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Question the requirement before designing v1.0.0

Use this resource to question and simplify a requirement before designing a change

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Install with the CLI

In a terminal, from the folder you want:

npx --yes palatekit@latest install requirement-first-change-method

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

Before designing a non-trivial change, the agent first makes the requirement less dumb, then deletes what is not needed, then optimises, accelerates and finally automates. The reply names the requirement questioned and what was deleted. The method is adapted from Elon Musk's engineering process.

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Updated November 2, 2026

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Licence
MIT

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What you get

  • SKILL.md: the five steps, in order
  • SKILL.md: rule to run it again on the result and reply format

Good fit for

  • A change request looks unnecessarily complex
  • You want to narrow the scope before coding

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    Tags

    • method
    • engineering
    • simplification
    • design

    About

    You say

    “Before designing this export module, question the requirement and tell me what we can delete.”

    Card for the “Question the requirement before designing” skill

    Skill published by cursor 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 question and simplify a requirement before designing a change
    3. Review and adjust the result

    Content preview

    Files

    • LICENSE1 KB
    • NOTICE-PALATEKIT.md0.5 KB
    • SKILL.md2.4 KB

    Origin and licence

    Listed unmodified

    Author
    cursor
    Source
    github.com/cursor/plugins/tree/b1695c2019b650ca5d4a66a6a6d805233c806d6d/dyl-stack/skills/principle-the-algorithm
    Licence
    MIT

    Notice

    « principle-the-algorithm » (cursor, MIT) livré dans sa version d'origine : fiche en français et en anglais par PalateKit.

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