Simplify

Refine the requested implementation without changing its observable behavior.

1. Establish the boundary

Read the repository guidance and inspect the implementation, its callers, its tests, and the current diff. Use the scope the user supplied. If none was supplied, scope the pass to pending changes in the current worktree; do not turn it into a repository-wide cleanup.

Identify the behavior and public contracts the implementation must preserve. Separate changes that belong to this implementation from unrelated user work. If the intended behavior or ownership boundary is materially ambiguous, ask before editing.

2. Find material simplifications

Look for: