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Simplicity audit: is each layer of complexity earned? v1.0.0

Use this resource to check whether a codebase's complexity is justified

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Install with the CLI

In a terminal, from the folder you want:

npx --yes palatekit@latest install codebase-simplicity-audit

With no option, the skill goes to ~/.agents/skills/; add --agent claude-code (or codex, cursor…) to target an agent.

First time: connect the CLI with

npx --yes palatekit@latest login

The agent first inventories the software's real behaviour, then maps dependencies and judges each abstraction from first principles. It states its confidence for each finding. You get a justified list of possible simplifications.

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Updated November 2, 2026

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Your agent's model
Licence
MIT

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What you get

  • SKILL.md: feature inventory, dependency map and complexity budget
  • SKILL.md: assessment questions per area and confidence calibration

Good fit for

  • A simple change keeps growing in scope
  • A newcomer takes weeks to understand the code

Not for

    Tags

    • simplicity
    • complexity
    • audit
    • architecture

    About

    You say

    “Is this codebase overbuilt? Run a simplicity audit and tell me which layers could go.”

    Card for the “Simplicity audit: is each layer of complexity earned?” skill

    Skill published by petekp under the MIT license, delivered in its original version.

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    How to use it

    1. Install the skill in your agent's skills folder
    2. Ask your agent to check whether a codebase's complexity is justified
    3. Review and adjust the result

    Content preview

    Files

    • LICENSE1.3 KB
    • NOTICE-PALATEKIT.md0.5 KB
    • SKILL.md16.2 KB

    Origin and licence

    Listed unmodified

    Author
    petekp
    Source
    github.com/petekp/agent-skills/tree/0f90f074fd018ffbd7fab9d96d65fee23d44295d/skills/simplicity-audit
    Licence
    MIT

    Notice

    « simplicity-audit » (petekp, MIT) livré dans sa version d'origine : fiche en français et en anglais par PalateKit.

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