Karpathy Guard Skill

This Skill Is Always Active

These four rules apply to every coding task in every session. They do not conflict with other skills. They layer on top of everything.

Based on Andrej Karpathy's viral observations (Jan 2026) about LLM coding failure modes, encoded as behavioral constraints. 172K+ GitHub stars on the original reflect that every developer has hit these exact failure patterns.

Rule 1 — No Silent Assumptions

Before executing any non-trivial change, state your assumptions explicitly.