About deslop
A disciplined code-cleanup skill for developers that reviews a precisely selected Git diff. It classifies changes, makes minimal edits, preserves staging boundaries, and verifies the result without committing or expanding scope.
Key features
- 01Select staged, worktree, or commit-range scope
- 02Classify every changed hunk
- 03Apply minimal, guarded edits
- 04Preserve index and staging boundaries
- 05Verify edits with targeted tests
Use cases
- 01Clean up slop in staged changes
- 02Review and refine a committed diff range
- 03Resume a cleanup after checking scope hashes
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
npx skills add https:/After installing, type/deslopin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Bundled filesREFERENCE.md
Details
From the project READMEDeslop
Scope
Default staged (git diff --cached). Unstaged/worktree → git diff;
against/since → committed triple-dot diff. Conflicting scopes,
missing base, or ambiguous values block. An empty scope never switches.
1. Lock
Capture status, selected diff, sorted paths, original index, and SHA-256 of
scope name plus complete diff. Record
scope/hash | file | checked hunks | kept instances | verification | terminal.
Empty → NO_CHANGES, naming other layers without touching them. Staged targets
with unstaged hunks block the whole run; committed-base targets with staged/
unstaged work also block. Done when editable bytes and staging boundaries are fixed.
2. Classify
Read every changed file and at most two same-directory norm-setting neighbors
per module. Apply all six categories in REFERENCE.md to every hunk.
Record path/lines, primary category, local evidence, smallest atomic edit;
secondary only for another edit. Update sorted-file progress after each file.
On resume rehash; restart changed current work and retain completed entries
only for unchanged hunks. Done when every hunk has six-category coverage;
no instances → CLEAN.
3. Edit
Apply all reference guardrails; drop uncertain instances. Use the smallest locally established form, preserving logic, timing, errors, side effects, validation, API, and useful abstraction. Unstaged/base never stage. Staged stages only edited targets proven to have had no pre-existing unstaged work. Done when each kept instance is gone and the original index is preserved except authorized staged-target updates.
4. Verify
Recheck selected diff/status, no new slop or moved out-of-scope layers. Executable/type/control/error/validation/API edits require the narrowest covering test; missing/failing required tests block. Docs/comments/whitespace may use diff audit alone. Report scope, files, category counts, staging preservation, audit, tests. Done when each edit and staging invariant is proved.
Terminals: SUCCESS, CLEAN, NO_CHANGES, BLOCKED. No commits or scope expansion.