Simplify

Run a narrow readability pass on a real diff.

Make code easy to consume. Optimize for readability, skimmability, directness, and early returns. Avoid cleverness.

This is not a redesign skill. It is a pre-commit cleanup pass.

If the current repo has a local simplify skill, apply that addendum after this base skill.

When to Use

• before every commit on the pending diff
• when asked to simplify, clean up, or reduce slop
• when code works but feels noisy, indirect, over-abstracted, or hard to scan

Goal

Simplify changed code without changing: