simplify-code

A code-cleanup workflow that makes recently changed code clearer and less complex while keeping its behavior exactly the same.

In plain words
What is it for?
It helps simplify recent edits, reduce nesting and repetition, and keep changes consistent with the project's existing style.
Why use it?
It reduces confusing control flow, unnecessary logic, and maintenance effort without changing what the code does.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/awish021/opencode/simplify-code
Any agent
npx skills add Awish021/opencode --skill simplify-code
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Awish021/opencode

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 15 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 317 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00015 $0.00317
Opus 5 $0.00008 $0.00159
Sonnet 5 $0.00003 $0.00063
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00032

Measured yesterday against content hash 01efecf2177c, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

simplify-code scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured yesterday.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

skills/opencode-audit/simplify-code/SKILL.md · 45 lines

What it actually says

Simplify Code

What I do

I simplify recently modified code to improve clarity, consistency, and maintainability without changing behavior.

When to use this

Use this skill proactively after code is written or modified, unless the user asks for a different scope.

Principles

  1. Preserve behavior exactly. Do not change outputs, side effects, or external contracts.
  2. Favor clarity over brevity. Explicit, readable code is preferred to compact or clever code.
  3. Reduce complexity. Simplify control flow, reduce nesting, and remove redundant logic.
  4. Keep scope focused. Only touch recently modified code unless the user explicitly asks for broader refactoring.
  5. Respect project conventions. Follow existing naming, formatting, and structural patterns.

Guardrails

  • Do not change public APIs or documented behavior.
  • Do not alter performance characteristics unless explicitly requested.
  • Avoid micro-optimizations that reduce readability.
  • Avoid clever tricks, dense one-liners, or nested ternaries.
  • Do not remove useful abstractions that improve organization.
  • Do not add comments unless they clarify a non-obvious block.

Process

  1. Identify recently modified sections.
  2. Look for unnecessary complexity or duplication.
  3. Simplify with clear names and straightforward structure.
  4. Verify behavior is unchanged.
  5. Document only meaningful changes that affect understanding.

Output expectations

  • Cleaner, more readable code with the same functionality.
  • Minimal, targeted edits focused on the modified areas.
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. yesterday First seen · 45 lines · 15 tokens per session scan A 01efecf2177c

Subscribe to this mod's changes

simplify-code is a skill published in the GitHub repository Awish021/opencode (11 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 15 tokens to every session and 317 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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