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Reduce API configuration complexity by evaluating parameters against asymmetry, dynamic computation, and module-boundary criteria. Convert unnecessary configurations into constants, sensible defaults, or policy objects, absorbing setup decisions centrally so callers avoid managing excessive pass-through variables.

Module boundary complexity in interface design occurs when implementations push setup, error handling, or edge-case decisions onto callers. Reviewing module interfaces distinguishes complexity that belongs inside an implementation from complexity that leaks unrelated knowledge or UI concerns across boundaries.

Review an API requiring caller-managed error handling by inventorying exceptions, constraints, and recoverable failures. Evaluate whether the implementation can absorb these decisions centrally, recommending interface reductions that pull complexity away from callers instead of forcing them to handle recoverable failures.

Remove pass-through parameters during a code review when they increase caller burden without adding value to the module boundary. Evaluate pass-through variables against asymmetry and dynamic computation criteria to determine if centralizing them inside the implementation reduces unnecessary interface complexity.

The best way to audit interface complexity for service APIs is to inventory parameters, exceptions, decorators, and pass-through variables. Evaluate these interface elements against asymmetry, dynamic computation, and module-boundary criteria to recommend specific reductions that centralize decisions.

Determine if configuration values should be defaults or dynamic computations by testing whether values require runtime inputs or can be centralized. Replace caller-managed configurations with constants, sensible defaults, dynamic computations, presets, or policy objects based on module-boundary criteria.