code-simplification
An agent skill by addyosmani, from addyosmani/agent-skills. Tags: debugging, developer-tools.
What it does
Simplifies code for clarity. Use when refactoring code for clarity without changing behavior. Use when code works but is harder to read, maintain, or extend than it should be. Use when reviewing code that has accumulated unnecessary complexity.
Install
With the skills CLI, which installs into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents:
npx skills add addyosmani/agent-skills --skill code-simplificationOr copy the skill folder into Claude Code's skills directory by hand (~/.claude/skills for every project, or .claude/skills inside one):
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills
cp -r agent-skills/skills/code-simplification ~/.claude/skills/code-simplificationSafety box score
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Source
- Repository
- addyosmani/agent-skills (all skills from this repository)
- Path
- skills/code-simplification/SKILL.md
- Branch
- main
- Updated
- 2026-09-19
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