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principle-subtract-before-you-add

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About principle-subtract-before-you-add

A system-design skill that recommends removing complexity before adding new parts. It favors simplification based on observed usage and limits speculative rules, prompts, and placeholders.

Key features

  1. 01Remove complexity before building
  2. 02Simplify before polishing
  3. 03Design for observed usage
  4. 04Avoid speculative guards
  5. 05Delete empty references

Use cases

  1. 01Simplify a system during evolution
  2. 02Reduce redundant prompt instructions
  3. 03Trim designs before refinement

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/mariusflorescu/pstack-t3 --skill principle-subtract-before-you-add

After installing, type/principle-subtract-before-you-addin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Bundled filesagents/openai.yaml

Details

From the project README

Subtract Before You Add

When evolving a system, remove complexity first, then build. Default to subtraction.

Make simplification a continual investment. Leave the design slightly simpler and more capable behind the same or smaller surface than you found it.

  • Sequence removal before construction
  • Cut before you polish (get to the minimum before investing in quality)
  • Design for observed usage, not speculative edge cases
  • No speculative validators, parsers, or guards beyond what the spec demands
  • Simplify prompts (remove redundant instructions, excessive templates)
  • When a reference has no novel content, delete it rather than leaving a stub

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