Simplify Code
Simplify recently changed or user-selected code while preserving observable behavior, public APIs, tests, and required safeguards. Use when asked to simplify, clean up, refactor for clarity, reduce nesting, remove duplication, or review an implementation for unnecessary complexity.
Install
$ agentstack add skill-26zl-universal-agent-skills-simplify-code ✓ scanned · ✓ verified, works with Claude Code, Cursor, and more.
Security review
✓ PassedNo issues found. Passed automated security review. · v0.1.0 How review works →
- ✓ Prompt-injection patterns
- ✓ Secret / credential exfiltration
- ✓ Dangerous shell & filesystem operations
- ✓ Untrusted network calls
- ✓ Known-malicious package signatures
What it can access
- ✓ Network access No
- ✓ Filesystem access No
- ✓ Shell / process execution No
- ✓ Environment & secrets No
- ✓ Dynamic code execution No
From automated source analysis of v0.1.0. “Used” means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it’s unsafe.
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Links to your public security report.[](https://agentstack.voostack.com/security/report/skill-26zl-universal-agent-skills-simplify-code) Reliability & compatibility
Declared compatibility
Compatibility is declared by the source manifest. End-to-end runtime verification is coming, see below.
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How agent discovery & health will work →About
Simplify code
- Read the target code, nearby tests, and repository guidance before editing.
- Preserve observable behavior, public interfaces, error handling, security boundaries, and required compatibility unless the user explicitly requests a change.
- Prefer direct control flow, clear names, existing abstractions, and fewer moving parts.
- Remove dead code, redundant wrappers, needless indirection, duplicate branches, and comments that only restate the code.
- Keep comments only for non-obvious intent, constraints, invariants, workarounds, or tradeoffs. Write them in a short, neutral voice without process narration.
- Avoid broad rewrites, speculative abstractions, dependency changes, and unrelated formatting.
- Run focused tests or checks that demonstrate behavior was preserved. Report any unverified area plainly.
Source & license
This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.
- Author: 26zl
- Source: 26zl/universal-agent-skills
- License: MIT
Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.
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Versions
- v0.1.0 Imported from the upstream source.