Nested Conditionals

Flatten deeply nested if/else chains into code that reads top-to-bottom, without changing behavior. The goal: a reader should never have to mentally "stack" more than one or two conditions to understand what a code path does.

When to Apply This Skill

Trigger on any of:

• 3+ levels of if/else nesting (the "arrow" or "pyramid of doom" shape)
• else blocks that contain most of the meaningful logic (main path buried at the bottom)
• Multiple conditions guarding a single core operation
• Long if/else if/else if chains switching on a type, role, or status enum
• Nested ternaries (more than one level deep)