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Shrink the total size of a codebase v1.0.0

Use this resource to shrink the total amount of code in a repository

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Install with the CLI

In a terminal, from the folder you want:

npx --yes palatekit@latest install codebase-size-minimization

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

Activated only on explicit request, the skill has the agent test each design against three questions: the smallest codebase that solves the problem, the net change in code and what can be deleted. You get proposals that lower the size of the final code.

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Updated November 2, 2026

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Details

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Install guides
Generates with
Your agent's model
Licence
MIT

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What you get

  • SKILL.md: three questions, red flags and when the skill does not apply
  • references/: four design mindsets to choose from

Good fit for

  • A repository keeps growing and you want to trim it
  • You are choosing between one more abstraction and a simpler solution

Not for

    Tags

    • simplification
    • deletion
    • technical debt
    • refactoring
    • code

    About

    You say

    “Apply the entropy-reduction skill to this module: what can we delete?”

    Card for the “Shrink the total size of a codebase” skill

    Skill published by softaworks 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 shrink the total amount of code in a repository
    3. Review and adjust the result

    Content preview

    Files

    • adding-reference-mindsets.md3.4 KB
    • LICENSE1.1 KB
    • NOTICE-PALATEKIT.md0.5 KB
    • README.md4.9 KB
    • references/data-over-abstractions.md1.9 KB
    • references/design-is-taking-apart.md2.3 KB
    • references/expensive-to-add-later.md2.5 KB
    • references/simplicity-vs-easy.md1.7 KB
    • SKILL.md2.6 KB

    Origin and licence

    Listed unmodified

    Author
    softaworks
    Source
    github.com/softaworks/agent-toolkit/tree/3027f20f3181758385a1bb8c022d4041dfb4de84/skills/reducing-entropy
    Licence
    MIT

    Notice

    « reducing-entropy » (softaworks, MIT) livré dans sa version d'origine : fiche en français et en anglais par PalateKit.

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