Agent skill

Simplify And Harden

by pskoett in pskoett/pskoett-ai-skills

Post-completion self-review for coding agents that runs simplify, harden, re-verification, and micro-documentation passes on non-trivial code or high-impact configuration changes.

No licenceAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Simplify And Harden

skills CLI
$ npx skills add pskoett/pskoett-ai-skills --skill simplify-and-harden -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install pskoett/pskoett-ai-skills simplify-and-harden --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/pskoett/pskoett-ai-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/simplify-and-harden .claude/skills/simplify-and-harden && 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-and-harden
GitHub stars
315
Token cost
~6.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
2,515 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
24
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Post-completion self-review for coding agents that runs simplify, harden, re-verification, and micro-documentation passes on non-trivial code or high-impact configuration changes.

  • Works in 4 steps: Implement the task. → Run Simplify & Harden to clean, harden,… → Run an independent review pass for… → …
  • A task is complete in a general agent session and you want a bounded quality and security sweep before signaling done
  • SKILL.md covers Install, Metadata, Rationale and Philosophy and Best Use with Independent Review, plus 14 more sections
  • Calls gh and npx

What it does

Simplify And Harden is an agent skill from pskoett/pskoett-ai-skills. Post-completion self-review for coding agents that runs simplify, harden, re-verification, and micro-documentation passes on non-trivial code or high-impact configuration changes. Use when a task is complete in a general agent session and you want a bounded quality and security sweep before signaling done. For CI pipeline execution, use simplify-and-harden-ci.

Its SKILL.md is about 6.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/agent-context-snippets.md`).

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering CI/CD.

When your agent uses it

  • A task is complete in a general agent session and you want a bounded quality and security sweep before signaling done
  • Tasks that involve CI/CD

Example prompts

  • “/simplify-and-harden”

Requirements

  • Node.js

Workflow steps

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

  1. Implement the task.
  2. Run Simplify & Harden to clean, harden, and document non-obvious decisions.
  3. Run an independent review pass for severity-ordered findings.
  4. Merge only after both passes are addressed.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5a836dc. 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:

    • gh
    • npx

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use gh and npx, 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 And Harden loads about 6.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~9.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 96 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,515 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~96
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~6.6k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~9.8k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 2,515 words (~6,643 tokens).

name
simplify-and-harden

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in skills/simplify-and-harden of pskoett/pskoett-ai-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/agent-context-snippets.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5a836dc

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Questions about Simplify And Harden

What does Simplify And Harden do?

Post-completion self-review for coding agents that runs simplify, harden, re-verification, and micro-documentation passes on non-trivial code or high-impact configuration changes. Simplify And Harden is an agent skill from pskoett/pskoett-ai-skills. Post-completion self-review for coding agents that runs simplify, harden, re-verification, and micro-documentation passes on non-trivial code or high-impact configuration changes.

When should I use Simplify And Harden?

Simplify And Harden fits situations like: A task is complete in a general agent session and you want a bounded quality and security sweep before signaling done; tasks that involve CI/CD.

How do I install Simplify And Harden in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Simplify And Harden in Codex?

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

Can I use Simplify And Harden 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 pskoett/pskoett-ai-skills --skill simplify-and-harden -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-and-harden, .gemini/skills/simplify-and-harden, .github/skills/simplify-and-harden and .opencode/skills/simplify-and-harden in your project.

What does Simplify And Harden need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Simplify And Harden needs the command-line tools its instructions call (gh and npx). Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Simplify And Harden access the network?

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

Is Simplify And Harden 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 And Harden use?

No licence was found for Simplify And Harden or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Simplify And Harden use?

About 6.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 27k 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 3.1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Simplify And Harden?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Simplify And Harden: Analyze Feedback (Shopify/flash-list, 7.2k stars), Example Harness (ruvnet/metaharness, 696 stars), Deploy Setup (garrytan/gstack, 136k stars) and Parallel CI Triage (spencerpauly/awesome-cursor-skills, 844 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Simplify And Harden?

pskoett (a GitHub user) maintains it in pskoett/pskoett-ai-skills, which has 315 GitHub stars. The repository holds 24 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

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