Agent Skills: Skill Simplify

SKILL.md simplification with functional integrity verification. Analyze redundancy, optimize content, check no functionality lost. Triggers on "simplify skill", "optimize skill", "skill-simplify".

ID: catlog22/claude-code-workflow/skill-simplify

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npx skills add catlog22/claude-code-workflow --skill skill-simplify

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Skill Metadata

Name
skill-simplify
Description
SKILL.md simplification with functional integrity verification. Analyze redundancy, optimize content, check no functionality lost. Triggers on "simplify skill", "optimize skill", "skill-simplify".

Skill Simplify

Three-phase pipeline: analyze functional inventory, apply optimization rules, verify integrity.

Phase Reference Documents (read on-demand):

PhaseDocumentPurpose
1phases/01-analysis.mdExtract functional inventory, identify redundancy, validate pseudo-code format
2phases/02-optimize.mdApply simplification rules, fix format issues
3phases/03-check.mdVerify functional integrity, validate format

Input Processing

const targetPath = input.trim()
const targetFile = targetPath.endsWith('.md') ? targetPath : `${targetPath}/SKILL.md`
const originalContent = Read(targetFile)
const originalLineCount = originalContent.split('\n').length

TodoWrite Pattern

TodoWrite({ todos: [
  { content: `Phase 1: Analyzing ${targetFile}`, status: "in_progress", activeForm: "Extracting functional inventory" },
  { content: "Phase 2: Optimize", status: "pending" },
  { content: "Phase 3: Integrity Check", status: "pending" }
]})

Core Rules

  1. Preserve ALL functional elements: Code blocks with logic, agent calls, data structures, routing, error handling, input/output specs
  2. Only reduce descriptive content: Flowcharts, verbose comments, duplicate sections, examples that repeat logic
  3. Never summarize algorithm logic: If-else branches, function bodies, schemas must remain verbatim
  4. Classify code blocks: Distinguish functional (logic, routing, schemas) from descriptive (ASCII art, examples, display templates) — only descriptive blocks may be deleted
  5. Merge equivalent variants: Single/multi-perspective templates differing only by a parameter → one template with variant comment
  6. Fix format issues: Nested backtick template literals in code fences → convert to prose; hardcoded option lists → flag for dynamic generation; workflow handoff references → ensure execution steps present
  7. Validate pseudo-code: Check bracket matching, variable consistency, structural completeness
  8. Quantitative verification: Phase 3 counts must match Phase 1 counts for functional categories; descriptive block decreases are expected

Error Handling

ErrorResolution
Target file not foundReport error, stop
Check FAIL (missing functional elements)Show delta, revert to original, report which elements lost
Check WARN (descriptive decrease or merge)Show delta with justification
Format issues foundReport in check, fix in Phase 2

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