coding-guidelines

Apply simplicity-first guidelines that forbid speculative features, single-use abstractions, and unrequested configurability. The Skill instructs the agent to write the minimum code that solves the problem and rewrite anything a senior engineer would call overcomplicated.

Use surgical-change rules: every modified line must trace directly to the user's request. The agent must not refactor adjacent code, reformat unrelated sections, or delete pre-existing dead code unless explicitly asked.

Do not use them for architecture design, documentation writing, or non-code tasks, as stated in the Skill description. For trivial tasks, apply judgment rather than enforcing the full process overhead.

They use goal-driven execution: the agent writes a test that reproduces the bug, then makes it pass. Multi-step tasks are planned with explicit verification checks for each step.

Yes, the guidelines are language-agnostic behavioral instructions. They govern how the agent reasons, plans, and edits code rather than referencing any specific language, library, or toolchain.