agentic-karpathy

What problem does it solve?

Prevents common LLM coding mistakes by enforcing surgical changes, reading before editing, strict scope discipline, and explicit success criteria during software development.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Enforces Hard Gates that must be satisfied before changes (Read before you write, Scope to the request, Verify assumptions, Define success).
• Provides The Five Rules to guide safe coding, including Make Surgical Changes and Read The Existing Code, to minimize unnecessary edits.
• Suitable for use during feature implementation, refactoring, or code reviews to ensure changes are minimal, well-justified, and verifiable.

Quick Start

Before writing any code, read the Karpathy Guidelines and apply the four hard gates and the five rules to ensure surgical, verifiable edits.