Agent Skills: Skill Simplify

Skill Simplify

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

Phase Reference Documents (read on-demand):

| Phase | Document | Purpose | |-------|----------|---------| | 1 | phases/01-analysis.md | Extract functional inventory, identify redundancy, validate pseudo-code format | | 2 | phases/02-optimize.md | Apply simplification rules, fix format issues | | 3 | phases/03-check.md | Verify 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

| Error | Resolution | |-------|------------| | Target file not found | Report 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 found | Report in check, fix in Phase 2 |