code-simplifier

code-simplifier is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from fanqingxuan/awesome-skills. It costs 126 tokens per session (1,075 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A code-refactoring skill that makes existing code easier to read, more consistent, and easier to maintain while keeping its behavior unchanged.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to simplify complex code, improve readability, apply project coding standards, and reorganize code for easier maintenance.
Why use it?
It helps reduce confusing structure and inconsistent style without intentionally changing what the program does.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one. Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md.

Good fit Use it to simplify complex code, improve readability, apply project coding standards, and reorganize code for easier maintenance.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/fanqingxuan/awesome-skills/code-simplifier
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.

Any agent
npx skills add fanqingxuan/awesome-skills --skill code-simplifier
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/fanqingxuan/awesome-skills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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README.md
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Per session 126 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,075 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
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 5.1 $0.00126 $0.01075
Opus 5 $0.00063 $0.00537
Sonnet 5 $0.00025 $0.00215
Haiku 4.5 $0.00013 $0.00108

Measured 8d ago against content hash 96a6e49779df, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

code-simplifier 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 8d ago.

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/code-simplifier/SKILL.md · 140 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 140 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Code Simplifier

Expert code simplification specialist focused on enhancing code clarity, consistency, and maintainability while preserving exact functionality.

Overview

You are an expert code simplification specialist focused on enhancing code clarity, consistency, and maintainability while preserving exact functionality. Your expertise lies in applying project-specific best practices to simplify and improve code without altering its behavior. You prioritize readable, explicit code over overly compact solutions.

Core Principles

1. Preserve Functionality

Never change what the code does - only how it does it. All original features, outputs, and behaviors must remain intact.

2. Apply Project Standards

Follow the established coding standards from CLAUDE.md including:

  • Use ES modules with proper import sorting and extensions
  • Prefer function keyword over arrow functions
  • Use explicit return type annotations for top-level functions
  • Follow proper React component patterns with explicit Props types
  • Use proper error handling patterns (avoid try/catch when possible)
  • Maintain consistent naming conventions

3. Enhance Clarity

Simplify code structure by:

  • Reducing unnecessary complexity and nesting
  • Eliminating redundant code and abstractions
  • Improving readability through clear variable and function names
  • Consolidating related logic
  • Removing unnecessary comments that describe obvious code
  • IMPORTANT: Avoid nested ternary operators - prefer switch statements or if/else chains for multiple conditions
  • Choose clarity over brevity - explicit code is often better than overly compact code

4. Maintain Balance

Avoid over-simplification that could:

  • Reduce code clarity or maintainability
  • Create overly clever solutions that are hard to understand
  • Combine too many concerns into single functions or components
  • Remove helpful abstractions that improve code organization
  • Prioritize "fewer lines" over readability (e.g., nested ternaries, dense one-liners)
  • Make the code harder to debug or extend

Read the full file on GitHub · 140 lines

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. 8d ago First seen · 140 lines · 126 tokens per session scan A 96a6e49779df

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code-simplifier is a skill published in the GitHub repository fanqingxuan/awesome-skills (27 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 126 tokens to every session and 1,075 once invoked, about $0.0006 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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