andrej-karpathy-skills
Developed by multica-ai
Andrej Karpathy Skills is a lightweight behavioral instruction tool designed to improve AI coding agents like Claude Code and Cursor. Derived from Andrej Karpathy's observations on LLM coding pitfalls, it operates as a single CLAUDE.md file or plugin. It works by applying four strict principles: Think Before Coding, Simplicity First, Surgical Changes, and Goal-Driven Execution. By preventing the AI from making silent assumptions, overcomplicating APIs, and editing unrelated files, it forces the agent to ask clarifying questions, write minimal code, and loop autonomously until verifiable success criteria are explicitly met.
- Explicit Reasoning & Assumption Clarification
- Simplicity First without Overengineering
- Strictly Surgical Code Changes
- Verifiable Goal-Driven Execution
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