlangflow-ai/langflow | 155k | — | ~3.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Ponytail Lazy Developer ModeDietrichGebert/ponytail | 160k | 1 repos | ~873 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| ast-grep Structural Searchcode-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent | 70k | — | ~3.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Sc Clean Room
What does Sc Clean Room do?
Clean-room reimplementation of a repository, library, API, protocol, or other software artifact. Sc Clean Room is an agent skill from kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude. Clean-room reimplementation of a repository, library, API, protocol, or other software artifact.
When should I use Sc Clean Room?
Sc Clean Room fits situations like: wants to create a functionally equivalent implementation of an existing artifact without copying its internal design; tasks that involve Refactoring.
How do I install Sc Clean Room in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude --skill sc-clean-room -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/sc-extras/skills/sc-clean-room in kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude) into .claude/skills/sc-clean-room in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Sc Clean Room in Codex?
Run `npx skills add kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude --skill sc-clean-room -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/sc-extras/skills/sc-clean-room in kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude) into .agents/skills/sc-clean-room in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Sc Clean Room 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 kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude --skill sc-clean-room -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/sc-clean-room, .gemini/skills/sc-clean-room, .github/skills/sc-clean-room and .opencode/skills/sc-clean-room in your project.
What does Sc Clean Room need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Sc Clean Room needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git). Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Task, Read, Bash, Grep, Glob, AskUserQuestion, TodoWrite, WebSearch, WebFetch, Write, Edit.
Does Sc Clean Room 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 Sc Clean Room safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Sc Clean Room use?
No licence was found for Sc Clean Room or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Sc Clean Room use?
About 3.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 15k 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 Sc Clean Room?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Sc Clean Room: Guidelines (akash-network/node, 1.1k stars), Migrate Core Code to Submodules (tinyhumansai/openhuman, 42k stars), Component Refactoring (langflow-ai/langflow, 155k stars) and Ponytail Lazy Developer Mode (DietrichGebert/ponytail, 160k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Sc Clean Room?
kylesnowschwartz (a GitHub user) maintains it in kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude, which has 114 GitHub stars. The repository holds 12 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.
Source: kylesnowschwartz/SimpleClaude on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.