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Agent skill

Elegance

by srid in srid/emanote

Iteratively study and apply elegant coding patterns. An agent skill from srid/emanote.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Elegance

skills CLI
$ npx skills add srid/emanote --skill elegance -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install srid/emanote elegance --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/srid/emanote.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/elegance .claude/skills/elegance && 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
elegance
GitHub stars
963
Token cost
~602 tokens
SKILL.md length
297 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
25
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Iteratively study and apply elegant coding patterns. An agent skill from srid/emanote.

  • Asks to make code more elegant
  • SKILL.md covers 0. Determine Scope, For each iteration (1 to N):, After all iterations and Principles
  • Calls git
  • Tasks that involve Refactoring

What it does

Elegance is an agent skill from srid/emanote. Iteratively study and apply elegant coding patterns. Each iteration - understand the code, research what simple and elegant code looks like, apply learnings, verify with CI. Use as a standalone refactoring pass or when the user asks to make code more elegant, simple, or idiomatic.

Its SKILL.md is about 600 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: Emanate a structured view of your plain-text notes.

When your agent uses it

  • Asks to make code more elegant
  • Tasks that involve Refactoring

Example prompts

  • “/elegance”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9d01037. 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

    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

Elegance loads about 602 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 73 tokens; SKILL.md has 297 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~73
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~602

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 297 words (~602 tokens).

“Iteratively study and apply elegant coding patterns. Each iteration: understand the code, research what simple & elegant code looks like, apply learnings, verify with CI.”

— opening of SKILL.md by srid, Custom licence
name
elegance

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/elegance of srid/emanote.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9d01037

Used in 1 other repository

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders. This page covers the copy in srid/emanote, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Migrate Core Code to Submodulestinyhumansai/openhuman42k—~2.6kAutomated safety check: PassGPL-3.0
Systematic Code Refactoringluongnv89/claude-howto42k—~3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Codexskills-directory/skill-codex1.5k3 repos~1.8kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Categories

Questions about Elegance

What does Elegance do?

Iteratively study and apply elegant coding patterns. An agent skill from srid/emanote. Elegance is an agent skill from srid/emanote. Iteratively study and apply elegant coding patterns.

When should I use Elegance?

Elegance fits situations like: asks to make code more elegant; tasks that involve Refactoring.

How do I install Elegance in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Elegance in Codex?

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

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

What does Elegance need to run?

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

Does Elegance 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 Elegance 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 Elegance use?

Elegance has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Elegance use?

About 602 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.4k 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 Elegance?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Elegance: Guidelines (akash-network/node, 1.1k stars), Component Refactoring (langflow-ai/langflow, 156k stars), Migrate Core Code to Submodules (tinyhumansai/openhuman, 42k stars) and Systematic Code Refactoring (luongnv89/claude-howto, 42k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Elegance?

srid (a GitHub user) maintains it in srid/emanote, which has 963 GitHub stars. The repository holds 25 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 26, 2026.

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