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Agent skill

Unslop

by nodetool-ai in nodetool-ai/nodetool

Remove unnecessary abstractions, defensive code, comments, or prose from a requested diff or files.

AGPL-3.0Auto-check passedDevelopment

Install Unslop

skills CLI
$ npx skills add nodetool-ai/nodetool --skill unslop -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install nodetool-ai/nodetool unslop --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/nodetool-ai/nodetool.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/unslop .claude/skills/unslop && 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
unslop
GitHub stars
560
Token cost
~1k tokens
SKILL.md length
445 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
127
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
AGPL-3.0

At a glance

Remove unnecessary abstractions, defensive code, comments, or prose from a requested diff or files.

  • Works in 4 steps: After making changes, run git diff and… → For each "slop" you find, delete or… → Complete mandatory post-change… → …
  • Tasks that involve Technical documentation
  • SKILL.md covers How to use, Pattern reference, Self-review checklist and Sources
  • Calls git

What it does

Unslop is an agent skill from nodetool-ai/nodetool. Remove unnecessary abstractions, defensive code, comments, or prose from a requested diff or files. Preserve behavior and repository rules.

Its SKILL.md is about 1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/patterns.md`).

It sits in Development, covering Technical documentation. The repository describes itself as: Agent-first Creative Workspace. The licence is AGPL-3.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Technical documentation

Example prompts

  • “/unslop”

Workflow steps

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

  1. After making changes, run git diff and read every added line through the lenses below.
  2. For each "slop" you find, delete or rewrite it. Don't leave a // removed X comment behind.
  3. Complete mandatory post-change verification for code edits. For prose-only edits, check affected links and formatting. Reuse valid results…
  4. When deleting an abstraction, remove unused types and exports. Preserve behavior coverage by moving useful tests to the surviving public…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 339f069. 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

    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

Unslop loads about 1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 37 tokens; SKILL.md has 445 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~37
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~4.3k

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 nodetool-ai/nodetool at commit 339f069, republished under its AGPL-3.0 licence (© nodetool-ai). 445 words, ~1,044 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/unslop/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
unslop
description
Remove unnecessary abstractions, defensive code, comments, or prose from a requested diff or files. Preserve behavior and repository rules.

Unslop

A pre-commit pass that removes patterns LLMs add reflexively but humans wouldn't write. Apply it to the requested diff or files. The goal isn't to shorten the diff — it's to delete code whose absence would not be missed.

This skill complements (does not replace) AGENTS.md and web/src/components/ui_primitives/STRATEGY.md. Those define the rules. This skill defines the patterns to actively hunt and remove.

Unslop is a quality pass, not a bug hunt. For correctness review of a diff, branch, or PR — including the NodeTool-specific landmines — use code-review; a full pre-merge pass runs both.

How to use

  1. After making changes, run git diff and read every added line through the lenses below.
  2. For each "slop" you find, delete or rewrite it. Don't leave a // removed X comment behind.
  3. Complete mandatory post-change verification for code edits. For prose-only edits, check affected links and formatting. Reuse valid results for unchanged files.
  4. When deleting an abstraction, remove unused types and exports. Preserve behavior coverage by moving useful tests to the surviving public interface.

Pattern reference

Read patterns.md for the languages and frameworks in the diff. Repository rules take precedence over these cleanup heuristics.

Self-review checklist

Use the relevant questions to inspect the requested diff. Verify each concern against the repository rules before changing code.

  • Did I add a comment that restates the code, names the PR, or describes a removed feature?
  • Did I add a try/catch whose error path can't actually trigger here?
  • Did I write any, as any, or as unknown as to silence the compiler?
  • Did I add useEffect to compute a value from props/state I already have?
  • Did I useCallback/useMemo/React.memo without a memoized consumer or measurable cost?
  • Did I subscribe to a whole Zustand store (const s = useFooStore()) or skip useShallow on a multi-key selector?
  • Did I import a raw MUI component into a non-primitive file, or hardcode a color, spacing, radius, font size, or transition?
  • Did I write a useEffect+fetch instead of useQuery?
  • Does any new test assert implementation rather than user-visible behavior?
  • Are there // TODO, // removed, // added by, or "useful elsewhere" leftovers?
  • Could three near-identical lines have been left as-is instead of becoming a helper?
  • Does my prose contain any banned openers or filler ("delve", "robust", "seamlessly", "Here's the thing")?
  • Have I left any required verification incomplete?
Show full SKILL.md (64 more words)Show less

Report the concrete removals and verification results. A checklist alone does not establish correctness.

Sources

Patterns synthesized from these community skills, adapted to NodeTool's stack:

© nodetool-ai, AGPL-3.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in .agents/skills/unslop of nodetool-ai/nodetool.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/patterns.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 339f069

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Questions about Unslop

What does Unslop do?

Remove unnecessary abstractions, defensive code, comments, or prose from a requested diff or files. Unslop is an agent skill from nodetool-ai/nodetool. Remove unnecessary abstractions, defensive code, comments, or prose from a requested diff or files.

When should I use Unslop?

Unslop fits situations like: tasks that involve Technical documentation.

How do I install Unslop in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add nodetool-ai/nodetool --skill unslop -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/unslop in nodetool-ai/nodetool) into .claude/skills/unslop in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Unslop in Codex?

Run `npx skills add nodetool-ai/nodetool --skill unslop -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/unslop in nodetool-ai/nodetool) into .agents/skills/unslop in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

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

What does Unslop need to run?

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

Does Unslop 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 Unslop 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 Unslop use?

Unslop is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Unslop use?

About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 3.3k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Unslop?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Unslop: Diagram Design (cathrynlavery/diagram-design, 49k stars), Simple English (moeru-ai/airi, 50k stars), Doc Sync (JetBrains/ideavim, 10k stars) and Mailspring App Screenshots (Foundry376/Mailspring, 18k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Unslop?

nodetool-ai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in nodetool-ai/nodetool, which has 560 GitHub stars. The repository holds 127 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

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