simplify-jules

simplify-jules is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from jonathanmalkin/jules. It costs 22 tokens per session (1,284 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A review tool for cleaning up the files an agent reads when it starts work. It checks those instructions and profile files for repeated, outdated, vague, or explanatory material, and it proposes changes for approval.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to inventory cold-start files, count their lines, classify sections, identify duplicates and stale content, and prepare a report of suggested edits.
Why use it?
It helps reduce unnecessary startup content and makes the instructions easier to maintain without changing files automatically.

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/jonathanmalkin/jules/simplify-jules
Any agent
npx skills add jonathanmalkin/jules --skill simplify-jules
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jonathanmalkin/jules

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 22 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,284 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 $0.00022 $0.01284
Opus 5 $0.00011 $0.00642
Sonnet 5 $0.00004 $0.00257
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00128

Measured 5d ago against content hash f63f3bb28ca5, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

simplify-jules 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 5d 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.

.claude/skills/simplify-jules/SKILL.md · 168 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 168 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

/simplify-jules

On-demand config hygiene tool. Analyzes the full cold-start file bundle for waste, duplication, stale content, and consolidation opportunities. All proposals require [Your Name]'s approval — never auto-edit any file.


Phase 1 — INVENTORY

Read and count lines in every cold-start file:

  • ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md and all @-imported files it references
  • Active-Work/CLAUDE.md and all @-imported files it references
  • All .claude/rules/*.md files
  • All @-tagged profile files (Profiles/*.md)

For each file, record: file path, line count.

Report:

Cold-Start Budget: X lines
Files scanned: N
Largest files: [top 5 by line count]

Phase 2 — SECTION ANALYSIS

For each file, read every section (heading or logical block) and classify it:

Classification Definition
ACTIONABLE Directly changes agent behavior — keep as-is
DOCUMENTATION Describes or explains but doesn't change behavior — propose move to Documents/
REDUNDANT Already said elsewhere — propose cut, cite exact duplicate (file:line)
VAGUE Too abstract to change behavior — propose cut or rewrite

Output one table per file:

### ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md
| Section | Lines | Classification | Notes |
|---------|-------|----------------|-------|
| User Preferences | 1-3 | DOCUMENTATION | Says "see project CLAUDE.md" |
...

Cite line numbers for every section.


Phase 3 — CROSS-FILE DEDUP

After reading all files, scan for:

  1. Duplicate instructions — same rule stated in multiple files. List both locations.
  2. Conflicting instructions — contradictory rules. Flag both locations, describe the conflict.
  3. Consolidation opportunities — related content spread across files that could merge without loss.

Format:

### Duplicates
- "Stage specific files for commits" — rules/safety.md:12 AND CLAUDE.md:47

### Conflicts
- "Use Opus for complex analysis" (CLAUDE.md:89) vs "Default to Sonnet" (rules/models.md:5) — unclear precedence

### Consolidation
- Agent delegation rules split across CLAUDE.md:82-95 and rules/request-routing.md:44-60 — could merge

Read the full file on GitHub · 168 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. 5d ago First seen · 168 lines · 22 tokens per session scan A f63f3bb28ca5

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simplify-jules is a skill published in the GitHub repository jonathanmalkin/jules (65 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 22 tokens to every session and 1,284 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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