Guide LLMs to state assumptions and plan before coding.
npx skills add https://github.com/lovincyrus/claude-config --skill karpathy
Please help me install this Agent Skill. Skill: karpathy Source: https://github.com/lovincyrus/claude-config/tree/main/skills/karpathy Command: npx skills add https://github.com/lovincyrus/claude-config --skill karpathy
Karpathy guidelines help reduce common LLM coding mistakes by enforcing deliberate thinking, simplicity, surgical edits, and goal-driven execution across coding tasks.
Apply Karpathy guidelines to your current coding task by stating assumptions, listing tradeoffs, and outlining a minimal plan before coding.
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To stop LLM coding mistakes, enforce deliberate thinking by requiring explicit assumptions, favoring the smallest solution, and modifying only what is necessary. This reduces collateral changes during refactoring.
The best way to get surgical edits is to instruct the LLM to define verifiable success criteria and modify only what is necessary. This approach avoids collateral changes and keeps the codebase stable.
To apply simplicity-first coding guidelines, require the LLM to favor the smallest, most direct solution with minimal abstractions. State assumptions and list tradeoffs before writing any code.
No specific programming language is required. These LLM coding guidelines apply across any language context, from quick fixes to major refactors, ensuring goal-driven execution regardless of the stack.
LLMs generate complex code when they lack explicit constraints. By enforcing simplicity and requiring the model to surface tradeoffs and state assumptions beforehand, you ensure it chooses the most direct solution.
Goal-driven execution requires defining verifiable success criteria and looping until satisfied. The limitation is the overhead of structuring prompts for deliberate thinking, which may slow down trivial quick fixes.
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