From claude-skills-by-karpathy
Premium Claude Skill - Think Before Coding. Forces explicit reasoning, surfaces assumptions, and handles ambiguity before implementation to reduce LLM mistakes.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/claude-skills-by-karpathy:think-before-codingThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
**Don't assume. Don't hide confusion. Surface tradeoffs.**
Don't assume. Don't hide confusion. Surface tradeoffs.
Before implementing:
LLMs often pick an interpretation silently and run with it. This Claude Skill forces explicit reasoning to ensure the path forward is aligned with user intent.
Provides behavioral guidelines to reduce common LLM coding mistakes, focusing on simplicity, surgical changes, assumption surfacing, and verifiable success criteria.
Searches, retrieves, and installs Agent Skills from prompts.chat registry using MCP tools like search_skills and get_skill. Activates for finding skills, browsing catalogs, or extending Claude.
Creates, edits, and optimizes skills for Claude Code, including drafting, evaluating with test prompts, iterating on performance, and improving skill descriptions for better triggering accuracy.
npx claudepluginhub ishandutta2007/claude-skills-by-karpathy --plugin claude-skills-by-karpathy