code-simplifier

code-simplifier is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from ValorVie/custom-skills. It costs 41 tokens per session (742 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A focused code-cleanup workflow for recently changed code, aimed at improving readability, consistency, and maintainability without changing behavior.

In plain words
What is it for?
It helps simplify touched files after implementation and before a broader review, while keeping the cleanup limited to the relevant changes.
Why use it?
It removes duplication, deep nesting, noisy comments, and unclear naming while keeping the existing result of the code the same.

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

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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README.md
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Per session 41 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 742 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 $0.00041 $0.00742
Opus 5 $0.00020 $0.00371
Sonnet 5 $0.00008 $0.00148
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00074

Measured 3d ago against content hash ed457e7613cc, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, 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 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.

.agents/skills/code-simplifier/SKILL.md · 82 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 82 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Code Simplifier

Overview

Simplify touched code without changing behavior. Prefer explicit, readable code over clever or overly compact rewrites, and keep scope limited to the files or sections the user just changed unless they request broader cleanup.

When to Use

  • The user asks to "simplify", "clean up", "tidy", or "refactor without changing behavior"
  • Recently modified code works, but has duplication, deep nesting, noisy comments, or inconsistent naming
  • A feature is complete and you want a maintainability pass before formal review
  • You want one focused simplification pass, not a multi-agent review workflow

Do not use this skill for:

  • Behavior changes, feature work, or bug fixes that alter requirements
  • Large architectural redesigns across untouched modules
  • Spec alignment review, security review, or performance review
  • Three-reviewer cleanup workflows; use simplify for that

Workflow

1. Define the Scope

  • Use user-specified files or ranges if provided
  • Otherwise inspect recent changes with git diff, git diff --name-only, or git status
  • Default to touched code only; do not expand into unrelated cleanup

2. Read Local Standards

  • Check project instructions first such as AGENTS.md, local skill rules, and repo conventions
  • Follow existing naming, formatting, and structure in the touched files
  • If local conventions conflict with generic cleanup preferences, local conventions win

3. Simplify Without Changing Semantics

  • Reduce unnecessary nesting
  • Remove duplication that is truly local and obvious
  • Rename variables or helpers only when clarity improves and the rename is safe
  • Prefer straightforward control flow over dense one-liners
  • Avoid nested ternaries; use if/else or switch for multi-branch logic
  • Remove comments that only restate the code; keep comments that explain intent or constraints
  • Preserve helpful abstractions; do not flatten structure just to reduce line count

4. Guardrails

  • Do not add features, options, or speculative generalization
  • Do not broaden API surface or change data contracts
  • Do not rewrite untouched modules for style consistency alone
  • Do not claim "no behavior change" without verification

Read the full file on GitHub · 82 lines

Files

What ships with it

2 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

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. 3d ago First seen · 82 lines · 41 tokens per session scan A ed457e7613cc

Subscribe to this mod's changes

code-simplifier is a skill published in the GitHub repository ValorVie/custom-skills (5 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 41 tokens to every session and 742 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 2026-08-31.

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