code-simplification

by addyosmani (GitHub) in addyosmani/agent-skills

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.

Quoted from the skill's SKILL.md under its MIT license.

Automated check: PassLicense: MITRepo updated 2026-10-13Git and code review

Install

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills.git /tmp/agent-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/
cp -r /tmp/agent-skills/skills/code-simplification ~/.claude/skills/code-simplification

The command copies the skill from the author's repo. SkillTrove does not host it.

Files

Source: https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/code-simplification. Checked 2026-10-13.

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