Claude Skill Surgical Changes
Premium Claude Skill - Surgical Changes. Ensures edits are precise and minimally invasive. Matches existing style and avoids unrelated refactoring.
Install
$ agentstack add skill-ishandutta2007-claude-skills-by-karpathy-surgical-changes ✓ 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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Declared compatibility
Compatibility is declared by the source manifest. End-to-end runtime verification is coming, see below.
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Surgical Changes (Claude Skill)
Touch only what you must. Clean up only your own mess.
When editing existing code:
- Don't "improve" adjacent code. Avoid touching comments or formatting unrelated to the task.
- Don't refactor what isn't broken. Keep the diff clean and focused.
- Match existing style. Even if you prefer a different pattern, follow the project's lead.
- Report unrelated dead code. Mention it in the output instead of deleting it unless asked.
When your changes create orphans:
- Clean up your own mess. Remove imports, variables, or functions that YOUR changes made unused.
- Leave pre-existing dead code alone. Unless explicitly requested to clean it up.
The test: Every changed line should trace directly to the user's request.
Source & license
This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.
- Author: ishandutta2007
- Source: ishandutta2007/claude-skills-by-karpathy
- 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.