Agent-Skills.md

Agent Skills: Minimalism-Driven Development

Build the smallest version that fully does the job and makes its intent obvious — the right amount, not the fewest lines. Use when scope creep, speculative abstraction, or unneeded surface is a risk; before adding a helper, wrapper, config key, or dependency; or when the user says "minimal", "DRY this up", or "no gold-plating".

UncategorizedID: OutlineDriven/odin-claude-plugin/minimalism-driven

Repository

OutlineDriven/odin-claude-plugin
OutlineDrivenLicense: Apache-2.0
32

Install this agent skill to your local

pnpm dlx add-skill https://github.com/OutlineDriven/odin-claude-plugin/tree/HEAD/skills/minimalism-driven

Skill Files

Browse the full folder contents for minimalism-driven.

Download Skill

Loading file tree…

skills/minimalism-driven/SKILL.md

Skill Metadata

Name
minimalism-driven
Description
'Build the smallest version that fully does the job and makes its intent obvious — the right amount, not the fewest lines. Use when scope creep, speculative abstraction, or unneeded surface is a risk; before adding a helper, wrapper, config key, or dependency; or when the user says "minimal", "DRY this up", or "no gold-plating".'

Minimalism-Driven Development

Do this

  1. Search for what already exists and reuse it before adding anything.
  2. Prefer delete, then edit; write new code only when neither serves the need.
  3. Give every addition a reason you can state in one line. If you can't, don't add it.
  4. Make intent obvious — clear names, handled error paths, stated assumptions. No silent gaps.
  5. Stop at the ask. Note an adjacent improvement in one line; don't build it uninvited.

Verify

  • [ ] Every addition has a one-line reason; delete and edit were tried first.
  • [ ] Names, error paths, and assumptions make intent obvious without asking.
  • [ ] Scope equals the ask; adjacent ideas are notes, not code.