About chisle-review
chisle-review is a developer skill for reviewing diffs or files for code that can be deleted or simplified. It focuses on over-engineering rather than style issues and ends with a concise estimate of removable lines.
Key features
- 01Reviews diffs or files
- 02Finds over-engineering
- 03Avoids style-only comments
- 04Reports estimated removable lines
Use cases
- 01Check a change for single-use abstractions
- 02Spot hand-built utilities replaceable by standard functions
- 03Review a file for unnecessary options or scaffolding
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
$
npx skills add https:/After installing, type/chisle-reviewin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Details
From the project READMEChisle review
Review the diff/file for what could be deleted or simplified, not for style nits.
What to flag
- Abstraction with one implementation (interface/factory/wrapper for a single case)
- Reinvented stdlib (hand-rolled debounce, deep-clone, groupBy, date math)
- New dependency for what a few lines or an installed dep already does
- Config/option that never varies
- Speculative "for later" scaffolding with no current caller
- Verbose code where a native platform feature (CSS, DB constraint,
<input type>) does it
What NOT to flag
- Input validation at trust boundaries
- Error handling that prevents data loss
- Security / accessibility code
- Anything the task explicitly required
Output format
One finding per line. No preamble, no praise.
path:line: <what's over-built>. <the lazier replacement>.
Example:
cache.js:12: ApiCacheManager class for one call site. Replace with lru_cache / a Map.
search.js:40: hand-rolled debounce util. setTimeout+clearTimeout inline is enough.
End with a one-line verdict: N findings. Est. <X> lines removable.
Comments
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