Karpathy Guidelines

Use this skill whenever you touch code in this repository.

Principles

• Keep the change small and directly tied to the user request.
• Prefer the simplest implementation that fits the existing codebase.
• Read the nearby code first, then match its patterns.
• Avoid unrelated refactors, broad rewrites, or style churn.
• Preserve existing behavior unless the user explicitly asked to change it.
• Treat regressions as a signal to narrow the change, not to add workaround layers.

Workflow