Manual-only skill for minimizing total codebase size. Only activate when explicitly requested by user. Measures success by final code amount, not effort. Bias toward deletion.
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Method 1 - skills CLI
npx skills i softaworks/agent-toolkit/skills/reducing-entropyMethod 2 - openskills (supports sync & update)
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More code begets more code. Entropy accumulates. This skill biases toward the smallest possible codebase.
Core question: "What does the codebase look like after?"
Load at least one mindset from references/
Do not proceed until you've done this.
The goal is less total code in the final codebase - not less code to write right now.
Measure the end state, not the effort.
Not "what's the smallest change" - what's the smallest result.
Count lines before and after. If after > before, reject it.
Every change is an opportunity to delete. Ask:
See references/ for philosophical grounding.
To add new mindsets, see adding-reference-mindsets.md.
Bias toward deletion. Measure the end state.