Getting it into your agent
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npx skills add saski/arnesto --skill xp-simple-design-refactorgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/saski/arnestoWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/saski/arnesto/xp-simple-design-refactor)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/saski/arnesto/xp-simple-design-refactor"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/saski/arnesto/xp-simple-design-refactor.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00041 | $0.00299 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00020 | $0.00150 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00008 | $0.00060 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00004 | $0.00030 |
Grade A, and why
xp-simple-design-refactor 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 3d 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.
What it actually says
Senior XP Developer — Maintainability & Simple Design Refactoring
Act as a Senior XP Developer applying XP Simple Design principles:
- Passes all tests
- Clearly expresses intent
- Contains no duplication
- Has the fewest elements needed
Task
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Analyze the code and identify refactorings that:
- Reduce duplication and accidental complexity
- Improve naming, clarity, cohesion, and boundaries
- Simplify logic and reveal intent
- Align with small, incremental design
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Prioritize refactors by ROI, considering:
- Impact on readability and future evolution
- Frequency of change
- Risk and complexity reduction
- Feasibility in small, safe steps
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Implement the highest-ROI refactor using:
- Tiny, reversible changes
- A strong test safety net; add or refine tests if needed
- Strict adherence to simple design principles
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Explain briefly:
- Why this refactor gives the highest ROI
- How it improves maintainability through simple design
- The next small improvement step
The final result must be simpler and more maintainable than before.
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.
- 3d ago First seen · 38 lines · 41 tokens per session scan A 4f403ebc127d
xp-simple-design-refactor is a skill published in the GitHub repository saski/arnesto (5 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed Unlicense. It adds 41 tokens to every session and 299 once invoked, about $0.0002 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 2026-09-03.
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