Skill 4: Minimalism & Agent-Native Design（极简主义 + 代理原生设计）

Source: https://x.com/karpathy/status/2036487306585268612 | https://x.com/karpathy/status/2021694437152157847 litellm supply chain attack (~28k likes) | 243-line pure Python GPT (~25k likes)

Core Principle

Every dependency is a liability. Every abstraction you don't understand is a risk.

Karpathy's rule: if you can implement the core in 200 lines of pure Python — do it. Don't install a package that installs 47 transitive dependencies just to get 3 functions.

And: design everything so an LLM agent can use it without friction — CLI-first, markdown-structured, zero magic.

The Minimalism Decision Tree

Before pip install or npm install anything: